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Outer Heaven Disco Club in East Austin set to close [Video]

The popular, word-of-mouth-fueled dance club has been located on East 12th Street for the past several years.

AUSTIN, Texas — Another East Austin business will soon be pushed out to make room for luxury condos, according to its owner.

On Tuesday, the owner of Outer Heaven Dance Club said the bar’s landlord has declined to renew its lease, giving it six months left to operate. The lease ends in March 2025.

While Outer Heaven has only been around for a few years, its owner is a vocal supporter of preserving “old Austin” and stated on social media that the bar’s impending closure is just another example of “greed” from “rich investors.”

“It is ironic in a way because it’s the most ‘new Austin’ reason that could possibly happen and an encapsulation of why I rail on about why everything will eventually be swallowed by the people with the checkbooks,” the owner wrote. “And all we will be left with is …

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