Now take a look at our pictures from the former Chicago Rock Cafe downstairs...
Tens of thousands of revellers passed through its doors over the years - but this is how a well-known former Middlesbrough nightclub looks now.
The Gazette was give access to Lava Ignite on Wilson Street by the developers who hope to turn it into a wedding venue.
Our photographer also took pictures and video in the former Venue and Chicago Rock Cafe bar downstairs.
You can take a look at them by clicking here.
The video in Lava Ignite - which had previously been known as Liquid and Time - is shot by torchlight because the electricity is currently turned off.
However, the building could soon return to life.
Plans have been submitted to Middlesbrough Council to turn it into a multicultural wedding venue.
A company bought the premises - which includes the two floors above Chicago Rock - in January for £150,000.
It now plans to spend a quarter-of-a-million pounds “tarting it up” to make it ready for reopening in the summer.
Ian McIntyre/The Gazette 
The dancefloor at Lava Ignite in 2005
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