A lot of factors went into what made a nightclub hot. Sometimes it was the location, other times it was the crowd. The whispers that high ticket celebs made their weekend mistakes behind certain lobby doors made for some of the best advertising out there. And in a city like Santa Notte, without making an impression, businesses rose and died with the changing of the seasons. There were only a few ways to make a name last. Either through miraculous reputation, dubious funding, or, as in the case of The Golden Palace, both. It also didn’t hurt that it was in prime real estate, the size of three moderate clubs squished together, and exquisitely beautiful. Smack dab in the middle of Downtown, the Palace was a night club that took up nearly an entire corner block. It had three stories, the front

