strip clubs and casinos in the same town?

11/14/2009 5:33:48 PM

Recently here in Ohio, a vote went down and the outcome is that now casinos are allowed to open in Ohio. Of course it will be regulated at first so only 1 casino per town (Toledo, Columbus, Cleveland) can open. Just wondering if any other states have gone through this voting that allows casinos to open up and if it has any affect on SC business? Does this usually motivate SCs to improve in order to compete or does it hurt their business and cause them to cut back and increase prices even more? (right now LD price in Col is $25-40) Or perhaps casinos have no noticeable effect whatsoever?

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steve229

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15 years ago

Sam,
So does this mean Columbus is going to be the Vegas of the Mid-west?

samsung1

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15 years ago

lol, there is only going to be one casino opened in Columbus as the result of this vote so the initial effect will be small but I can see it increase and taking away business from SCs. I'm curious how SCs will respond to this competition based off how it happened in other states/cities

CTQWERTY

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15 years ago

Sam, Detroit already has two casinos I know of, and of course Windsor has a big one just across the border. Yet more (3 recently) strip clubs are opening in Detroit. So I think Columbus will be fine. Surprised though because Columbus seemed to be much more high-brow than Detroit. I will make a guess the bars/restaurants on High Street will take a bit of a hit. Too bad -- nice area to walk around in, etc.

Ever patronize the Winking Lizard Tavern on north High St.?

Player11

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15 years ago

You have that situation in Billings, MT. As a matter of fact, the strip club there has a Casino in it. My first visit there won some money in the casino. First time I ever left a SC with more money than I came in with.

imnumnutz

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15 years ago

first, it will be years before these casinos are built, if ever. there will be efforts to change the terms that voters recently approved, battles over the regulatory body, you name it. would not be a surprise to see those who were told they could seek a license throw their hands up and walk away.

here in columbus, the lone casino is supposed to be built downtown. my guess is that it will have virtually no affect on strip clubs since to the best of my knowledge, none are nearby.

Dudester

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15 years ago

There is Las Vegas, of course, but there is also Albuquerque. Albuquerque has two casinos and several stip joints. I haven't partaken of neither, but the SC scene appears to be going well, based on reviews I've read recently.

shadowcat

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15 years ago

Hawthorne NV has a casino and a whore house.One of them is gonna get your money!

slickpeter

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15 years ago

There are three casinos in the city of Detroit plus the one across the border in Windsor and 32 strip clubs within the city of detroit plus another dozen clubs in Windsor plus all of the strip clubs in the Detroit suburbs and there seems to be enough money to go around - even considering the economic situation in Detroit - remember the state has an actual unemployment of over 18% - not the 10.5% that Obama and his cronies report

DandyDan

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15 years ago

I don't see the two as directly comparable. They mostly attract two different types of crowds. I knew a former co-worker who was fond of going to the local race track, which might a different crowd yet from a standard casino. I was talking about strip clubs and he told me I should have nothing to do with them, probably because there is a chance of making money at casinos/race tracks. So to answer the OP's question, I think there is nothing to worry about for strip clubs.

CTQWERTY

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15 years ago

Wow, Peter: a guy could spend an entire month hitting a different club everyday...

Dan, I've always wondered why casinos don't offer day care services for parents to drop off their kids at. Are they afraid the parent(s) may give up too much money and then leave the child?

Dudester

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15 years ago

CTWERTY, there's a casino in Losisiana that advertises this service. It's also on a resort, so I imagine it's more expensive than your usual casino type operation.

CTQWERTY

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15 years ago

Yeah, but how often are kids left there? And do they become future employees?

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15 years ago

Lol, central Ohio/Columbus voted against the casino constitutional amendment and now they have to host one because the issue passed.

I suspect casinos might help the strip club scene in Ohio--as the pols see money coming in, they'll become less interested in petty things like harassing strip clubs. At least I hope so. And with more "party" money floating around (I'm making a distinction between "party" money and "serious gamblimg money"), we might see more clubs opening once the economy turns the corner.

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