Just because a club is open for as long as Factory is does not mean it was open JUST because it is good. More like, city officials, cops and detective have been handled from shutting it down. If the community got tired of the people falling out those doors, and made a stink.... SF would not be kept open cuz JP has been spinnin there since Baez and cuz the sound systems kicks ass. Politics and money keep that place open and Richard knows how to balance that for this long. That is what other clubs (Twilo, Tunnel) were not able to do for the longevity that SF has. Also, the staff has been good making sure that it does not get to out of control fights or OD's. But the flip side is, where does the money Richard have come from? The thousands of people that want to go to one of the most famous clubs in NYC. Spend tons of money there so Richard can keep it open. a cycle......