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Tiger Tiger (nightclub)
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nightclubs owned by Novus Leisure. The chain has nine branches, located in Aberdeen
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, Cardiff
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, Croydon
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, Glasgow
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, Leeds
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, London
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, Manchester
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, Newcastle
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and Portsmouth
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. Each branch has several bars, a restaurant and several dance floors; each location also has its own unique decor.
The chain's flagship branch, and the first to open (in 1998), is on Haymarket in central London. It is also the largest, with four floors covering some 18000 sq ft (1,672.3 m²) of floor space. On 29 June 2007 it was outside this club that the first of two unsuccessful car bombs
2007 London car bombs
On 29 June 2007, in London, two car bombs were discovered and disabled before they could be detonated. The first device was left near the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Haymarket at around 01:30, and the second was in Cockspur Street, in the same area of the city....
was discovered and made safe.
Tiger Tiger London has one restaurant, four large dance floors, and five bars throughout their massive space. Each dance floor boasts a different type of music.