How the feck do I add new bars to my existing neighbourhoods?

go to world edit and edit the buildings and put the new bars if you are too lazy to do that then in world edit add the night life venues if you are too lazy to do that then play in bridgeport.

What part of THERE ARE NO INSRUCTIONS TO ADD PRE-BRUILT LOTS TO THE GAME DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?

Step one: enter Edit Town mode from your current neighborhood.

Step two: Look at the sizes of the bar lots in your "place community lots" selection tab

Step three: Either using world edit to place a new lot to match or exceed the size requirements of the desired bar lot, or locate an existing empty lot in your town that meets the lot size requirements

Step four: Select the newly placed/located lot and change lot type to Community Lot then select the appropriate community lot sub-type from the drop down menu to match the bar you're wanting to place. (Dive bar, lounge, sports bar, dance club, etc) 

Step five: select and place the desired bar from the Community lot list on the newly created lot OR edit the new lot and design your own bar, checking the requirements to ensure it will open for business when you return to game mode.

step six: save changes and return to game 

Hope this helps.

I'm having a similar issue. There are a lot of empty community lots in my town, but as soon as I select any of the pre-made existing community lots to place a copy, all of the lots icons "disappear" and I can't select any of them (at least 2 are larger than the lot I want to place). I've also tried to go into the lot in buy/build mode and looking at the "community objects" available, but not all of the pre-made lots are there to choose from (I'm trying to place a dive bar). I've had NO problem when I add existing apartment buildings or houses to my towns, but for some reason community lots are giving me this issue. It doesn't matter what type of pre-made community building I pick, I can't select any available lots to place copies!!

go to edit town lick on the house/bench icon change the lot type to community  for example sports bar or dive bar then place your lot

@laraomen15  you already have a reply in your thread please keep to the one thread

Thank you, this is EXACTLY what I was trying to work out (and yes I know this was 5 years ago).

what the heck are you talking about, man. TS3 is an amazing sequel to The Sims 2. 

i had the same issue, that's why i'm here. gonna hurry to try the tip.

my reply was directed to the original author.