A home for floating party-goers no more, the Boardwalk set sail down the river this week.

The Strip District complex used to be the home of such hot spots as Donzi's, Tequila Willies and Club Champagne, but it closed in January after River Entertainment Co. filed for bankruptcy in July 2007.

The case was settled in April, according to filings, and as part of the agreement, River Entertainment had to move the barge facility if it didn't find a buyer. It finally was shipped out in two pieces Monday and yesterday.

Its destination is another question.

River Rescue patrols saw it heading down the Ohio River, but when a passing officer asked a worker on the second barge yesterday where the complex was going, the man just shrugged his shoulders.

Russell York of the Buncher Co., which leased the land to River Entertainment, said he didn't know where the barges were headed, and he didn't care.

"[Building the complex] was my idea 20 years ago," Mr. York said. "And it outlived its usefulness."

Mr. York would not disclose if Buncher had any plans for the space.

Developer Tom Jayson, president of River Entertainment, opened the Boardwalk in 1991. The company owed Buncher more than $150,000 in rental payments by the time of its bankruptcy.

A message left for River Entertainment's attorney, Robert O Lampl, was not returned.