Cemento was an Argentine nightclub, used for rock concerts. It was opened in 1985, and it was closed in 2004.
8-428: Omar Chabán had a nightclub named "Café Einstein", which was closed several times. He opened a new one with his wife Katja Alemann , which was meant to be open in 1984, but the inauguration was delayed because the girder was broken during the construction. Cemento was finally opened on June 28, 1985. Alemann appeared costumed as a Valkyrie in the inauguration, including a chariot with horses. Initially, Cemento worked as
16-505: A cooperative with other former workers, but failed. The concert hall was demolished in 2010, and replaced by a parking lot. Omar Chab%C3%A1n Emir Omar Chabán (31 March 1952 – 17 November 2014) was an Argentine impresario , who was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for a fatal fire in one of his businesses. He remained free on appeal, during which time he died. Born in San Martín, Buenos Aires , Chabán became one of
24-602: A discothèque, an underground theater and a rock concert hall. In time, it became mainly a rock concert hall. Chabán still used as a theater for his own plays, during the days of the week. Almost all notable musicians of Argentine rock played in Cemento at some point, with the exception of Charly García . Several events took place in it, and many bands recorded live albums. A concert of the Scottish punk rock band The Exploited in 1993 had an incident with neo-Nazis, which led to
32-476: The concert hall, even though the ceiling included flammable materials, and once the fire started, fire exits were padlocked and did not open, trapping the people inside fatally. Chabán escaped capture for some time, and then surrendered. After spending some time behind bars, the judge allowed him to post bail . After relatives of the victims protested in front of his mother's house in San Martín, Chabán moved to
40-418: The event at "Chaban's hall" and thought that the fire had taken place in Cemento. The police seized the concert hall the following day, looking for evidence against Chabán. Cemento was closed again, even having the required legal conditions to hold concerts. The watchman Mario Duarte, who had been living in a small room inside Cemento since previous years, stayed in it after the closing. He tried to reopen it as
48-408: The first closing of Cemento. A violent incident during a punk rock festival on August 10, 1997, led to another 4-month closure, arranged by the mayor Fernando De la Rúa . Cemento had a bad reputation, both because of the incidents and because of its unhealthy conditions and poor sound. New concert halls opened in the 2000s, such as "El Teatro" or " La Trastienda Club ", began to dispute its primacy as
56-433: The main one. Chaban opened a new and bigger concert hall, "República Cromañón", expecting to dispute the primacy of Obras Sanitarias for massive concerts. The República Cromañón nightclub fire in 2004 was the end of both República Cromañón and Cemento. The band Nuca, which was playing that night, interrupted the concert at the fourth song when they realized the event at the other concert hall: several parents had heard about
64-613: The major figures in the Buenos Aires underground scene during the 1980s as owner of Café Einstein and later Cemento, which became a major venue for alternative rock concerts, theater acts, and dance parties. On 30 December 2004, a fire killed 194 and injured over 600 in República Cromañón , a concert venue that Chabán owned and operated. He was indicted as responsible; the musical act on that evening, The Callejeros , had encouraged spectators to light sparklers in
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