Pacha Group

Pacha

Company type	Sociedad Anónima
Industry	Leisure, Lifestyle
Founded	December 15, 1967; 56 years ago (1967-12-15) Sitges, Spain
Founder	Ricardo Urgell
Headquarters	Ibiza , Spain
Number of locations	10 nightclubs
Website	www.pacha.com

Pacha Group is a Spanish holding company specializing in the leisure, entertainment and hospitality businesses. It was founded in 1966 by Ricardo Urgell.^{[citation needed]}

Brand

Pacha is a lifestyle and entertainment brand which specializes in nightlife and has club franchises in a number of countries including Brazil, United States, Russia, Germany, England, Egypt, Portugal, Austria. The first Pacha club opened in the beach town of Sitges in 1967, and first expanded to several Spanish cities such as Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and Madrid.^{[citation needed]}

In Ibiza, Pacha opened a club in 1973, and then expanded into the hotel business with El Hotel Pacha. By 1990, Pacha discotheques had opened in Madrid, Tarragona and Rio de Janeiro. The first franchisee of the Pacha brand was a nightclub in Fão, Portugal, in 1992.^[1]

The first Pacha club in Argentina opened in 1993 in Buenos Aires.^{[citation needed]}

The first Pacha club in Germany opened in Munich in the year 2000.^[2][3]

Pacha London opened in 2001 and closed in 2014.

Additionally, Pacha publishes annual music compilations with the Pacha branding on various Music Platforms (incl. Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, etc.), starting in 2008.^[4] They also release tracks under their Record label 'Pacha Recordings',^[5] and 'Pacha Multimedia S.L.'.^[6]

Logo

Pacha's first logo was inspired by Carmen Sevilla’s eye make-up. Later, in the seventies, various anagrams (of fruits) were created to distinguish various bureaucratic activities in the company internally. Finally, the image of the cherries was printed on a large number of posters to announce events and parties.

Founder

Ricardo Urgell, born in Barcelona in 1937, is the founder of Grupo Pacha. He is the grandson of Modesto Urgell. When Urgell was twenty years old, he started a water-ski school in Sitges. He then opened his first bar ‘Tito’s’ in the same town. The name "Pachá" came from a remark made by Marisa Cobos, Urgell's first wife, who told him that with the money he was going to earn, he would be living like a Pachá (a Turkish/Ottoman Prince). The first Pacha club was Pacha Sitges, which Urgell founded together with his brother Piti Urgell.

In 2002, the Spanish Government decided to award the Gold Medal of Merit for Tourism to Ricardo Urgell.

Pacha Ibiza

Pacha Ibiza opened in 1973 and is the earliest superclub in Ibiza.^{[citation needed]} Built in Ses Feixes and facing Ibiza Town, Pacha was designed to resemble a farmhouse. The club was featured in the 2004 film It's All Gone Pete Tong and has capacity of 3,000.^[7] From 1998 to 2017, Pacha Ibiza was the venue for the DJ Awards.^[8]

Artists who have performed at the club include Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, Tiësto, Usher, Martin Garrix, Erick Morillo, Masters At Work, Roger Sanchez, Craig David, Afrojack, Alesso, will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taio Cruz, Ludacris, Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Jonas Blue, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki, DJ Snake, Fatboy Slim, Oliver Heldens, Pete Tong, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, CamelPhat, Don Diablo, Diplo, Robin Schulz, MK, Lost Frequencies, Martin Solveig, Danny Howard, Solomun, Armand van Helden, Faithless, J Balvin, Duke Dumont, Ofenbach and Melanie C.

Awards and nominations

DJ Magazine's top 100 Clubs

Year	Position	Notes	Ref.
2006	?	New Entry	[9]
2007	3	—	[10]
2008	7	—	[11]
2009	7	—	[12]
2010	5	—	[13]
2011	5	—	[14]
2012	3	—	[15]
2013	3	—	[16]
2014	3	—	[17]
2015	4	—	[18]
2016	4	—	[19]
2017	7	—	[20]
2018	8	—	[21]
2019	12	—	[22]
2020	16	—	[23]

International Dance Music Awards

Year	Category	Work	Outcome	Ref.
2005[A]	Best Global Club	Pacha - Ibiza Spain	Nominated	[24]
2006			Nominated	[25]
2007			Nominated	[26]
2008			Nominated	[27]
2009			Nominated	[28]
2010			Nominated	[29]
2011			Nominated	[30]
2012			Nominated	[31]
2013			Nominated	[32]
2015			Nominated	[33]
2016			Nominated	[34]

International Nightlife Association's Top 100 Clubs

Year	Position	Notes	Ref.
2015[B]	3	New Entry	[35]
2016	4	—
2017	10	—
2018	?	—
2019	8	—

Pacha New York / Miami

Awards and nominations

DJ Magazine's top 100 Clubs

Year	Position	Notes	Ref.
2006	?	New Entry	[9]
2007	28	—	[10]
2008	24	—	[11]
2009	30	—	[12]
2010	37	—	[13]
2011	27	—	[14]
2012	18	—	[15]
2013	26	—	[16]
2014	31	—	[17]
2015	61	—	[18]

Pacha Sharm

Awards and nominations

DJ Magazine's top 100 Clubs

Year	Position	Notes	Ref.
2008	54	New Entry	[11]
2009	75	—	[12]
2010	25	—	[13]
2011	20	—	[14]
2012	23	—	[15]
2013	21	—	[16]
2014	75	—	[17]

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