3 injured after ceiling collapse at Minneapolis nightclub

First Avenue after the ceiling collapse.

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published 13 August 2015

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.

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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.