Dry strip clubs are stupid and puritanical. "Adult" arcades that restrict people to one person to a booth are stupid and puritanical. Restricting customer's choice of outfits is stupid and puritanical (although I do think that anyone serving food and beverage should be reasonably clothed, for a variety of reasons).

I'm not into strip clubs, arcades, or underwear parties, but I have no problem with people who are, and I see no societal interest in having these restrictive laws. A strip club that serves alcohol, or an adult arcade where people can hook up, or a bar that hosts events like underwear parties bring in more tax revenue, and that's a good thing.

"World Class Cities" and progressive states left those garbage laws behind years ago.

Good God, Raindrrop. Do you EVER shut up?

Very on brand that the shitty, bland corporate metropolis has attendant shitty laws regarding adult activities and entertainment. Seattle is truly the least-cool big city in America.

hate to say it but I think lack of customers is due to the cost of the lap dance. I think going rate is like $60 for a 3 minute grind, pretty expensive way to not get your rocks off. If you had booze and no lap dances that would probably be fine for most dudes imo

@5 "lack of customers is due to the cost of the lap dance"

This.

And worse yet, it seems that the $60/dance has become a standard among all the clubs. There was a time when dancers could negotiate their own price and "volume discounts". Stick around for a while and the price per dance goes down. It pays better to keep a customer happy for $20 or $30 dances when they agree to stick around for half an hour or so. Pays much better than sitting in the back row with all the other women, hoping that one big spender will pry his wallet open.

I'm not sure what the current law/club policies are on employees vs independent contractors. One of my favorites had heard talk of the state leaning toward employees and she packed up and left the state. I recall when the state tried to move salon workers away from their 1099 contractor status and to W-2 employees. The Sh*t hit the fan on that one. But then salon workers have more negotiating clout than dancers to tell the state to go f* themselves. Until now, dancers have tried to stay out of the political spotlight.

Yes, we need a strippers Bill of Rights. To protect them from the state.