Ibiza’s party capital San Antonio to close NINE bars and clubs to crack down on boozy Brits
Bars will shut for up to a fortnight due to persistent noise issues in the party hotspot
IBIZA'S party capital will be further cracking down on boozy Brits in a bid to control drunken tourism.
A whopping nine nightspots in San Antonio will close for up to a fortnight this summer - on top of new measures for bars and clubs to close two hours earlier at 3am.
Terraces that opened till 2am also face having to close at 11pm after a council vote to make the place an Area of Special Acoustic Protection - due to get the go-ahead next month.
Bar and club owners fear the measures will turn San Antonio into a sleeper town overlooked for livelier venues - and plan to appeal the strict new regulations.
Today it emerged that nine venues had been hit with closure orders of between one and 14 days.
None have been named but are thought to be places attracting large numbers of Brit revellers every summer.
Local daily Diario de Ibiza said the venues had also received fines for “acoustic contamination” totalling £8,036.
Six are understood to have been ordered to close for a day, one for two days, another for a total of 13 days and the last of the nine venues for two weeks.
They will have to stop trading for the stipulated period of time after June 1 - when the area is gearing up for its busiest and most lucrative time of the year.
Council chiefs are still dealing with 44 other unresolved complaints about noise pollution resulting from doors being left open last summer, which Diario de Ibiza said could lead to fines of more than £30,000 and closure orders totalling 93 days.
Mayor Josep Tur said he hoped the measures would clean up San Antonio’s image, after council chiefs said the West End has devalued the town’s standing.
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The noise crackdown - part of a wider Balearic Islands campaign against drunken tourism - follows a study last summer which revealed the noise level was up to 85.9 decibels, more than 20 decibels above the legal limit.
As part of the strategy to bring the West End into line, nightspot owners will also be ordered to soundproof venues and install noise limiters.
And no new bars and clubs can now be opened until noise levels - currently comparable to the sound of Boeing 737 one mile from landing - are reduced to acceptable levels.
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