Tampa Adult Entertainment: Strip clubs feel customers’ pain in s…

August 26, 2009

Platinum Showgirls at 4009 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., has not reopened since a fire in late January. Fire officials blamed arson.
Some of the 41 remaining Bay area strip clubs reported spending thousands of dollars improving their businesses for the Super Bowl. A few added VIP “champagne rooms,” where customers get a private dance and a bottle of the bubbly.
But the big game didn’t create the windfall many club managers were banking on. Then the recession settled in.
Revenue at the Brass Flamingo and the Oasis is down about 25 percent compared to last year, Mark said.
Some establishments responded by bringing in guest stars from the adult entertainment industry. Amy Fisher, known as the Long Island Lolita for shooting the wife of her former lover, danced in July at Déjà Vu strip club on Adamo Drive.

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