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Cocoon was a
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nightclub in
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, Germany. It had space for 1,500 visitors and consisted of two restaurants, multiple lounge spaces, bars and small private and public ''cocoons'' made out of sofas which were placed inside the walls. It was closed on 30 November 2012. It was replaced by the club ''moon13'' on the same location but under a different management.


History

Cocoon was opened on 18 July 2004 inside a newly built concrete office building, named ''U.F.O.'' (''Unbekannter Frankfurter Osten'') constructed by ''Dietz Joppien Architekten'' in the industrial east of Frankfurt. It was the successor of the
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club. The designer of the club interior was the company 3deluxe from
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. It was an investment of several million Euros (10 million just for the design by the company 3deluxe). The sound system by Steve Dash cost 700.000 Euros.


See also

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Cocoon Recordings Cocoon Recordings is a record label founded in 2000 and operated by DJ and electronic music producer Sven Väth. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Cocoon is a division of the Cocoon Music Event GmbH. Väth founded Cocoon Recordings in order to com ...


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