Hey all Xanadu Dictator aka VGBC | Aposl here. Itโs with a heavy heart that I have to say Xanadu will be closing at the end of December. We initially expected much more time in the lead up to Xanadu closing but due to unforeseen circumstances Xanadu will be closing its doors December 31st! I just want to take this moment to thank this region and the communities I have had the privilege of helping grow and the players that I have the honor to call my friends. I love what Xanadu is and what it stands for: community, competition, and a good time! And, when it comes to the different gaming communities - I know those things will live on through each of you, the players!
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Even though this marks the end of an era, we want to go out with a bang! We will be running Xanadu until December 28th. We plan on running our weeklies till the end and one last Monthly for our different gaming communities, including: Melee, Ultimate, FGC, & Rivals!
- Melee Monthly (12/7):
start.gg/xanadulegends
- FGC Monthly (12/14):
start.gg/bandb
- Ultimate Arcadian (12/21):
start.gg/ultimatearcadian
- Rivals Monthly (12/22):
start.gg/extracreditfinale
- Ultimate Monthly (12/28):
start.gg/homecoming
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๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ?
Simply put, our contract with our venue has always had a clause in it where we could be given a monthโs heads up before we had to vacate the premises. That clause was activated in a recent email from our landlord's lawyer where we were asked to vacate by the 31st of December.
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ?
The company we had a contract with is ceasing to exist. We were aware that this was happening but during our conversations with management we were told we would have more time in the space leading into 2025. Now that the new management is starting to take over, we have been met with a legal request to begin the conclusion of the business being conducted on the premises. In short, the new management is evicting us strictly based on our contract terms even though we were under the impression we would have more time.
๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ?
At the time we did not have plans to do so. MJC has been a valuable partner as they have provided us with amazing venue space at a sweetheart deal. Re-creating this in another venue (while not completely impossible) is unlikely. If such an opportunity were to make itself known to us we would undoubtedly consider it.