‘Lighthouse’ to open in June

By Terry Tavita
12 March 2003

Where once an Apia landmark stood, a new bar, in the same vein, will open its doors in a few months.

The Lighthouse, a bar and nightclub, jointly owned by the same folks who are running the Coast Bar and Grill next door, will be operating at Tauese where the Otto’s Reef once was.

The Lighthouse management yesterday promised to offer the public a safe and relaxed locality where folks can enjoy their drinks to good music and in good company.

Kitchen facilities will also provide fast food and pupus.

The project, estimated to cost $120,000, will be built in two phases.

First phase is the bar and nightclub facilities, the second if negotiations with the landowners come through, a block of budget accommodation units at the back.

The proposed night club that will cater to a capacity crowd of 500 people, the management say, will be free of cover charge until 10 pm. Ladies pay only half of the door fee.

“We will cater mainly for working folks and everybody else wanting to enjoy good times with their friends,” says the management.

The location was last year acquired by the Samoa Land Corporation after a land trade with former owners, the Otto Nelson family.

The Coast won the public tender earlier this year with a ten-year flexible lease at rent payments of $5,000 a year.