The 6 scheduled opening hours for Madrid's hospitality and nightlife sectors starting in April

Madrid's nightlife will be able to extend its opening hours, even 'stealing' a few hours a day

The Community of Madrid is preparing a new order of opening hours for entertainment establishments and recreational activities, which could be ready during Easter

The Community of Madrid has undertaken to study the new proposals that the Association The Nightlife Business Association 'Noche Madrid', the main entity in the sector in the region, has presented a proposal to "revitalize, with the maximum legal guarantee, an activity that has been severely punished during the last two years due to the pandemic."

This was confirmed by the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and the Interior, Enrique Lopez, during the meeting he held with a delegation from the entity, headed by its president, Dionisio Lara. The head of Noche Madrid has taken advantage of this meeting to present López - as he did last Monday with the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso - with the 'Recycle the night' award in gratitude for the management carried out by the Madrid Executive of the pandemic which, in the case of the nightlife sector, has so far resulted in aid worth 40 million euros for more than 700 businesses of this type.

According to the newspaper La Razón this Friday, the Community of Madrid is preparing a new schedule order of entertainment establishments and recreational activities, which is expected to be ready before Easter.

With this standard, the Nightlife will be able to extend its opening hours, even 'stealing' a few hours a day. The aim is to give more flexibility and more options to the sector to offer services that it did not previously provide and to obtain new sources of income.

The draft text being prepared by the regional government indicates, the newspaper said, the following new opening hours for specific premises:

The coffee-show that previously opened at 5:00 p.m. until 5:30 a.m., will be able to bring forward their opening hoursopening at 13.00 and will continue to be able to close at 5.30That is, four and a half hours more than their current schedule.

As for the Madrid nightlife, the party halls and restaurants with shows, which are now open from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., They would advance their entry time to 1:00 p.m.

There will be a new schedule for the daytime catering in discos and dance halls. Thus, those premises that have this service They will be able to offer it from 12.00 pm, something that is now impossible.

The cocktail bars, with or without performances, also extend the opening time by one more hour. From 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. they open from 12.00 to 3.00 hours.

For the banquet halls, their current hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., but they will be able to open until three in the morning.

The terraces They would gain two hours in the morning so that if they now open at 10:00 a.m., they can do so at 8.00 hours so that we can offer breakfast.

As we said, this new order is expected to be ready by Easter, in April.