
Originally Posted by
Twin Tattoo
Instead of stage performances, what about more of a gogo bar set-up? Dancers group dancing on the stage and mini-stages throughout the main floor area. Dancers rotated into the main room. Every song those with clothes on remove one article of clothing and change to a new dancing spot. Once nude, do a couple songs and then rotate off for a break. No big acrobatic show. No solo performances. More of a "scene" atmosphere.
The reason for the above is local resistance to table hustling by dancers that I have been hearing from others as being a potential problem. The zoning guy I talked to and a couple of people "in the know" about how local politicians will react felt that if I could eliminate table hustling, it would be viewed as less like streetwalking by local politicians. Dancers do gogo dancing on the stages and if the patron wants a lap dance or VIP room from one of them, they turn on a table light, their waitress comes over, and they point out the one they'd like a lap dance or take to the VIP room. The waitress then acts as the go-between for the patron and the dancer until a deal has been made. This idea of inserting a middleman (or, more accurately, a middlewoman, as they would be waitresses) was well received in "solving" the negative image of "Wanna dance?" table hustling.
The gogo dancers then only gogo dancing until they get hired by a patron for a lap dance or VIP ... or, if not picked by any patron by the time they're dancing nude a couple songs, rotate off the stage for a break.
As for the catwalk stage, by not allowing anyone to sit up at the stage (this upping the class of the place and, besides, the dollar is almost worthless so I'd prohibit tipping the dancers on the stage to up the class even more)
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