My first of the Charlotte club...

My first of the Charlotte club reviews are from CIAA Basketball Tournament Weekend held on Feb 26th - 28th. This is a weekend that brings tens of thousands to Charlotte because of the tournament and all of the celebrity parties surrounding the basketball tournament. This is like the college version of All-Star weekend. The older college alumni from the schools treat this like a football Homecoming weekend, while the rest of the people come in for all of the celebrity parties.

I arrive at Club Nikkis at 1 am. $40 cover charge. Yes, that is extremely high, but this is the average going rate for parties at CIAA Weekend. About 30 - 35 dancers on deck with about 40 customers inside. All but 2 of the dancers were Black.

Strip clubs during CIAA weekend are more like what you see in rap videos with men "making it rain". And they are usually jammed packed. But on this night, it was maybe 1/4th full . . which was fine with me on my first night in Charlotte.