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Peter Gatien (born August 8, 1952) is a Canadian club owner and party promoter. He is best known as the former owner of several New York nightclubs, including The Limelight, Palladium, Club USA, and Tunnel. He was once dubbed as the "King of New York Clubs", during his time in New York City. ==Life and career== Gatien was born in Cornwall, Ontario, the third of five brothers.〔(''Canadian Business'' magazine online )〕 His first business venture was a jeans store in his home town, which he opened with a $13,000 settlement after he lost an eye in a hockey accident. After that, he turned a former country western bar into a rock club called Aardvark, and booked the band Rush to perform.〔 In 1976, he read about a bankrupt nightclub in Florida known as Rumbottoms; the space became the first incarnation of the Limelight. Limelight Atlanta followed. The longest period of time in which The Limelight remained closed was from 1996 to 1998. It reopened from 1998 onward until Gatien sold it in 2001 to a real estate developer. Gatien produced the 1993 film ''A Bronx Tale'', which starred Robert De Niro,〔 *〕 after having produced it as a one-man play starring Chazz Palminteri.〔(''Canadian Business'' magazine online )〕 A 1996 federal investigation attempted but failed to link Gatien to the sales of party drugs, especially Ecstasy, in his clubs, but his acquittal in 1998 left him with huge legal fees. In addition he was later arrested on tax evasion charges after a series of club raids; he was acquitted of most of the charges. He pled guilty to tax evasion in 1999, for which he was sentenced to a fine of $1.6 million, and a 60-day prison sentence along with 5 years probation. In 2003, he was deported to his native Canada, due to the Department of Homeland Security immigration laws which order the removal of any alien (non-citizen) convicted of a felony.〔("Bright Lights, Medium-Size City" at nymag.com )〕 However, because he is part Native Canadian, Gatien has since been able to visit the United States again.〔 ''New York Daily News'' (August 14, 2007)〕 Gatien relocated to Toronto where he opened a entertainment venue, Circa.〔("Second coming for Toronto's club scene" ) at fabmagazine.com.〕 By 2009, he was no longer involved with Circa and has been out of the nightclub business since that time. Circa was forced into bankruptcy and closed its doors in March 2010.〔("The Downfall of Circa Night Club" ) ''Globe and Mail''〕 Gatien's daughter, Jen Gatien, produced the 2011 documentary ''Limelight'' about New York City night life in the 1990s and the rise and fall of her father's club empire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Gatien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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