Hold on, though. I hope you haven't gotten too excited from the description. After two long years, the ill-fated club seemed finally ready to open when the club was granted a liquor license on July 31. But before the champagne could even hit the glass, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (ACGO) inexplicably appealed its own decision, leaving Circa's future uncertain yet again.

The rationale has much to do with all the recent controversy over Toronto's Entertainment district. With club kids spilling drunkenly onto the streets, residents complaining about noise, and cops unable to do anything about it, the ACGO wonders if another club - especially one of this magnitude - is really necessary in the area. But refusing a club because it will be located in the Entertainment District is like refusing a restaurant because it will serve food.

It seems as though the unspoken factor beneath everything is Toronto's struggle with guns and violence combined with Gatien's shaky reputation. His desire to escape his checkered past may be an arduous task, especially since there's a movie which details it (2003's Party Monster).

In the midst of all this, Gatien is still confident that the club will be open for a September 7 Film Festival party, but excuse me if I don't believe him any more than I believe Axl Rose when he promises the release of Chinese Democracy.

We know Circa will open, but when? And will it be worth the wait? After all this time, it seems as if nothing short of a modern-day Studio 54 would live up to the hype.