Maxwell's in Hoboken closing at end of July

[smokey nj]

The Star-Ledger's Tris McCall is reporting that Maxwell's, the Hoboken rock club with an international reputation, is closing its doors at the end of July.

The lease to Maxwell's, which has been at the heart of the rock scene in Hudson County for decades, is up at the end of July, but the decision to close the club at 1039 Washington St. isn't the landlord's, McCall reports.

"We were offered a renewal with rates that weren't necessarily onerous," Todd Abramson, the club's booking agent and co-owner told McCall. "But after much thought, given the changing nature of Hoboken and the difficulties of trying to run a business in this town, we decided it was time."

Maxwell's, says Abramson, will invite back some old friends to finish its remarkable run.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/06/maxwells_in_hoboken_closing_at.html

This makes me sad.