Portland (Liberty City, island 1)

Grand Opening

Giver
Jonnie
Location
Jonnie's bar in the Red Light District, Portland, after his pager message
Reward
$6,000

Unlocks Pocket Rocket

A new disco called Diamond Sky is opening across the street from Jonnie’s bar, and he wants it gone. You take a junk Idaho to 8-Ball’s bomb shop in Harwood, have it rigged with explosives, then park it at the disco and blow it up.

Before you start

Do not set the car on fire on the way to the disco. The explosives are unstable.

Know where a hideout is before you detonate, so you can clear the police quickly.

Objectives

  1. Take the Idaho the bartender has provided you to the bomb shop and get a car bomb.
  2. Drive over to the disco in the Idaho. Once in position, activate the car bomb in the Idaho and detonate it to destroy the disco.
  3. Blow up the disco. To activate the car bomb, select it and press the A button and B button together. To detonate, exit the vehicle, select the bomb detonator and press the A button.
  4. Get wanted level to zero before returning to the bar.

Grand Opening walkthrough

The problem across the street

Jonnie says he has a real problem right across the street. A new bar called Diamond Sky is putting in a three-level disco, and its grand opening is tomorrow night. He is sure it will attract the wrong kind of clientele and hurt his business. His plan is a wrecked Idaho parked out front; take it to 8-Ball’s bomb shop and get it rigged.

Cutscene, Jonnie says he has a real problem right across the street
Cutscene, Mike guesses Jonnie wants him to torch the place
Cutscene, Jonnie says to take the car to 8-Ball's shop

The bomb shop in Harwood

Get into the Idaho, which Mike calls an embarrassment, and follow the radar to Slick’s bomb shop in Harwood. The car is slow, so drive straight and do not hit anything. Park on the marker. Slick, who works for 8-Ball, fits the explosives and warns you that they are unstable and that the car must not catch fire.

Mike says the car is an embarrassment that deserves a fiery death
Driving the blue Idaho through Harwood past a yellow truck
Slick explains who he is at the bomb shop while Mike sits in the car

Using the car bomb

A message explains the controls: select the car bomb and press the A button and B button together to arm it. To set it off, get out of the vehicle, select the detonator and press the A button. From now on you can return to 8-Ball’s shop for car bombs, and its location is marked on the radar with a bomb icon.

Message explaining how to arm the car bomb and detonate it
Message that 8-Ball's shop sells car bombs, marked by a bomb icon on the radar

Blowing up the disco

Drive back to the Red Light District and park the Idaho against the club, then arm the bomb. A Car bomb set message appears. Walk away from the car, select the detonator and fire it. The disco goes up in flames. Jonnie then warns that the blast woke the neighbors and the police are on to you.

Car bomb set message as the Idaho parks beside the disco
The disco goes up in flames in the Red Light District
Jonnie's message that the blast woke the neighbors and the police are on to Mike

Losing the cops

The objective is now to bring your wanted level to zero. Stay on foot, keep away from the police and enter a hideout in the Red Light District, which clears the stars. Then go back to Jonnie’s bar. Jonnie is pleased with how it was handled and promises more work.

Mike on foot along a Red Light District street, wanted stars showing
Mike running past a building in the Red Light District, still wanted
Jonnie's message to come back to the bar
Cutscene, Jonnie says the job was expertly handled

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • the Idaho is destroyed before it reaches Diamond Sky

After the mission

Jonnie pays $6,000, and his next message asks for serious firepower: Pocket Rocket.

Mission passed screen showing the $6000 reward

Part of Portland (Liberty City, island 1) in the story walkthrough.