Club capacity restrictions
shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
Since Follies received two citations for over crowding they are being much more careful about how many customers they allow in at a time. But it dawned on me that that limit must also include club employees including dancers. Since the club has no way of knowing how many dancers are going to show up for a shift on a specific day, They also have to keep track of how many of them do come in.
This must be a headache for clubs and I can now understand why some clubs don't hire every dancer that applies. Suppose they have 200 dancers on their list for day shift knowing that usually half that many usually show up. So they base the number of customers that they will let in by expecting 100 dancers to show up. If 130 dancers show up , do they limit the number of customers allowed in by 30 or do they send 30 dancers home? Tricky!
This is similar to the problems the air lines have with over booking.
If you regulate dance schedules they now become employees. I don't think the clubs want that . The clubs make money off of independent contractors as well as customers. In some cases they make more off the dancers that some cheap skate customers. So how do you decide which to let in?
Just food for thought.
This must be a headache for clubs and I can now understand why some clubs don't hire every dancer that applies. Suppose they have 200 dancers on their list for day shift knowing that usually half that many usually show up. So they base the number of customers that they will let in by expecting 100 dancers to show up. If 130 dancers show up , do they limit the number of customers allowed in by 30 or do they send 30 dancers home? Tricky!
This is similar to the problems the air lines have with over booking.
If you regulate dance schedules they now become employees. I don't think the clubs want that . The clubs make money off of independent contractors as well as customers. In some cases they make more off the dancers that some cheap skate customers. So how do you decide which to let in?
Just food for thought.
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And (for better or worse) that’s why some dancers are favored more than others. Using friendliness to encourage employee like behavior without outright making that demand.
How “restricted” is the club? They could always make it bigger. Or perhaps if they can anticipate LE then give incentives for certain dancers to hide in the dressing room and sneak out
I did hear that the club has about 400 dancers on their list but the way dancers come and go, it may be less than that.
Also that previously announced club expansion is not going to happen. Some say it never was in the works.
Managing capacity and keeping the fire marshal happy are reasons why many clubs have higher cover charges and higher shift fees for the night shift (especially Friday and Saturday nights). More clubbers and dancers tend to show up during the evening versus during the day.
The most efficient way I have witnessed when it comes to weeding out “dead” customers is making them give up their table if they aren’t buying drinks or have a dancer at their table. “Drinks” can be bottled water or soda, doesn’t have to be alcohol.
This is only a real concern at primetime and clubs like follies. One thing that has nothing to do with the "maximum capacity" is clubs with tables reserved for bottle service shit while everyone is SRO. Sapphire in vegas(and many more clubs) is guilty of this. Just one of the(many) reasons for my vendetta against them. I would rather be in a club that is actually close to capacity than one where they have half the club closed or all the tables reserved making it feel close to capacity.
I think GoldmongerATL has the right idea. $50 cover with $40 in vouchers being applied to drinks, lapdances or VIP time. Keeps out the cheapskates while not costing those who are there to spend money anything more than a standard cover charge.
Only change I would suggest is make the vouchers good for 30 days. That way if chessmaster's situation comes true and there is nobody worth spending money on you're not out $50 for no reason. Next time you come in you'd pay your $50 like normal but you'd have a total of $80 ($40 from 1st visit + $40 from 2nd visit) in dance vouchers.