Scarcely a month after it looked like its long-awaited reopening was a sure thing, the Matador faces an uncertain future yet again. The 102-year-old ballroom and once-notorious after-hours haunt will go up for sale early next week, the Star learned from co-owner Paul McCaughey on Friday. The Matador has been a landmark at College and Dovercourt for a century. ( Cole Burston / for the Toronto Star ) An original piano is seen, with years of dust and dirt, and cracked paint, at The Matador Ballroom during a tour of the premises on Sept. 12. “The bottom line is my investor and lender declared that he’d experienced investor fatigue, that’s the best way to put it,” said McCaughey.

Source: thestar October 12, 2018 22:34 UTC