YUSU reveal name of new Langwith venue
YUSU have revealed that the new Students’ Union venue in Langwith will be named ‘The Courtyard’ and will open on Saturday, Week 1.
YUSU announced this week that the bar will be opened with a VIP launch party on the Saturday of Week 1. The bar will be open both day and nights seven days a week, and the hours will be extended till 2am on Saturdays. The £500,000 refit, which has taken 8 months to complete, is now finished and the bar is finally ready to be opened.
The bar includes both indoor and outdoor areas, with a lit courtyard outside and plasma screens and wireless hotspots within. It will serve 3 meals, starting with breakfasts of pastries and bagels and changing to traditional pub food for lunch and dinner. The Courtyard will offer events throughout the week, as well as the new University of York club night on a Saturday from 9pm.
Matt Burton, YUSU Services and Finance Officer, and bar project leader, said that YUSU is “really happy that after months of hard work, the build part of this project is finally coming to an end.” Burton remains confident that the new venue will offer an atmosphere that “both students and staff alike will thoroughly enjoy.”
YUSU President, Tom Scott said that he is “really proud of all of the officers and staff that have worked so tirelessly over the past few months” and that after viewing the bar he “can definitely say that it has been worth it – and I’m sure other students will too.”
For more information about the bar and the launch including exclusive launch photos, see the next issue of Nouse, available Tuesday, Week 2.
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Does anyone else feel that the name is a bit bland, and doesn’t really have a “York” feel to it?
If there are exclusive pictures in week 2, then we would of already seen it if it opens in week one…???
agreed
They should have just called it ‘Burton Bar’.
would you prefer “Trevor the duck”?
The Golden Duck got my vote…
I am yet to find someone who has seen inside the bar and doesn’t think it’s great. I’m definitely looking forward to Saturday!
@ Jason Rose
Maybe beacuse the only people that have been in there are YUSU? Maybe?
Let Anonymous Massive! in there (£5 light), and then we’ll talk!
Not true; people from Langwith JCRC have been in there and I know people in URY and a couple of other societies that have been in for various reasons. People who weren’t involved with planning and didn’t know what to expect but wanted it to turn out well – there’s no reason in a JCRC meeting that they would say it looks really great if it didn’t, I mean it’s a private meeting. So I’m looking forward to it!