As alluded to above, I believe most of it is related to being in the south where many places are considered to be part of the Bible Belt. Blue Laws have ruled for quite a while now. Seems the only places you see those hours not observed are up north and west. Lousiana being an exception but it wasn't until recently that they updated their laws to change the drinking age to 21 from The real reason clubs don't stay open after 2 am is because for a couple of years Orlando was THE place internationally for the underground dance scene.
Ecstacy was huge and the music was new and cutting edge. I was at several "lock downs" at OZ by OPD where they turned on all the lights and searched everyone for drugs most people just swallowed the pills that they had. The Edge would close at 3 and then people would head to the Beacham. The Beacham would go on until 10 or 12 Sunday at times. Then the world famous Club at Firestone opened. Firestone was gay until 2 am and then at 2 the doors opened and the straight crowd came in and everyone mixed, all high on X, "the Orlando Sound" became famous in the dance world and celebrities from all over the world would come to town just to go to Firestone.
The Firestone company made the club take down it's antique Firestone sign because it didn't want to be related to the drug use. Every DJ dreamed about spinning for the late night crowd at the Firestone, dubbed the Studio 54 of the mid 90's. Besides the drug use no alcohol for sale, mainly water and orange juice, there was no fighting at that time, everyone was on "the love drug", X. Well, churches on Sunday morning downtown didn't like the sweaty burned out dancers coming out of the club and wandering the streets while they were attending church.
So after many meetings with the city council I was there Glenda got the clubs to close at 2, alcohol or no alcohol. But oddly enough Citywalk was being planned and built at Universal within the city limits.
Don't know how much they paid her off, but it was enough to kill Church Street and the famous Firestone. She also gave Universal a 3 am closing time but the option of staying open longer for "special events.
Nobody likes to drink when they are on X anyway. But that is the exact story on why the strict 2 am closing time, regardless of alcohol sales. I really think it has to do with some sort of payoff with Universal, why would the mayor of a city with a thriving internationally known club scene shut it down?!
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