Buenos Aires, March 1 (NA) — In the early hours of this Sunday, a metal structure with lighting and sound equipment collapsed onto the VIP area of the nightclub Archi Club, located on the northern coast of Buenos Aires. A DJ from London was playing at the time. The provisional toll reports at least 15 injured people with polytrauma and around 700 evacuated from the venue. The injured were taken to the Pirovano, Rivadavia and Fernández hospitals, while ten ambulances from SAME, Firefighters and the City Police set up an emergency operation on Rafael Obligado Avenue. The collapsed structure was not a permanent part of the club; it had been set up especially for that night's electronic party, which raises suspicions of design flaws, faulty assembly, or lack of prior safety controls. A key fact is that Archi Club's maximum permitted capacity is 500 people. This means there was an excess of 40% over the authorized capacity, which becomes central to reconstructing administrative and criminal responsibilities. The first unclear point appears when crossing the paperwork. The concession for Space No. 8 of Sector 1 of the Costanera Norte Youth District was awarded by public tender to the firm Blue Night S.R.L. However, the license to operate as a 'dance venue C' for the Archi club is not in Blue Night's name, but in that of another company: Night Dream S.A. This means that the company listed in the club's operating license is controlled by the same business group that shares investments with the main partner of the land concessionaire. It is not two separate worlds, but branches of the same core of interests. The structure becomes denser when other names are added. Juan Manuel Moix was a founder and director of Night Dream S.A., the company that registered Archi as a dance venue. His partner in Emprendimientos Costanera S.A.—the formal operator of the club—was Matías Gonzalo Villafañe. If all the mentioned companies and venues are placed on a map, the repetition of actors jumps out. The corporate map of the Costanera reveals that the same last names appear again and again in different corporate names. Organizations such as the Observatory of the Right to the City had already warned years ago that the concessions on North Coast configured a de facto cartelization scheme: few individuals concentrated the control of several state-owned strategic properties under an umbrella of companies, often granted or renewed in contexts of low transparency and in the midst of a pandemic. While experts analyze whether the collapse of the structure was due to a calculation error, a faulty assembly, or lack of controls, the collapse of Archi Club exposes a business structure that goes far beyond a single nightclub. It is now clear that the nightlife of North Coast is in the hands of a handful of partners who repeat from company to company. The main partners of Blue Night S.R.L. are Rodrigo José Sueiro, Diego Iván Lifschitz, and Martín Alejandro Brenna. Sueiro, born in 1974, is the majority partner, controlling about 34% of the capital. Lifschitz, born in 1978 and residing in Palermo Chico, also contributes 34% of the capital. The third partner is Jorge Pasart, a well-known figure in the university sphere. The fourth partner is Simón Bronstein Lema, an industrial designer and technology entrepreneur. Unlike his partners, Bronstein has an explicit link to the nightlife environment: he is the director of Jet BA, a nightclub also on Costanera Norte, and CEO of Festivap, a ticketing and event management platform. Sources consulted and official documents: news articles about the collapse at Archi Club, City of Buenos Aires licensing provisions, and previous reviews of nighttime concessions on North Coast. #AgenciaNA
