White Center Community Safety Coalition: Evolucion’s owner faces his club’s critics
Every time we’ve been to the White Center/South Delridge Community Safety Coalition‘s meetings, the WC dance club Evolucion comes up, and some people start venting. Some of that spilled over here, after our report on the club’s security manager attending last month’s meeting. Tonight, Evolucion owner Alfred Lopez accepted an invitation to meet with the group. (Watch the video above.) Questions for him revolved around parking, the club’s capacity, rumors that the club was expanding (it’s not, but he’s adding a fire sprinkler system) and whether there’s gang activity at the club.
The parking questions were the most frequent. Overall, the crowd claimed that the uptick in all manner of crime was due to the club. But several in the crowd pointed out that Evolucion cannot be blamed for everything, contending that several other establishments, such as The Wall and Brewsky’s are problematic as well.
Lopez says that he does not serve alcohol, but acknowledges that teenagers sneak out to drink, saying he has measures in place to deal witht that. Also, he uses off-duty officers to patrol his place, which led someone to say that if he’s using the police to patrol, then his place must be dangerous.
OTHER NEWS: The meeting opened with Seattle Police officer Adonis Topacio running out some crime stats for the past 6 weeks. He said that burglaries always go up around the holidays, so beware. Also, the BB gun burglars have been largely apprehended and a “substantial amount” of the goods they stole have been recovered. One new twist we hadn’t heard:The BB Gun bandits confessed to police that they were on their latest spree to raise cash to pay for the restitution they’d been slapped with from previous burglary busts.
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December 12th, 2008 at 9:47 am
I’m confused: I thought I read reports from another community safety meeting that said the owner is under 21. The man speaking looks comfortably over 21. Is Lucas the real owner.
December 12th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Mike, I believe you are thinking of Club Entourage, which is now closed. That place did have an owner under 21. Alfredo is way over 21 and Lucas is 30 something.
December 12th, 2008 at 10:35 am
So does evolucion have plans for a liquor license?
December 12th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Brewsky’s is now under new management/owner as of Dec. 10 maybe there will be a change for the better, time will tell.
The Wall on the other hand is another story.
The question of a liquor license is interesting. There has been 4 new liquor licenses applied for and 1 allready permitted on 16th. That makes 8 establishemnts in a 4 block radius serving liquor, and that does not count the 3 little convenience stores! What would be one more?
December 18th, 2008 at 2:46 am
No. Absolutely not. I’d stop working there if we were given a liquor license. and no Alfredo doesn’t have plans for a liquor license. Trust me I’d know.
On a more personal note, no I am not the owner but flattered thanks.