Attendance Down Extras Up?

stenton1: " This has been a surprising development"

Why are you surprised? Did you believe them when they used to say "I'd never do that! What do you think I am a whore?"

My ATF has commented about slow business, but she writes it off to seasonally adjusted fluctuations in the business. She claims the Thanksgiving to New Years is the busiest while Feb to April is the slowest. She has theories about why this may be, but I'd guess that if any dancers are being forced to provide extras in order to survive, its probably the borderline strippers.

It's a rare thing when strippers don't complain about how bad business is.

If business is slow strippers will hustle the few customers harder than usual

If strip club business is on the decline anywhere, it's worthwhile to consider the various forms of competition that other kinds of adult entertainment provide. This has been discussed before on TUSCL:

1. Abundance of free, on-line porn.
2. Escort services easily available, on-line.
3. Webcam actresses on-line.

The internet may be cutting drastically into the disposable income that was previously spent in strip clubs. Many customers are now having their needs served by internet providers.

Here in Seattle, I sense that those services have indeed cut into the strip club industry. With the Deja Vu clubs, in Seattle at least, they employ far fewer dancers now, than they did 18 months ago. This may indicate a lower demand for conventional strip club entertainment, and fewer strippers are able to make a living in strip clubs, now. You're welcome to PM for my thoughts on these details that I speculate apply to Seattle.

"This has been a surprising development"

SURPRISING!?!

This is old news at best. Where have you been living?

Alucard- Yes, it's been surprising in my area, because many of the clubs I hit were packed to the hilt at this time last year. Many of the girls known for not doing extras, are now leaping at the opportunity to do so.
Dougster- I know they're all on the border of being whores, but many of the club "prudes" are now doing OTC. That's why I asked the question how have things changed in YOUR area.

The overall economy, although the market has been doing well this year, is still limping along.

So it’s no surprise SCs are not what they may have been in the late 90s or even in the mid-2000s (prior to the 08 recession).

If we have another economic boom/run, SCs are going to be packed again not only with customers but customers spending a lot of mula – IMO.

I'm guessing that the blue-collar crowd is down but my attendance and spending has been steady so I look at it as a net positive for me (selfish bastard that I am).

I think that @ Dougster polled the TUSCL-verse about 2013 SC budgets back in Jan didn't he? So I guess a quarterly update might be in order to see what this crowd's status is...

<i>I have noticed lately that the number is customers is way down from this time last year. Many of the strippers I talk to at various clubs have talked to me about this, so some now work 12 hour days, or have turned to extras, where they haven't done so in the past.

I live in Pennsylvania, so I hit clubs in Pa. and NJ for the most part. Have don't of you noticed this happening in your area?</i>

Summer is coming which generally means slower business in many places. Here in the East coast I've definitely noticed a difference, the clubs I've worked/working at at are a little slower these days and the crowd is beginning to taper off. Last summer was also very slow for business.

I've spending less in strip clubs. I see less reason to plus the clubs seem to have more people than they used to. Well a new one. I'm spending less in both clubs. Due to a bigger crowd and more restrictive table dances in one club and less talent and no extras in the other club. Well no extras in either.

It's much more crowded in both clubs. I hope it doesn't get as bad as in Columbia SC where it used to be difficult to even walk through the club with standing room only in one section.

Some dancers ask for more money just for doing ordinary lappers. I'm not ok with that. I don't get any more dances from whomever after that.