The influence of social London clubs like 5 Hertford Street, Groucho Club and Soho House is expanding around the globe, with new locations in New York in the works. In Pittsburgh, Pa., The Roaming Social Club has been formed to bring attention to the region’s private ethnic and social clubs, with tours planned throughout the year.…
New Private Clubs Embrace Young Creative Class
Facilities such as Soho Beach House in Miami and Common House in Charlottesville, Va., offer co-working spaces, screening rooms, rooftop pools, networking opportunities, and other private amenities in cities in which space is a premium. A new breed of fashionable private members clubs are growing in popularity around the world, promising to be more inclusive…
New Social Clubs Seek to Strike Gender Balance
A report in Popsugar highlights the ways new social clubs are benefiting women, including Soho House, which has 18 locations around the world, The Arts Club in Los Angeles, and The Battery in San Francisco, which has a membership that is 43% female. A new generation of social clubs is upending the country club model.…
Will Tomorrow’s Club Member Go “Cuckoo” for This Concept?
The Cuckoo’s Nest, a new private social club in California’s Silicon Valley, will open in the first quarter of 2015 and attempt to be “a techie version of the blue-blood business clubs of yesteryear.”
“Hip, Happening and Haute” San Francisco Clubs Featured
New urban refuges that stand in “edgy and inclusive” contrast to “stodgy” established city clubs were highlighted in a report in Haute Living magazine. One of the new-style private clubs is located inside the out-of-town scoreboard at AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. Another is hidden behind a bookcase at the Hotel Zetta.