DeKalb County GA last call change

joc13
firmly on the Atlanta United bandwagon!
Saw on the news this morning that DeKalb County is thinking about changing last call from 3:59am to 2:00am. This would affect several strip clubs, including Follies, Oasis, PinkPony, and others.

Doesn't affect me cause I have been in a club after midnight maybe twice in last 10 years, but it may hurt the clubs overall.

I know several dancers at Oasis who have told me that 2-4am is often their busiest and most lucrative period.

Ooh, I wonder if this goes through, if night shift dancers will be more likely to show up at the beginning of night shift, 8pm, instead of waiting until 10 or 11pm to come in?

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bubba267
7 years ago
Interesting potential but alas I'm a day shift guy when I get to go.
Rickberge
7 years ago
Damn so the club will close at 2 or just no alcohol after 2?
shadowcat
7 years ago
I have to wonder if this will affect any of the clubs. Who governs the strip clubs, the city they are in or the county they are. I don't think there are any strip clubs left that aren't within some city's limits.

Like others, it won't affect me either. I'm a day guy.
shadowcat
7 years ago
As I suspected it will not be a factor.

http://localalcohollaws.com/index/13089/…
shailynn
7 years ago
This is a trend happening across the country. Turning back last call, and in most cases “last call” means the establishment (whether a bar, restaurant serving alcohol or strip club) has to close as well.

DUIs and late night shenanigans are the main reasoning. Close to where I live, a University is pushing the locals to push their last call back (from 2am to midnight) to curtail college binge drinking. I can’t see midnight happening, city gets too much revenue and like most other places, DUIs are a big business.
joc13
7 years ago
According to Shadow's research, Chamblee (Follies, I think) is already 3am. Doraville (Oasis) is already 2am, but I know the club is open to 4am. Will have to ask my bartender friend the next time I am there.
joc13
7 years ago
I guess liquor laws are one of the first things these micro-cities want to have control over.
bubba267
7 years ago
I believe the city or most local of the jurisdictions has closing/enforcement say so.
Papi_Chulo
7 years ago
South FL is made up the 3-counties (Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach) - Miami-Dade and Palm Beach clubs are allowed to stay open late and sell alcohol till 5 am - w.r.t. Broward, the clubs in the southern-end of the county (Hallandale) are also allowed to stay open late and sell alcohol till 5 am, but the clubs in the northern-end of the county (Pompano) can only stay open/sell alcohol till 2 am.

When I lived in the North-Texas/Dallas area, it seemed all clubs had to stop selling alcohol at 2:00 a.m. no matter which city they were-in (IDK if it was a county/state thing or if every single city decided on a 2 am no-alcohol time?) - the BYOB places would stay open later (4 am) and at least one Dallas club I knew (Club Onyx) was an alcohol club that would stop selling at 2 a.m. but would stay open till 4 am - I assume the alcohol clubs can stay open past 2 am but since they can't sell liquor they probably see-it as not worth it to them.

I think a 2 am closing time causes more accidents than a later closing time - when I lived/SCed in Dallas, the roads would often be jam-packed b/w 2 and 3 a.m. w/ everyone leaving nightclubs, bars, SCs, etc, all at the same-time, thus more drunks on the road all at the same time - the worst accidents I've witnessed were b/w 2 and 3 am on Fr/Sat nights while I lived in Dallas.
Papi_Chulo
7 years ago
there was a club in Broward county that used to stay open till 4 am, but about a year+ ago the city forced them to start closing at 2 am like the other establishments in the city of Pompano - for w/e reason they were able to have some type of exception for a # of years but it was taken away a year+ ago - it did seem to affect biz overall and def b/w 2 and 4 am when most other alcohol places had to close and this club would get packed (particularly Fr and Sat eves b/w 2 and 4 am) - but there are other popular SCs in Pompano w/ a 2 am closing time that have very healthy attendance and are very popular - i.e. a good club will still have a good clientele even w/ an earlier closing time - and yeah, IME earlier-closing clubs often get going earlier w/ most of the dancers arriving earlier either b/c the club enforces a minimum # of hours per shift or the girls needing X # of hours to make the $$$ they want - in SoFlo a 2 am closing club has a good vibe by 9 pm and in full-swing by 10 pm - late-closing SoFlo clubs kinda get-going by 11 pm and in full-swing by midnight.
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