New cover, New dance prices in VIP dance area

It has been a little while so I decided to stop by to check the latest talent at the Ricks in north Seattle. The first thing that was different upon entry was they have a new $7 cover. It used to be $27 at one point, Nice! As you walk in there is a bar to the right that used to be sodas but now they have alcohol sales to make up for the lost cover charge $. Next to the bar is the old DJ booth but now they tore out some benches and now is a new open walkway into the main club area. Sat down waiting for the waitress but I didn't see one one. The general club layout has remained largely the same but there is now a black curtain covering the vip dance area to the left. I noticed they have a bouncer at a table near the vip dance area entrance that was new. The stage layout is the same with the main runway in front and the 2nd stage in back. After watching the stage dances a girl who I'm familiar with Holly chatted and convince me to try the new dance area for 3/$120. We went to the table with the bouncer and paid the money to him and I guess they keep track and eventually give a portion back to the dancer later. There is a hallway made with curtains down the center and at the end you can go left or right into the split dance areas (we took a right) and they have a couple of rows the old booth chairs lined up. Had my nice dances with Holly (athletic dancer with tats and sometimes wears wigs) which are more of the slow sexy types of dances which is her specialty. Very nice dances and is a good system check as always. I only had 3 because I wasn't used to this new higher $ structure so I stopped there went back to my seat. There were about 15-20 dancers and I only recognized a few. I saw Ally (brunette with very nice natural DDs), and a couple others but the other seemed new. A few other dancers stopped by but I wasn't interested. A lot dancers with either a lot of tats or alternative type dancers with bangs are here now and not many that was floating my boat. The only other girl I was interested in went back into the VIP with a customer and didn't come back out while I was there. The screen near the DJ booth did have a sign that said VIP rooms were 15 minutes for $200 and those rooms are behind the DJ. I saw Holly take someone back there and didn't see her again. After a while and not seeing any others that I was interested in I decided to leave. I'm not really liking this new pay before play change they've made. I'm not sure if I'll be back for a while but at least it is cheaper to drop in and check out the talent with the new cover charge rate. Besides the alcohol that is the only good change they've made.