Rising lapdance prices: Nationwide trend?
Clackport
Washington
About a year ago in Portland the standard price for a lapdance was $20. Fast forward to today, out of the 70+ clubs in the Portland area, I would estimate that less than 10 of them have dances at $20. The lapdance prices have increased. Most times now it's $25 to $30, with quite a few places it being $40, there's even one place here that it costs $50 for one song.
I guess the rising prices means the economy is getting better? In your area, have the lapdance prices gone up in the past year or so.
I guess the rising prices means the economy is getting better? In your area, have the lapdance prices gone up in the past year or so.
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My own view is that the dance booths and VIP rooms should be saved until really needed. Otherwise, letting girls sell you dances is just a chumps game.
But as far as excessive prices in general, here, say Sunnyvale Cheetahs, has $40 strictly monitored nude air dances. Some guys feel obligated to give big tips on top of that.
But then look from the club's POV. The girls believe that they are worth everything the San Francisco girls are. And yes, they are. But they can't do what they do in San Francisco. If they did more than they do, people would be criminally charged.
So the problem comes from the external structure. Find ways to get around it.
Now here there can't be front room play. But you can of course see them outside, and usually they can be civilianized.
SJG
Only seen one club, Flavors Pompano, a black club; that went form $10 LDs to $15 LDs after they did some minor remodeling a year+ ago; and then recently went to $20/LD which AFAIK is the only all-black club in South FL with dances beyond $10 (and it’s not that good a club nor that good a talent).
[Actually Playhouse has $25 LDs and is pretty-much all-black these days but used to be mixed AFAIK]
It also sounded like there, $20 can go a long way. :)
SJG
But we need Dougster, or some of his pals, to weigh in on this.
SJG
SJG
By comparison California is tough. The alcohol rules, and just other stuff really cut down our number of clubs per capita.
SJG
Dancers look good, or are they kind of strange as would fit the stereo types?
SJG
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzpQHz2d…
Brad's Brass Flamingo (Indy): $10 to $12 to $20 in the last few years
Silver Bullet (Urbana): $10 to $15 in 2014
Jimmy's (Chicago Heights): $15 topless/$25 nude to $20/$30 in 2015
I've still never spent over $30, and seldom over $20, for a lap dance in the Midwest plus Austin, TX.
I should add that the standard cost for 15-30 minutes in a locked VIP room with extras in ESL and Peoria has gone up from around $150 to $200 in the past two years.
The theoretical connection between rising dance prices and an [allegedly] improving economy is clear: Girls who might have become strippers during the worst of the Great Recession (say 2008-2011) now have other options, so they no longer exert downward pressure on the prices that strippers can charge.
Thankfully, the only club I know of that charges more than $25/dance is Eleven. My understanding there is that girls basically just make up their own prices. A lot of the clientele there probably like paying extra and feel good about paying $40-$60/dance, or at least don't care about it.