Top Ten clubs that are no longer with us.
goldmongerATL
The Square Above Charlie Weaver
I saw a review that mentioned a long-closed legendary club and it got me thinking. What are the legendary clubs that are now gone?
My entry is the Gold Club of Atlanta, which was shut down by a federal probe about 13-15 years ago. This place had nothing but 9's and 10's. Extras were super expensive as the VIP area catered to (literally) CEO's, rock stars and sports icons. I knew a dancer (in her real life) that worked there. She would tell me that Jagger stopped by again, Nick Nolte got drunk, grabbed a girl and was thrown out, I partied with so-and-so from the Braves last night, the CEO of VeryBigCorporation was her regular, etc.
My entry is the Gold Club of Atlanta, which was shut down by a federal probe about 13-15 years ago. This place had nothing but 9's and 10's. Extras were super expensive as the VIP area catered to (literally) CEO's, rock stars and sports icons. I knew a dancer (in her real life) that worked there. She would tell me that Jagger stopped by again, Nick Nolte got drunk, grabbed a girl and was thrown out, I partied with so-and-so from the Braves last night, the CEO of VeryBigCorporation was her regular, etc.
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It pre-dated the more famous Mons Venus. You got lap dances on these hard Orange chairs. The girls there were generally a notch below the MV but the most beautiful stripper I've seen in my life worked there.
It's been torn down now to expand the road.
Cityscapes in Long Island City. Not the tiny version there now, but the original one. I took my first OTC girl out of there.
I'll add others as I think of them.
did they serve gravy? if they did then that should have been the model for all strip clubs in America. WE need to make this happen
"You're wasting your life"
"Bowl o' gravy!"
Wood-Six Theatre in Highland Park, Michigan -- Midwest's answer to Market Street Cinema
Fantasia in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto -- anything goes club the 90s, when $20/CDN was about $13/USD
Melody Theatre in NYC and its successor, the Harmony -- supposed birthplace of lap dancing
Club was shut down around 2009 when Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was opening up his new billion-dollar Cowboys stadium in Arlington, TX - subsequently almost every SC in the city (~13) was forced to shut down – I guess Jerry did not want seedy SCs competing w/ his family friendly form of entertainment.
I got along with so many girls over the years there that I could not even begin to count them. But as in times past I would make lists of their names, it influenced me in deciding that I could not stay married to someone who was never going to change.
SJG
https://sites.google.com/site/sjgportal/
Dizzy Gillespie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=be2QGrdD2Ow
Jason's had the most beautiful dancers I have ever seen all in one place. Many were French Canadians with sexy accents. They danced fully nude, but there was no touching and no extras. OTC must have been available, but I was too young and naive to even ask.
I was not a TUSCLer back then so not too familiar w/ that club but I do recall hearing about the club and its trouble w/ LE and pro-athletes being involved.
Below is an article that sorta depicts what may have being going on w/ the Gold Club ATL:
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Atlanta's Gold Club is one of the city's most prominent strip clubs, bringing in millions of dollars a year and attracting athletes, celebrities and other wealthy patrons.
Federal prosecutors allege that the club is also a front for prostitution, credit card fraud, money laundering and other crimes. In a sweeping racketeering indictment that reads like a crime novel, authorities allege that club owner Steve Kaplan and his associates had ties to the Gambino crime family.
Kaplan, along with a former dancer at the club and five others, is on trial at the federal courthouse in Atlanta.
Former club manager Thomas "Ziggy" Sicignano, one of the prosecution's star witnesses, testified that he arranged for dancers to have sex with a number of high-profile athletes, including former New York Knicks' basketball player John Starks.
The case has focused on allegations that Kaplan and trusted employees paid club dancers to have sex with athletes and other celebrities to raise the club's profile.
Prosecutors have said Terrell Davis of the NFL's Denver Broncos, Jamal Anderson of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and Patrick Ewing of the NBA's New York Knicks will testify. In addition, at least two other basketball stars, Dikembe Mutombo of the Philadelphia 76ers and former NBA player Dennis Rodman, have been subpoenaed.
An attorney for Starks told CNN that Starks, if called to testify, would confirm he had sex with Gold Club strippers "a long time ago" before he "re-dedicated his life to Christ."
Sicignano cut a plea deal with prosecutors, admitting to a felony charge of failing to turn over information to the government about a crime in exchange for his testimony.
He testified Kaplan arranged for dancers to have sex with the players in private rooms at club, in the players' hotel rooms and even sent dancers to the Knicks' 1997 training camp in South Carolina to meet with players.
Toronto Raptors star Antonio Davis was also named in the testimony. He called the allegations against him "malicious lies" and has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Sicignano.
The defense argues that Sicignano was responsible for any prostitution that may have gone on in the club.
Steve Sadow, Kaplan's attorney, told jurors in his opening statement that the case was built on "lies and prejudice" from witnesses "bought and paid for" by the government. He called Kaplan a "legitimate, hard-working businessman."
The Gold Club charges were brought under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, the government's principal weapon against organized crime.
A property seizure law, RICO was designed to attack Mafia-style organized crime, but its application has been broad. Prosecutors have used it to target a wide range of businesses, from adult video and book store owners to politicians and union leaders.
Prosecutors allege that Kaplan and his associates were involved in a wide-ranging criminal enterprise involving:
* Credit card fraud, for allegedly overcharging customers and adding huge, unauthorized, tips to their credit card bills. One customer allegedly was charged $24,000 in one visit.
* Failing to report earnings used to pay the Gambino crime family for protection.
* Bribing police.
* Bribing two Delta Airlines employees to get illegal discounts on airfare.
* Obstruction of justice.
* Extortion.
In addition to Kaplan, the defendants are:
* Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo, accused of extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice. He is identified in the indictment as a captain in the Gambino crime family, though he has never been convicted of a crime.
* Norbert Calder, the club's general manager, accused of allowing prostitution and illegal drug use at the club.
* Roy Cicola, a club assistant manager, accused of allowing prostitution at the club.
* Reginald Burney, a former Atlanta police officer, accused of tipping off club management about pending city inspections.
* Larry Gleit, an accountant accused of credit card fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
* Jacklyn Bush, stage name "Diva," accused of prostitution.
All of the defendants have denied the charges and Kaplan is paying for their defense. Kaplan's attorneys have said that he knew nothing about sales of sex or drugs at the club.
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/15/go…
All the dancers I ever saw there were young thin or fit, no old fatties and no ghetto hoes like the ones that populate area clubs now.
Private dances in private cubicles elevated along the wall or a self service DIY peep show type experience with glass separating you and the girl. The DIY experience was sort of like a pre internet camshow thing and wasn't my thing but it was an option that shows how far having fun has been snuffed in Ohio clubs!