Nightclubs/Nightclub Management

Nightclub Management are a series of Free Mode missions in Grand Theft Auto Online introduced as part of the After Hours update.

Description
"Okay, good to see you're doing something to keep this club running. The DJ plays, I do my thing, Lazlow... does his, I suppose... if that's a thing. And you have got to make sure {nightclub} is the name on everybody's lips. You'll be spreading the word, keeping booze costs down, bringing the right people in, and keeping the wrong people out. And any of these jobs will have a direct effect on how well we're doing, I promise you."

- Tony Prince to the player

After completing the initial setup of the player's club, access is provided to the management computers in the office and warehouse levels.

In order to increase and maintain the popularity of the nightclub, the player must undergo regular club management.

Unlike most other business activities, the player can perform the Promote Club activities in any session type, they are not restricted to public lobbies only.

Players can select the Promote Club option from the computer and get jobs from either Tony Prince or Lazlow Jones but they can also receive a series of club promotion missions by phone call from English Dave while not in the club. The former two give a 25% increase in popularity on completion.

Missions vary greatly in difficulty but are randomly issued. Some feature opposition from NPC gangs, while others involve celebrities not previously seen in GTA Online.

Locations in some missions may be relative to the location of the player's club, while others will be the same regardless of the club's location.

There is a mandatory 5 minute cool down between completion of one Promote Club job and being able to start another.

Place posters
"At the end of the day, nothing beats a bit of physical marketing. You're going to do it old school and put fly-posters up around the city. Get to work."

- Tony's instructions

The player receives a bag of fly-posters promoting the current resident DJ at the club and has to put them up by hand at 8 locations throughout the city. Some of these locations will be on the walls of direct competitors to the player's club.

This mission does not give away the player's activities to the rest of the session.

Locations
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP.

Air-drop flyers
"Okay, well, I guess we got to so some marketing. Instead of handing out flyers on Vinewood Boulevard, I want to airdropping them over the city. There's a chopper waiting ready to take off. Your flyers are on board."

- Tony's instructions

The player is given 15-20 minutes to get in Tony's chrome Buzzard and fly to 8 areas marked on the map and drop flyers within the marked zones. The Buzzard must be within an altitude range of 175 - 600 feet in order to perform the drop. On-screen tips will warn the player to gain or reduce altitude before triggering the drop.

Locations
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP.

Deliver supplies
"Alright, three long decades in this business and one thing is still true: nightclubs run on booze. And no matter how much we charge, the cheaper we can get it, the better. Bring in the shipment of champagne I've located, and I'll make sure we got people here to drink it."

- Tony's instructions

The player is given 15-20 minutes to travel to a location and collect a Mule filled with bottles of champagne and deliver it back to the club. The cargo is fragile and a Supplies Health meter is shown on the HUD to indicate the amount of damage sustained.

"You got the truck? Good. You're carrying fragile cargo there so make it back here as fast as you can but without causing too much damage to the bottles."

- T xx

Locations
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP.

Recover supplies
"Great. Do I have a job for you. Crowds can smell if a club isn't right, and right now, our club isn't right. We've been robbed for a truck of booze. Get it and we can get back to running this place properly."

- Tony's instructions

Local gangs have stolen a Mule with unspecified alcohol from the club. The player has 15-20 minutes to travel to their location, recover the truck and return it to the club. NPC gang members will provide armed opposition at the truck's location and will pursue the truck on the return trip to the club.

Locations
The Vagos in Rancho will pursue the player in Buccaneer Customs which can be stolen by players but cannot be kept or sold.

Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP.

Smash vehicles
"So... here's what we're gonna do. For once in our lives, we're going to refuse to be gentrifiers. Some property developers are trying to piggy back off of what we're doing here... to open up mini-malls, or something. Run them off and get us some edge back."

- Tony's instructions

McGill-Olsen Construction developers are trying to cash in on the increased popularity of the neighborhood. Tony requires the player to scare them off by damaging their bosses' vehicles parked at 4 locations surrounding the player's nightclub. Locations will be specific to each of the 10 nightclub locations.

Locations
The player has 20 minutes to perform the damage and is given a Baseball Bat if they do not already have one in their inventory. At each location, a McGill-Olsen Burrito will be parked alongside the target vehicle which will be a more expensive customized vehicle including: A Vehicle damage meter is shown on the HUD to indicate when enough damage has been done to each vehicle. The bat does not have to be used but the damage must be inflicted by a weapon, ramming the vehicles with another vehicle does not increment the damage meter. The player can completely destroy the cars without penalty.
 * A green Dewbauchee Exemplar
 * A galaxy blue Enus Super Diamond
 * A white Enus Cognoscenti
 * A blue Gallivanter Baller LE

There will be 4 or more NPCs at each site, two executive types and two contractors. The two contractors will become aggressive and may need to be subdued, although sometimes simply aiming at them with a weapon will be enough to scare them off without needing to physically assault them. However, killing too many of them will cause the mission to fail.

Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP.

Collect clubbers
"Okay, let's try and get the buzz back in this place. You know, my momma always said, "Want to catch some flies, you need a pile of shit." Collect some pieces of shit rich folks for us, bring them to the club, and all the flies will follow."

- Tony's instructions

Tony requests the player poach customers from rival clubs throughout the city. Two individual clubbers need to be picked up from outside two different clubs within a 15-20 minute time limit. Tony's Schafter V12 must be used.

Locations
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP.

Play music from a blimp
"Okay, we need to do something big, something theatrical, something Vinewood, baby. We're promoting our DJ on the side of a blimp. Pick it up and fly it over the city. Everyone will know what's going on here."

- Tony's instructions

Tony asks the player to promote the club and the current resident DJ by flying a Blimp to three different promotional areas and playing the DJ's music long enough to garner interest. An Interest meter is displayed on the HUD at each location. The blimp must remain within the area marked on the map for the duration or the interest meter will start reducing. There is a 20 minute time limit to collect the blimp from LSIA and finish the third site. A Buzzard Attack Chopper will be parked next to the blimp for the player's associates to use for protecting the blimp.

Music

 * Solomun's blimp will play Johannes Brecht - Page Blanche
 * Tale Of Us' blimp will play Fisherman’s Horizon
 * Dixon's blimp will play Future Four - Connection (I:Cube Rework)
 * The Black Madonna's blimp will play Metro Area - Miura

Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP.

Destroy rival supplies
"Okay, we're losing customers to Bahama Mamas when we beat them on music, atmosphere, and general insanity. Take out those idiots' supply trucks and let's see if our customers don't come back here."

- Tony's instructions

4 Benson supply trucks, each manned by two Los Santos Triads members with possible escorts in FQ2s are being driven into the city to resupply Bahama Mamas. The player is required to destroy them all within 20 minutes. Three of the trucks will usually be on the freeways heading into the city, the fourth will already be within the city limits.

Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP.

Collect VIPs
"Heya, yeah, so, I kinda promised Tony I'd get some famous people in, but... no one's answering my texts. We're not cool enough, alright? We've got to make do with a couple of D-list influencers for now. Go pick 'em up, bring 'em in, and, you know, hopefully the celebrities will follow."

- Lazlow's instructions

The player is directed by Lazlow Jones to collect 2 VIPs from separate locations and deliver them to the club. Tony's white Patriot Stretch must be used. There is a 15-20 minute time limit.

Locations
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP. Unlike celebrities, the NPC VIPs will not be visible inside the VIP lounge area of the club immediately after they are delivered.

Locate celebrity
"Yo, I've got you a VIP to collect, bit of a celebrity actually, Total friend of mine. Poppy Mitchell. She hasn't actually said where she is, and... I'm kinda blocked on her Bleeter, but... I think we can figure it out from her Snapmatic profile."

- Lazlow's instructions

Lazlow has a lead on a celebrity to bring to the club, but doesn't know exactly where they are. He will send snapmatic images by text to the player's phone and the player must use Tony's Patriot Stretch to go to the location. Once the player arrives, Lazlow will explain they have moved on and send another snapmatic clue. At the second location the scenario repeats and the player will find the celebrity waiting at the third location.

Locations
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP. The Celebrity Appearances statistic on the Nightclub Management will increase by 1. The celebrity will be found in the VIP lounge areas dancing or drinking. They will talk to themselves and the player intermittently.

Collect celebrity
"Okay, okay, you want famous? I've got not one, but two of my best celebrity friends coming in tonight. Miranda Cowan and her assistant. get out there and collect them as soon as possible... they may seem andgry and impatient and greedy, but... that just means they like you."

- Lazlow's instructions

Lazlow has two celebrities for the player to collect in the Patriot Stretch. At the first location, the celebrity may be posing for paparazzi. Once the celebrity is in the vehicle, the paparazzi give chase on PCJ 600s. The player must lose the paparazzi before heading to a second location to pick up a second "celebrity" (actually the celebrities personal assistant) and deliver them both to the club.

The player is free to use force to lose the paparazzi.

Locations
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP. The Celebrity Appearances statistic on the Nightclub Management will increase by 1. The celebrity will be found in the VIP lounge areas dancing or drinking. They will talk to themselves and the player intermittently.

Rescue celebrity
"Oh, hey, you want to get some celebs in here, this might be our chance. Got a little tip that Lacey Jonas is in the back of a police wagon. Who knows what she did this time... if we can get her out of there, she's probably so doped up on painkillers, she'll think she was on the way to the club already. Go get here while the opportunity's there."

- Lazlow's instructions

Lazlow has a tip that a celebrity is being arrested. The player has to travel to the location of the arrest where the celebrity will be already be loaded in the back of the Police Transporter and two LSPD officers will be on scene examining the celebrities car. The player must hijack the transporter with the celebrity in the back. They must then lose their 2 star wanted level before taking the celebrity to the club. Killing the cops on the scene will still only invoke a 2-star wanted level. The police transporter is virtually indestructible.

Locations
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase and the player will be rewarded with up to $5,000 and up to 800 RP. The Celebrity Appearances statistic on the Nightclub Management will increase by 1. The celebrity will be found in the VIP lounge areas dancing or drinking. They will talk to themselves and the player intermittently.

English Dave: Help your DJ jobs
English Dave will call the player while they are outside the club not otherwise engaged in free-roam activity and request the player completes a job for the current resident DJ. The player has the choice to accept or reject these jobs. There are no time limits on these jobs.

Steal equipment
"Alright mate. You know how particular Dixon is about the way things sound. He wants some new equipment for the club. You got a minute to run off and get it for him? Okay, okay. AKAN Records is where to go. Take one of their vans and bring it to the club."

- Dave's instructions

English Dave calls stating that the club DJ is unhappy with the club atmosphere and needs new equipment. This mission requires the acquisition and return of a vehicle loaded with musical equipment. There may be security that needs to be dealt with at the location of the van.

"That's the shit me old mucker. Now get it back to the club before any narcs show up."

- Dave

On the way back to the club, teams of Merryweather Security guards will pursue in Dilettantes.

Gallery
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase.

Collect friends
"Alright there? Dixon wants some folks brought into Los Santos to see him play. What do you think about flying out and bringing them in, eh? He'd appreciate it no end. Alright then. Go get the chopper and pick 'em up."

- Dave's instructions

English Dave calls stating the DJ wants their friends brought to the club. The player is required to collect a helicopter and pick up the three NPCs and return to the club. However, one of the NPCs is afraid of heights, so the player is required to maintain an altitude of under 250 ft on the return journey.

"Alright then. You got them all on board? Now, one of 'em doesn't like heights that much, so, uh... you gotta fly 'em close to the ground. You can do that right? Lovely"

- Dave

The HUD minimap shows a purple height indicator to show the player whether they are within a safe height range, and if they exceed this, then Dave will message the player to fly lower. A panic level indicator is shown on the bottom right of the HUD.

"Things aren't looking very peachy up there! Take it nice and easy. Proper low remember?"

- Dave's message

"Fuck me, bring that bird down a bit. Told you one of em don't like heights."

- Dave's message

Gallery
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase. Like the VIPs, the NPC friends will not be seen in the club after they are delivered.

Recover the vinyl
"It's your old pal Dave. Yeah, some twats did a bunk with Dicko's records. Proper rare shit, too. You know what a wonk he is. Can you get 'em back to the club for us? Alright, well, they're at some yacht party in the middle of the drink. Might get heavy out there, so look out. You come through, Dixon won't forget this."

- Dave's instructions

English Dave calls stating that the club DJ has had their vinyl records stolen and they are being used in a private party aboard the Dignity.

The player travels from their current location to a beach where two Seasharks are waiting. The player needs to storm the yacht and recover the case of records and return to their club. Opponents armed with knives and pistols will provide resistance.

A Sea Sparrow will be parked next to the yacht to make the return trip a little faster.

Gallery
Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase.

Rescue the friends
"Hey, you got a second? Some of Black Madonna's people are being held up in the city. She'd sort it, only she's been DJing like a maniac. You think you can handle this? Very nice. This is where you're going. Grab them, save the day. And no friendly fire, please. I don't wanna tell The BM you shot her friends instead of saving 'em."

- Dave's instructions

English Dave calls stating that the club DJ's friends have been kidnapped. The player is required to travel to their location, take out the enemy gang members and return the friends to the club. Enemy gang members may give chase on the return trip.

"Looks like you're almost there. Remember, you're trying to save lives in there... not kill absolutely everyone in the building. God speed"

- Dave reminding the player to avoid friendly fire.

Gallery
"You got those folks out. Nice one geezer. I don't know what The BMs people were doing to get into that kind of trouble, and I'm not gonna ask. Disaster averted."

- Dave on successful completion.

Upon completion, the popularity of the club will increase. Like the VIPs, the NPC friends will not be seen in the club after they are delivered.

Rewards
As well as the tangible rewards obtained in each mission of money, RP, popularity, and increases to the celebrity appearances statistic, a Number One Nightclub "Hotspot" reward trophy will appear on Tony's desk after a 90% popularity level is maintained for the required duration.
 * Bronze: 2.4 hours
 * Silver: 5.6 hours
 * Gold: 11.2 hours

Bugs/Glitches

 * Failing any mission may still reward the player with full money and RP. This may or may not be intentional.
 * Delivering a Mule of champagne may result in an animation showing the truck floating into the garage rather than driving in. This may result from turning the steering wheel while automatically stopping at the dropoff location.

Trivia

 * The Nightclub popularity gained for completing a Nightclub Management Mission has been increased from 10% to 25% with the The Diamond Casino & Resort update.
 * Celebrities reappearing from The Ballad of Gay Tony will reference their earlier encounters with Tony Prince in their dialogues.