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Pacha
Company typeSociedad Anónima
IndustryLeisure, Lifestyle
FoundedDecember 15, 1967; 56 years ago (1967-12-15)
Sitges, Spain
FounderRicardo Urgell
Headquarters
Ibiza
,
Spain
Number of locations
10 nightclubs
Websitewww.pacha.com

Pacha Group is a Spanish holding company specializing in the leisure, entertainment and hospitality businesses. It was founded in 1966 by Ricardo Urgell.[citation needed]

Brand

Pacha is a lifestyle and entertainment brand which specializes in nightlife and has club franchises in a number of countries including Brazil, United States, Russia, Germany, England, Egypt, Portugal, Austria. The first Pacha club opened in the beach town of Sitges in 1967, and first expanded to several Spanish cities such as Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and Madrid.[citation needed]

In Ibiza, Pacha opened a club in 1973, and then expanded into the hotel business with El Hotel Pacha. By 1990, Pacha discotheques had opened in Madrid, Tarragona and Rio de Janeiro. The first franchisee of the Pacha brand was a nightclub in Fão, Portugal, in 1992.[1]

The first Pacha club in Argentina opened in 1993 in Buenos Aires.[citation needed]

The first Pacha club in Germany opened in Munich in the year 2000.[2][3]

Pacha London opened in 2001 and closed in 2014.

Additionally, Pacha publishes annual music compilations with the Pacha branding on various Music Platforms (incl. Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, etc.), starting in 2008.[4] They also release tracks under their Record label 'Pacha Recordings',[5] and 'Pacha Multimedia S.L.'.[6]

Founder

Ricardo Urgell, born in Barcelona in 1937, is the founder of Grupo Pacha. He is the grandson of Modesto Urgell. When Urgell was twenty years old, he started a water-ski school in Sitges. He then opened his first bar ‘Tito’s’ in the same town. The name "Pachá" came from a remark made by Marisa Cobos, Urgell's first wife, who told him that with the money he was going to earn, he would be living like a Pachá (a Turkish/Ottoman Prince). The first Pacha club was Pacha Sitges, which Urgell founded together with his brother Piti Urgell.

In 2002, the Spanish Government decided to award the Gold Medal of Merit for Tourism to Ricardo Urgell.

Pacha Ibiza

Pacha Ibiza opened in 1973 and is the earliest superclub in Ibiza.[citation needed] Built in Ses Feixes and facing Ibiza Town, Pacha was designed to resemble a farmhouse. The club was featured in the 2004 film It's All Gone Pete Tong and has capacity of 3,000.[7] From 1998 to 2017, Pacha Ibiza was the venue for the DJ Awards.[8]

Artists who have performed at the club include Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, Tiësto, Usher, Martin Garrix, Erick Morillo, Masters At Work, Roger Sanchez, Craig David, Afrojack, Alesso, will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taio Cruz, Ludacris, Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Jonas Blue, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki, DJ Snake, Fatboy Slim, Oliver Heldens, Pete Tong, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, CamelPhat, Don Diablo, Diplo, Robin Schulz, MK, Lost Frequencies, Martin Solveig, Danny Howard, Solomun, Armand van Helden, Faithless, J Balvin, Duke Dumont, Ofenbach and Melanie C.

Awards and nominations

DJ Magazine's top 100 Clubs

Year Position Notes Ref.
2006 ? New Entry [9]
2007 3 — [10]
2008 7 — [11]
2009 7 — [12]
2010 5 — [13]
2011 5 — [14]
2012 3 — [15]
2013 3 — [16]
2014 3 — [17]
2015 4 — [18]
2016 4 — [19]
2017 7 — [20]
2018 8 — [21]
2019 12 — [22]
2020 16 — [23]

International Dance Music Awards

Year Category Work Outcome Ref.
2005[A] Best Global Club Pacha - Ibiza Spain Nominated [24]
2006 Nominated [25]
2007 Nominated [26]
2008 Nominated [27]
2009 Nominated [28]
2010 Nominated [29]
2011 Nominated [30]
2012 Nominated [31]
2013 Nominated [32]
2015 Nominated [33]
2016 Nominated [34]

International Nightlife Association's Top 100 Clubs

Year Position Notes Ref.
2015[B] 3 New Entry [35]
2016 4 —
2017 10 —
2018 ? —
2019 8 —

Pacha New York / Miami

Awards and nominations

DJ Magazine's top 100 Clubs

Year Position Notes Ref.
2006 ? New Entry [9]
2007 28 — [10]
2008 24 — [11]
2009 30 — [12]
2010 37 — [13]
2011 27 — [14]
2012 18 — [15]
2013 26 — [16]
2014 31 — [17]
2015 61 — [18]

Pacha Sharm

Awards and nominations

DJ Magazine's top 100 Clubs

Year Position Notes Ref.
2008 54 New Entry [11]
2009 75 — [12]
2010 25 — [13]
2011 20 — [14]
2012 23 — [15]
2013 21 — [16]
2014 75 — [17]

Notes

  1. ^ Category Debut
  2. ^ 2005 saw the debut of the chart.

References

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  3. ^ N. Gottlieb (18 November 2012). "Jubiläum: Michi Kern feiert 12 Jahre Pacha" [Anniversary: Michi Kern celebrates 12 years Pacha]. Bild. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Various - Pacha Summer 2008". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  5. ^ "Pacha Recordings". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  6. ^ Bug, retrieved 2019-03-05
  7. ^ Stewart, Iain (2003). Ibiza and Formentera. Rough Guides. p. 268. ISBN 9781843530633.
  8. ^ "About the DJ Awards".
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  23. ^ "Top 100 Clubs 2020". DJMag.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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