The Sandringham Hotel, 387–391 King Street, locally known as The Sando, was a pub in the Inner West suburb of Newtown in Sydney, Australia.
[2] The impending closure of the popular venue caused fans to mobilise a rally to "Save The Sando" on 26 August.
[3] In October of the same year, The Sando was purchased by the owners of popular Melbourne rock venue The Corner Hotel and renamed The Newtown Social Club.
[4] The band room upstairs reopened in May 2014 with an audience capacity of 300, hosting live acts several nights per week.
A spokesman for developers Funlab said the new venue would give punters much "good content for Instagram".