It was a mess.”Īfter the Princeton Club’s closure, the Williams Club entered a search process and decided to partner with the Penn Club, using their facilities in much the same relationship as that between the Princeton and Williams Clubs in past years. This came as a surprise for the Williams Club’s operating team: Thomas Morgan ’91, who serves as the president for the club’s board, explained by email to the Record that “ not consulted as to the Princeton Club’s handling of the pandemic, and we were certainly not aware of the severity of their dire financial position until the very end. The Princeton Club reopened on July 7, 2021, with various limitations on its facilities due to COVID restrictions, but closed permanently after defaulting on its $40 million mortgage.

The Princeton Club initially closed its doors in March 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dale Riehl ’72, the director of the Williams Club, wrote in an email to the Record. The move was prompted by the Princeton Club’s financial difficulties, which led to the permanent closure of the Princeton Club in October 2021. The Williams Club in New York City - a private alumni club that offers networking and educational programming to its members - moved to the Penn Club building in March 2022 after 12 years of being housed at the Princeton Club.

OctoThe Williams Club in New York City has moved to the Penn Club, which is located at 30 W 44 St., New York, N.Y.

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