Thursday 05-09-2024 - 12:27

We want to give you positive and safe nights to remember, so we're changing when we open our bars and venues in Carmarthen and Lampeter. 

What’s changing 

There are tons of events happening over Welcome, and once that has wrapped up, Y Llofft and Y Clwb in Carmarthen and Old Bar and Xtension in Lampeter will be open for club nights and planned events only. 

Student Social Spaces 

We know you love to use our pool tables and game consoles – which you can still use during office opening hours (usually 09:00 – 17:00, Monday to Friday). 

• In Lampeter, there will be a dart board in The Hive alongside the PlayStation 5 and smart TV, and you’ll find an additional pool table on the first floor of the SU building.  
• In Carmarthen, you can use the pool table, ping pong table, PlayStation 5 and Smart TV in Y Llofft. 

Why are we doing this?

We are doing this because we want to give you amazing experiences. It's a bit of a balancing act - we've listened to your feedback, looked at our budgets, and made the call to open our bars less but make the events bigger when we do open. 

We have continued to not generate income for some time, and rather than close we have kept these venues open to ensure students had a space that was their own. Any money made in the venue is invested back into the student experience. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible with our funding from the University to keep opening our venues in the same way due to the increasing cost of doing so as well as the lack of income being generated. Financially, times are challenging across the UK. We are not immune to that challenge. We have worked with the budget we have to provide an offering focused on quality for students. 

We can't wait for Welcome - see you all later in September.

Additional Documents

PowerPoint: Lampeter Venues Briefing (.pptx/ 7.2mb)