Superbowl Houston Jokes and/or comments?

Vice worked extra time? Gee, I guess it was really tough on them, having to hang out more than usual in the clubs. I wonder how the gambling pool at vice headquarters turned out? More NE or Carolia bets? Oh, but then vice can't gamble on games...do they? Heheheh...

I read a few comments about people getting really upset about seeing a female breast during the half time show. I feel reassured that so many feel outrage at seeing the human body but show no outrage over routine killings, murders,etc. going on all the time. I heard over 4,000 are cut up and killed every day due to abortion alone. The breast must be more of a shock to church people than murder, now that's interesting. I guess many prefer to live life with blinders on and are just shocked when their world gets disrupted by something that is relatively insignificant in comparison to other things. I will say that was a stupid stunt though even if it didn't go as planned. Isn't it nice that church people are so focused on nobody seeing the human body rather than saving the 30 million unborn people already dead and counting? I guess everyone has priorities.

Stripper SuperBowl Update:

--City "licenses" to dance average maybe 4 a day and the last few days have been averaging up to maybe 100.
--Vice gave a courtesy warning to the clubs early in the week.
--Thursday 3 dancers were ticketed/arrested at one club. A few other clubs also were paid a visit by vice with dancer arrests made. It was shown on TV with vice stating they would work extra time all week checking up on clubs, hotel bars, providers, etc...
--Friday night at least 50 girls were ticketed/arrested at another club. The club was ticketed for over occupancy.
--Several clubs have raised the entrance fee. One popular club's entrance fee usually is $8. Thursday it was $30 and now it is $60. Some clubs were shut to the public during the week and reserved for client party goers.
--Money has been at least double/triple the usual take home since Wednesday night for quite a few dancers in the popular clubs.

Sounds like what happens in every Superbowl city. As if they could stop all sin in the city for a week...geezzz.

TheDenverChannel.com
Strippers Flock To Houston, Hope For Super Bowl Business
POSTED: 8:21 a.m. EST January 29, 2004


HOUSTON -- Not everyone flocking to Houston is a football fan. Some are strippers hoping to make big bucks off Super Bowl visitors.

Houston's topless clubs are considered top notch by many a traveling businessman.

Houston police say they've seen a marked increase in applications for entertainer permits in the past few days.


But police have a warning for guys who may want to do more than look. Authorities say some of the ads for escort services are actually run by the Houston Police Department to catch men looking for some illegal action.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Link between Super Bowl and violence a myth
By Michelle Durand, Daily Journal Staff

There is a common perception that during the Super Bowl it won’t only be the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers being battered, but also an increased number of domestic violence victims.

The concept is so pervasive that many district attorneys and law enforcement officials will easily agree with its truth initially. However, at least in San Mateo County, the link between the football game and domestic violence calls is nothing more than an urban myth.

After conferring with a victims advocate and a deputy district attorney in the domestic violence unit, prosecutor Karen Guidotti said there is no evidence of any spike in cases following the Super Bowl.

“He said he always expected to find it but found exactly the opposite,” said Guidotti, who recently took over the unit.

More likely to see increases are Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July weekend, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

“Pretty much any holiday where families are home, you’d like to think they’re home enjoying each other but that’s when the calls go up,” said San Mateo police Lt. Barbara Hammerman.

San Mateo is no exception to the rule. In 2003, the city did not respond to a single domestic violence call — a contrast to the rest of the year.

“It looks like just about every day we’re having domestic violence calls,” Hammerman said.

During the entire year 2003, San Mateo reported 286 domestic violence cases and one domestic violence-related homicide March 21. The Fourth of July weekend saw four cases and Thanksgiving Day had two.

Christmas 2003 had one call which developed into an attempted murder arrest. That morning, about 4:30 a.m., police were called to the 800 block of North Humboldt Street where a 17-year-old girl and her 20-year-old boyfriend were hosting a party. The victim was dancing with someone else at the party and the boyfriend left. He later returned and dragged the victim by the hair into another room where he tried smothering her by placing a pillow over her face, Hammerman said.

The victim lost consciousness and other partygoers rushed to her defense after hearing the commotion. The boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The couple had a history of domestic violence, Hammerman said.

Other cities in the county did not return calls about their domestic violence statistics.

The county’s only nonprofit, Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse — also known as CORA — doesn’t see any correlation between sports and violence, either.

“There are no actual studies linking anything between domestic violence and the Super Bowl,” said Erika Guzman, director of client support services. Guzman is reticent to even theorize how the numbers stack up locally.

“We can’t even begin to make theories because as soon as we do they get blown out of the water,” she said.

The only truth that exists, she said, is that most violence occurs between 6 p.m. and midnight.

When she worked as an emergency response counselor a couple years ago, Guzman said she received six pages for assistance between the kickoff and end of the game on the first official day of football.

“It never occurred again. It was just an anomaly that happened. Every other Sunday, we don’t really have higher rates for football, baseball or any sport,” Guzman said.

No national studies of the purported link have ever been done but a limited study by the UCLA School of Public Health found no significant increase. It did note that calls were higher on Sundays and during the month of July.

Tracking cases forwarded to the district attorney’s office is equally difficult, Guidotti said.

“It’s virtually impossible to break it down. Every Monday morning we have more custodies [because of the weekend],” she said.

Every month is different but Guidotti estimates her office receives about 100 cases for review each month. In November, 97 cases were submitted and 76 of those were filed. In December, 115 cases were submitted.

“It is a lot and it keeps us busy. Not a whole lot of days go by where we don’t have one,” Guidotti said, adding that Super Bowl Sunday is really no different.

One reason people may believe the myth is a 1993 public service announcement about domestic violence during NBC coverage of the Super Bowl, according to the Family Violence Prevention Fund. The commercial showed a well-dressed man sitting in a jail cell saying “I didn’t think you’d go to jail for hitting your wife.”

The fund also cites publicized cases of violence against women by athletes, such as the Kobe Bryant rape case, as contributors.


Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail: [email protected] or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 104. What do you think of this story? Send a letter to the editor: [email protected].

Lol, this may be a good time for RL to try one of those Houston escort services, I read a few were being run by the local police trying to catch those doing more than just looking. Now we just need the police to offer everything for $5 and they can catch someone, lol.

Depends what you consider the "best". St James, Treasures and Mens Club are probably tops. Centerfolds, Gold Cup and Ricks second. Caligula, Trophy Club and Colorado third. ..again to each his own. Although, the press has been showing a lot of parties and events starting last Saturday, the girls mentioned that buisness seemed the same as usual monday night. I heard some clubs were shutting VIP to the public starting thursday and have already reserved it for high rollers. (It must be RL's nightmare, LOL)

Lol, just thought of something funny, RL's nightmare come true, hundreds of people with money to burn in strip clubs with no one trying to get 5 dollar dances. What are the best clubs in Houston anyway?