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The Paramount Park in Rödermark (Hesse) was the former ice rink of Rödermark and subsequently one of the most popular German nightclubs for nine years, with an aggregate of 3.200 square metres. The Paramount Park was seperated into several areas: the Mirage (larger club), Cotton Club (smaller club) and diverse bars and bistros (e.g. Hollywood Café).

Characteristic for this nightclub was the approximately two metre lowered down dance floor in the Mirage, which was covered with aluminium plates, as well as the five-minute laser lighting display, which sometimes even included fireworks, that took place on midnight. Four dance platforms were arranged around the outside of the dance floor at a dizzing height. Opposite the spacious DJ pulpit was a stage, on which the fireworks were lit. The stage could be used as dance floor after the fireworks. The laser system was placed above the stage. At the beginning, a sound system from the company Eichler was used, which was later on replaced by a JBL system.

From October 1993 up to its closure in October 2002, Paramount Park was the venue for regular techno events with popular DJs and artists such as WestBam, Marusha, Torsten Fenslau, Ulli Brenner, Rick Air, Michael Hennes, RMB (band), Kai Tracid, Tillmann Uhrmacher, Cosmic Gate, Hennes & Cold, Scot Project, Warmduscher (DJ), DJ Mind-X, FMF Greg, Pulsedriver, DJ Wag/Uwe Wagenknecht and Dany Lemon. These events were partly broadcast by Hr3, Radio RPR and Sunshine live. The Hr3 Clubnight was broadcast live from Paramount Park on several events.

Closure and Fire
After the closure, Paramount Park was rebuilt and divided into two sections, the SoundZ and the Maximum. The biggest structural change was filling in the dance floor with concrete, in order to make it level. The style of music changed from electronic to hip-hop. Electronic music first returned to the legendary park in 2006 with the Technoclub. Between 17th March and 16th June four Technoclub events took place in total.

In the summer of 2006 the SoundZ building was closed once again for reconstruction work. Two new clubs were set up in the hall: the Club Cambaz at the back and the Nachtlicht (German: night light) at the front. On Boxing Day at around 10pm a fire broke out in the rear part of the hall. Despite the immediate deployment of the fire brigade – whose station is just diagonally opposite the park – the rear section of the hall could not be saved. The fire brigade were able to control the blaze so that the front section remained undamaged. After short renovation works, the front section was reopened under the name, Nachtlicht, until April 2008 when it was closed again, shortly before reopening as the Barcode Lounge. Since the beginning of 2009 the club has operated as a venue for events under the name, Nachtlicht. The regular disco was stopped. Instead it became possible to rent the Nachtlicht for private events. The name Paramount Park now refers to the rest of the hall.

On 1st October 2010 the disco started up again in the buildings under the name Paramount Suite and stopped again a short time later.

From 16th October 2011 a disco called DejaVue began running in a section of the building, where the “Voices Club” was then set up.

Important events
The club could also be reserved for office parties.
 * Rhein Main Alarm
 * Rhein Main Alarm 2
 * Rhein Main Alarm 3
 * Rhein Main Alarm 4
 * Rave against the Carnival
 * Ceremonia
 * Club Sounds Release Party (with Tillmann Uhrmacher and Dany Lemon)
 * birthday parties of various DJs

TV events
On 11th October 2003, a concert by the band Overground from the TV show Popstars, Das Duell (ProSieben), took place in the SoundZ.

Revival Parties

 * On 16th June 2018 the first of a series of events Paramount Park Revival Party 1.0 took place in Centralstation (Darmstadt). The well-known resident DJs, Ulli Brenner, Michael Hennes and Rick Air were featured.
 * The official Paramount Park Revival Party 2.0 took place on 16th March 2019 in Centralstation (Darmstadt). The DJs Rick Air, Michael Hennes and Uwe Wagenknecht were on the turntables.
 * On 21st September 2019 the Paramount Park Revival Party 3.0 took place in Centralstation (Darmstadt). This time the DJs were Rick Air, Michael Hennes and The Prophet.

Weblinks

 * Official Paramount Park Site
 * The real Paramount Park Memorial Site
 * Satellitenfoto vom Paramount Park (heutzutage nur noch Reste zu sehen)