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Motel on Fleet Street in summer 2024 with the neon sign on the side(Image: Google)<\/p>\nThe venue vowed to carry on as normal when it reopens on Thursday<\/p>\n
10:15, 04 Jun 2025Updated 10:17, 04 Jun 2025<\/p>\n
Motel on Fleet Street in summer 2024 with the neon sign on the side(Image: Google)<\/p>\n
Customers of a popular bar were heartbroken after a much loved feature of the venue was damaged. Motel is one of Liverpool\u2019s most popular night-time venues<\/a>, with its ‘dive bar’ vibe, live band karaoke and drinks deals drawing in huge crowds of customers every weekend.<\/p>\n Located on Fleet Street, in the heart of the city centre\u2019s<\/a> bar<\/a> and club<\/a> district, it is packed out every Friday and Saturday night with music from its rotating line-ups of DJs. The bar also hosts live karaoke sessions every Thursday and Sunday.<\/p>\n Motel first opened in September 2013, with its current owners DGB Hospitality describing it as a \u201cLiverpool nightlife institution\u201d. Last year, the bar added a huge neon sign on the side of the building, in keeping with its American dive bar theme.<\/p>\n The sign became a mini landmark for fans of the club and an easy way to spot the venue on a night out. However, Motel announced yesterday that the sign had been knocked off after a delivery van collided with it.<\/p>\n Staff posted a picture of the broken sign on the pavement with shattered light fittings. There was also some damage to the exterior of the building.<\/p>\n In a tongue-in-cheek post on Instagram, Motel vowed to carry on as normal, despite the setback. It said: \u201cSadly, we lost our sign to the top of a delivery van yesterday.<\/p>\n Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n \u201cBut we’re still here and we’ll be back open as usual on Thursday with Dive Bar Karaoke, dedicated to our beloved sign. Your light will shine on!\u201d<\/p>\n On the loss of the sign Paul Senior, director of DGB Hospitality, said: \u201cWith the angles [sic] now.\u201d The post received more than 900 likes.<\/p>\n Many customers of the club also expressed their disappointment at the iconic feature disappearing.<\/p>\n Liverpool TikToker James Foley said: \u201cOh my god, this really saddens me.\u201d<\/p>\n Andrew said: \u201cThe light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. RIP.\u201d Jen said: \u201cThe MoFELL sign.\u201d<\/p>\n Micky commented: \u201cGone but not forgotten. Always in our prayers.\u201d Tay said: \u201cThe sign was too perfect for this world.\u201d<\/p>\n User @TheBestBarsofLiverpool commented: \u201cLegends never die, rest in peace oh shiny bright one.\u201d<\/p>\n Teddy’s, another bar in the city centre operated by DGB Hospitality: “I can still feel their warm neon glow.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The venue vowed to carry on as normal when it reopens on Thursday 10:15, 04 Jun 2025Updated 10:17,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,8915,393,4884,179,8922,2349,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-157187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-clubs","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-bars","14":"tag-liverpool-city-centre","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114624516961944280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Motel](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_PBA_LEC_030123LIVERPOOL24.jpg\")
Motel on Fleet Street(Image: Trinity Mirror)<\/p>\n