3 injured after ceiling collapse at Minneapolis nightclub
On Wednesday night, a ceiling collapse at a Minneapolis nightclub injured three people attending a concert by the metal band Theory of a Deadman.
A 30-foot-by-30-foot section of ceiling at First Avenue fell at about 10 p.m., the Minneapolis Fire Department said, and "it took our water pipes with it," Nate Kranz, First Avenue's general manager, told the Star Tribune. "We have no idea why or how it happened. We won't know anything about this until tomorrow. It was a terrible surprise." The collapse took place at the back of the dance floor over the balcony DJ booth.
About 1,000 people were evacuated, and those who were hurt are in satisfactory condition with non-life-threatening injuries, the Star Tribune reports. The nightclub — which opened in 1970 and was featured in the movie Purple Rain — will be closed Thursday, Kranz said, so investigators can determine "how it happened and what to do to fix it so it doesn't happen again."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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