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Brooklyn’s Own Saint Vitus Bar Shuttered by NYC Department Of Buildings

In some recently breaking news, the NYC Department of Buildings has shuttered the uber popular Saint Vitus Bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Some thoughts and the details about it all can be found on PiercingMetal by clicking HERE.

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Knitting Factory Entertainment & Nick Bodor Announce “Baker Falls/Knitting Factory Manhattan” Venue

The Knitting Factory venue will return to Manhattan in a new and very interesting configuration. Learn more about it all over on the PiercingMetal.com website by clicking HERE.

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UBS Arena Celebrates Its First Anniversary

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The Press Release:
UBS ARENA CELEBRATES ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! New York’s UBS Arena Guests Love Beer and Chicken Fingers!

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The UBS Arena by Ken Pierce (2022)

The Foodie Stats:
* 494,000 cans of beer
* 254,000 bottles of water
* 130,000 servings of chicken fingers
* 90,000 bottles of soda
* 77,000 servings of French fries
* 67,000 hot dogs
* 51,000 boxes of popcorn
* 34,000 Shaq Big Chicken sandwiches
* 15,000+ of these are “The Islander”!
* 18,000 gallons of draft beer
* 13,000 gallons of fountain soda
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Knitting Factory Brooklyn Announces August Closure

The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn has announced their looming closure. Learn more over on PiercingMetal.com by clicking HERE.

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The Brooklyn Expo Center Event Space Has Apparently Closed Its Doors

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While doing some Event updates on the calendars for both PiercingMetal and “The Chronicles” of Piercing Ken, I saw that one of the upcoming happenings had announced a last-minute venue change due to the closure of the Brooklyn Expo Center. Shocking news for sure and when I did a quick Google search for something to confirm this I found absolutely nothing. I then checked another event that usually followed this one and they said they were looking for a new event space so while nothing was out there it would appear that the Brooklyn Expo Center had shut its doors.

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