Game called on account of not enough players in the club

grand1511
Euphoria
This was the strangest thing I've encountered in a strip club in quite a while. I was at the Minneapolis Spearmint Rhino tonight and at 10:30 p.m. the house lights came on and we were all told to go home. It turns out that they were shutting down because not enough customers were there. I've never encountered that, especially on a weekend night with no special conditions like bad weather, etc.

Me and one other customer made our way to the door. The doorman filled us in the reason for closing and offered to comp us admission if we came back the next night.

This visit was a couple weeks after a very lackluster visit that I reviewed here:

https://tuscl.net/review/369980/

Tonight was a little better with interactions with dancers, but still a lot of GPS. I did connect with one dancer for some great action in the VIP, which I was just returning from when the lights came on. In another sign of the inferior customer service this place gives, the bouncer who was clearing the room just told us to leave without any reason or apology.

And they wonder why they have to close early on a Friday night!

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Papi_Chulo
4 years ago
Could be a sign of the Covid-times and inconsistent custy #s.

IME some small clubs do this when it's a slow night.
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
^well yeah some small dives esp in little out of the way places or low end towns like portland will do that but I have never heard of corporate places like SR closing early.
etsutwigg222
4 years ago
Great business decision !!! Make the customers you get leave. If each of those tell 10, then it will be done time before you recover.
sinclair
4 years ago
Between Covid-19 and the BLM rioting, downtown Minneapolis has been a ghost town. People aren't going to bars, restaurants, or even their offices.
Papi_Chulo
4 years ago
If the club is booming, then yeah no reason to close the club early unless they feel there's some kinda safety issue (situation in the city, etc) - but per the OP "Me and one other customer made our way to the door" - as for me, if a club is *that* slow then I don't blame them for closing early if it's only a handful of custies - I don't expect a large club to stay open to just service two custies
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Well it sucks that this is happening in Minneapolis right now. I remember about this time last year it was sorta slow with dudes not coming in to clubs and going to lakes + some state fair, but it wasnt *that* dead. There was definitely tons of moneys to be made this time last year. Damn I wish I knew where stripping wasnt completely fucked right now cuz Pottland definitely sucks for some1 like me or nicespice.
winex
4 years ago
@blahblahblah23 clubs just re-opened in Arizona. I’m not personally going because we are still in the middle of a pandemic, but you may want to ask others about how active things are in the Arizona thread.
nicespice
4 years ago
^ Honestly, with the minimal amount of traveling going on right now, I think Portland is a good place to be. In my opinion, customers are slow decision makers but it seems once you can finally get one on board, they are great. Seemed like it was a good area once established but irritating if just trying to get new girl money and bounce. Eat an edible before coming in for a shift if that makes having to socialize with customers easier.

Or take a break for a year or two and do something else. There’s always that too.
winex
4 years ago
Watching the news- Portland seems like a horrible place to be.
nicespice
4 years ago
As for my opinion of SR’s actions, I don’t think that was really fair. Sure, maybe *begin* the process of closing down—and start telling dancers that if they wish to start heading out then they are allowed to. But if somebody is still in VIP let them finish it up. 😐 it couldn’t have taken that much longer jeez.
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
I just don't see portlanders being nicer customers than anywhere else ime. They kinda suck like customers elsewhere and slower to spend than a lot of other areas. Idk maybe that is just me. And they are just as grabby as dudes elsewhere in private ime. I don't see how they are respectful customers???
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Sorry I just felt like saying that cuz u and other girls online say this and I 100% disagree about portlanders being respectful customers. Not true at all.
Papi_Chulo
4 years ago
"... But if somebody is still in VIP let them finish it up. 😐 it couldn’t have taken that much longer jeez ..."

Per the OP, it looks like he did finish VIP and learned the club was closing as he was returning from VIP
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Also most of portland is scary dead or extremely hit and miss. This town is a waste of time to strip in and doesnt have real high end customers like downtown Minneapolis.
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Also scheduling dancers STRICTLY and having us prepay house fees is extremely fucked up during these times.
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Fuck this low end low class white liberal trash town.
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Also they big time overscheduled girls in portland to collect on prepaid house fees. Probably one of the worst cities in america to dance seriously. I think at this point small towns beat portland.
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Heaving, you push Austin pretty hard 👀
nicespice
4 years ago
Idk. Maybe things changed? All I know is that most customers didn’t touch during dances. And the ones who did touch, asked permission first. And they asked when the dance already started so it’s not like the sale was blown if I had said no. But admittedly my point of reference was the Golden Dragon and Sunset Strip and that’s only two clubs out of like 50+? So idk.

Granted, Mexicans were a grabby bunch but I don’t know anywhere that exists where they aren’t.

@Papi: ah point taken. Never mind, the club still acted fairly enough then imo.

winex
4 years ago
Doesn't Portland have more strip clubs per capita than any other city? (I think I remember reading an article years ago on the subject)

If so, then it would seem that over saturation of the marketplace could be a problem for dancers.
Papi_Chulo
4 years ago
"... Granted, Mexicans were a grabby bunch but I don’t know anywhere that exists where they aren’t ..."

If you don't like grabby-Mexicans then vote for Trump
😃
nicespice
4 years ago
@Heaving I feel like Austin’s saving grace that made it great WAS the abundance of travel customers. What I loved about Palazio at the time I was there was how rare it was to see the same face twice at that club. Without that crowd, I am kinda wondering whether Palazio and Yellow Rose will eventually adjust and turn into Perfect 10 level of a whorehouse.

Where a certain % of customers don’t really value lap dances. They only bother getting them to “test you out” if they want to do a cabana with you. Then they suggest a cabana. Then when you don’t give them an explicit answer of what you’re willing to do, they are done with you permanently...
Papi_Chulo
4 years ago
"... Without that crowd, I am kinda wondering whether Palazio and Yellow Rose will eventually adjust and turn into Perfect 10 level of a whorehouse ..."

Thanks for the tip
nicespice
4 years ago
Omg heaving come to Denver 😂😂
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
^do you have at least a 40 inch ass? Papi is very particular
winex
4 years ago
This song is for you NiceSpice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WWHdBuO…
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Meant @ heaving
blahblahblah23
4 years ago
Idk sunswr strip disconnect their phone tried coming in 1 pm 1 day and say hiring dude not in till 5 but phone disconnect so had to go to find out so just got hired at dolphin instead. Dolphin customers are gross imo and disrespectful as fuck. These dives suck too. So does gold club and stars. Idk if the China restaurant juice bar is open and sunset strip just a pita like pay yo phone bill and answer da phone thnx
nicespice
4 years ago
^ If you come to Denver, I’ll even paint your toenails 😁
nickifree
4 years ago
Phoenix is probably the best city right now. The clubs in Austin went to absolute shit about four years ago, and except for Palazio are all urban strip clubs. Expose' shut down and Perfect 10 in Round Rock is a ghost town.

In Phoenix Bourbon Street Circus is more tuned to what your looking for. They reopened the Christie's that's not far from BSC. But they are trying make the club similar to BSC.
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