Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Fac 51 Haçienda (also known as simply The Haçienda) was one of the most well known clubs in Manchester during the Madchester years of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was largely financed by the record label Factory Records and the band New Order along with Anthony Wilson. It was located in Whitworth Street. The Haçienda opened in 1982 and survived until 1997, despite considerable and persistent financial troubles. During this time the club was mainly supported by record sales from New Order. It once served as a venue for Madonna on her first tour of the United Kingdom. Although peaking in popularity during the rise of the rave era, most of the money ended up circulating to drug dealers and the Haçienda itself saw very little of the nightly expenditure. The building it once occupied has now been turned into luxury apartments. External link Manchester Pride write-up http://www.unitedmanchester.com/music/hacienda.htm This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.