There once was a time when this was my second home. A place that played my kind of music and with people weird enough to be interesting. Haven't been in a decade but somehow it was good that I knew it was there.
The main reason the Class A status wouldn't work for the Warehouse/ Underground, said Hewitt, is that it would force the club to clear out its premises every night by 3 a.m., thus eliminating its status as an afterhours hot spot.
"There's going to be a very big hole (when it comes to) mid-size concert venues," he said.
In recent years, internationally acclaimed indie rock acts such as Caribou, Jello Biafra, the Boredoms, King Khan & The Shrines, the Hold Steady and Gaslight Anthem have performed at the Warehouse/Underground.
Before it became a live venue, the club was central to Calgary's DJ dance scene, added Hewitt, a DJ himself.
Ultimately, Hewitt feels he was mistreated by the commission.
"It's not like I was running some underground crime scene," he said. "It's not like this was a blight on Calgary and everybody will breath a sigh of relief. . .
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