I'm only a very casual customer at SD and SI...
But my information has always been that the city keeps a close eye on those two club because they are down town. I agree that the sleeze factor at SI is pretty high but I don't visit either of those clubs unless I happen to be working within walking distance. I realize that the act itself is not a crime but the city can find lots of ways to squeeze a club owners nuts if they want to. If Providence doesn't want a ***** house across the street from the convention center there won't be one.
As far as the over-all scene in Providence goes, my point about every dancer not wanting to be a prostitute has everything to do with why things are the way they are.
Cheaters has created an environment where the prostitutes are not at odds with the clean girls. The clean girls simply leave if they can't earn (and yes, some clean girls do still earn at Cheaters). They know that it is what it is in there. Even before it condoned blatant sex acts Cheater was always the dirtiest club in Town.
Every other club in Providence is different in that the management simply looks the other way but does not openly condone sex acts. This is where the dancer's choice comes in. Some girls will choose to turn tricks but most will not. The vast majority of strippers are not prostitutes but most of the ones that are will work at the club that makes it easier for them to ply their trade.
Honestly, I avoid Cheaters like the plague most of the time. If all of the other clubs in Providence had the same talent level and the same atmosphere I would probably stop going to Providence clubs.
Obviously we are all mongers here on this board but the vast majority of guys go to strip clubs are not. They go to have a few drinks, relax and buy dances from hot strippers.
The mongers who absolutely positively want a BJ of FS go to Cheaters or know who to see in the other clubs.
[QUOTE=WebDog]yeah, but that's not my point.
Sportsman's should be offering FS. Not every dancer but given the level of sleaze with some dancers there, and the fact they have essentially bedrooms downstairs, market economics would dictate that FS would be commonplace there. I am not aware of it happening at all, nonetheless being common.
Satin Doll has been pretty strict about what is offered -- why? I heard it lost its nude license years ago due to dancers giving BJs (don't know if that's true -- it was during Cianci's crackdown 15 +/- years ago. Why are they doing more? Maybe they are -- but I haven't seen evidence of it (although I am not there in any sense of often).[/QUOTE]