Ill-fated Brooklyn Mirage concert venue taken over by new owner with summer reopening date

It wasn’t a Mirage after all.The Brooklyn Mirage music venue is set to welcome ravers again this June after another nightlife company has stepped in to save the troubled spot, which was not allowed to reopen because of numerous safety issues.The gargantuan indoor- and outdoor-venue will be renamed Pacha New York, with Pacha Group parent company FIVE Holdings to take over the Brooklyn Mirage.The troubled Mirage is slated to be entirely demolished and rebuilt, according to permits approved by the DOB last month.The new operator vowed to bring a “cultural platform where global icons, underground pioneers, and New York’s creative communities unite in celebration of music, movement, and human connection” to the stages in a Tuesday press release, first reported by Brooklyn Vegan.“Expect the world’s most sought-after electronic artists, Grammy-winning performers, and large-scale shows rarely seen in New York City,” FIVE Holdings said, “delivered with the production depth and ambition the culture deserves.”The 32,000-square-foot open-air Mirage was set to reopen after extensive renovations last summer, but failed to meet an inspection deadline due to safety concerns.The Department of Buildings revoked the venue’s temporary occupancy certificate just days before its anticipated opening, with issues stemming from inadequate accessibility requirements, toilets and automatic fire sprinklers.“From [the venue’s] questionable footing to the large truss at its zenith, from its cantilevered mezzanines to its exterior walls, it was potentially unsteady, combustible, illegal, and no place to put 6,000 people,” then-Buildings Commissioner Jimmy Oddo said in a statement.While it remains to be seen if the new operators will ultimately pass the necessary safety inspections, the city has already dinged the site last month for failure to submit a periodic gas piping system inspection.Avant Gardner’s parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August, callin...