superm455ive

superm455ive t1_j0qpiul wrote

This. While AMC Waterfront’s IMAX and Dolby screens might have slightly better picture/audio than Cinemark XD, the rooms they are in weren’t really designed for screens that size and have weird dimensions. The IMAX still has old school cramped seating and the Dolby has weird half recliners without enough room between aisles. AFAIK Cinemark Monroeville still has normal seating, but the recliners at Robinson and Mccandles are tits.

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superm455ive t1_iuae2ra wrote

It’s always been a predominantly black club, and I’ve gone there in the past and had a good time. Perhaps after being up nearly 24 hours working my day job yesterday and driving Uber all night I didn’t find the best shorthand way to say from what I’ve heard it’s become more of a wannabe Atlanta style make it rain club. Fine, I’ll straight up say it’s more of a black club. But by that I mean the vibe is different, not so much ethnicity of the people there. In fact I know a few white dancers from other clubs who dance there 1 or 2 nights a week. Anyone who knows anything about strip clubs knows that being a “black club” had different connotations than just the makeup of the population.

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superm455ive t1_iu9qcgm wrote

Albert put in the sports bar a couple years before he left. Most of the decorations around the club are still what his wife choose. Except for prices going up, in my opinion not a lot has changed from a customer’s perspective. Now that it’s a corporate club, any money the dancers and staff make off of credit cards is now reported on 1099s. That’s probably the biggest change that has affected them.

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superm455ive t1_iu9pola wrote

FYI I’d recommend turning your post into reviews on TUSCL.net so you can get 30 days free VIP membership for each review. Make sure to add something to each review about the parking situation and club layout so the peer reviewers approve the review. The VIP will allow you to read all of the other reviews.

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superm455ive t1_iu8igps wrote

A couple corrections/clarifications…
Cover for Cheerleaders during the week is usually $7. This Thursday for the Halloween party it was $10. Single dances are $25, on Tuesdays they are 2 for $25 until midnight.
At Ricks, cover is usually $10 during the week. I’ve also paid $5 if I got there early, I think before 6. Dances are $35 each, not $30. The 3 dance “special” is $95 and it’s good anytime, not just sometimes.
I don’t understand how you can say $250 is worth it for 30 minutes at Ricks but $125 is not worth it for 15 minutes at Cheerleaders. FYI, 30 minutes at Cheerleaders is something odd like $236. Also the 15/30 minute rooms at Cheerleaders include a drink for you and the dancer, while at Ricks you have to pay for any drinks. When you get to the room at Ricks, the waitress is going to give a hard upsell to try to get you to buy a bottle of champagne or something else. They pressure some of the dancers to play along like they really want the champagne too.
IIRC, at Spearmint privates are 15 minute booth-$140, 30 minute room-$300, one hour room-$600. I don’t go there often, so I could definitely be wrong on those.

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superm455ive t1_iu8gnca wrote

It’s open, only Thursday-Sunday. While they didn’t open back up during Covid as soon as everywhere else, they’ve been open most of the time since then. I haven’t been since before Covid though, it seems to be even more urban than it was before.

Edit: LOL on the downvotes for “urban” being some racist trigger or something. Some of favorite dancers over the years have been black. Whenever I go to clubs (usually during the week) a very sizable percentage of the clientele is black and I have no problem with it. All of the clubs generally play 50-80% rap music unless the dancer specifically requests rock or something else. When I did used to go to Controversy there were times when I was the only white person there (not counting dancers or staff) and a had good times and never felt unsafe or unwelcome. The only color the dancers care about is green, and I can certainly respect that.

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