Hi I am a business major and doing a business plan on opening up a strip club and running it. I need as much info on how to go about that as well as any licenses I will need besides a liquor license. Any info would help. ALot of strip club owners where I live aren't being that polite or open to the subject.
2007-05-12 09:06:14 · 4 answers · asked by stacey s 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Your question is in 2 parts. Regarding licenses, the answer to this question will depend on what state you will be opening the club in. Each state (and often even cities and counties) will have different laws pertaining to strip clubs. Your question indicates that you will have a liquor license. If so, in some states, you will be required to serve food, which requires other licenses.
Some cities may require other licenses such as a Cafe Entertainment and Shows Permit (live entertainment). Depending on your location, this may also require a conditional use permit, which is sometimes very hard to do if the community does not want strip clubs opened in their area. The local police commission has to approve such permits and may require some type of donation to help move things along.
Some other common permits needed will be an arcade permit (if you have video games), pool hall permit (if you have pool tables), and some cities may require special permits for neon signs outside.
The second part of your question is simply how to open a strip club. A full answer to this question would require a small book to do. Some of the points to consider will be:
1) Get a good lawyer. This is very important if you are opening a club in an anti-strip club city or state.
2) Find a good location (very hard to do in many anti-strip club cities). In some cases, you will have to lock the location with a lease BEFORE obtaining your permits. This presents a Catch-22 problem because no bank will loan you money without the permits. This limits the possibilities to only being able to purchase an existing strip club as opposed to opening a new one from scratch.
3) Obtain financing. You can use conventional means (banks, etc) or the old fasioned way (relatives and friends).
4) Everything else. This would include advertising, getting all the employees (bartenders, waitresses, cooks, bar backs, DJs, managers, and of course, dancers). Also, keep in mind that you wil have to conform to strange building ordinances which may include having to install an elevator at the stage for handicapped customers to be able to go on the stage for parties. The list goes on and on.
Depending on how detailed your business plan must be for your class, you may be able to get away with doing a little more research on some of the items mentioned here.
2007-05-12 12:47:40 · answer #1 · answered by Z_Bone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sometimes do. I live in Dallas, Texas. My mother is a prosecutor. She got assigned a case where a stripper had rubber on the privates of an undercover police officer. I forget the exact charge. Anyway, the worst thing was, these cops were being paid for their work hours (they were there for like 2 or 3 hours before the girl did this), and the police department pays for their drinks and gives them money for lap dances, so that they can appear like regular customers and to have a situation that could produce "criminal" activity. Isn't that ridiculous? People are robbing stores, shooting each other, etc. but tax payer money is being used so some cops can drink and hang out in a strip club just to bust some stripper for a ridiculous misdemeanor. The jury apparently agreed, because in about 10 minutes they came back with a "not guilty".
2016-05-21 04:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually my boyfriend is thinking about opening a bar, and he is dealing with this stuff too. i am not sure about the strip side of it, but i do knnow that its VERY easy to get a beer/wine license but so hard to get a liquor license. also there is a HUGE tax every month/year on both. and lastly are you going to sell any food? there are a couple licenses. one is like an appetizer/sandwich license, and the other is like a full dinner license. both are also taxed and then you have to deal with health services. I really hope that helps. my boyfriend bought a book called "starting your own business: resturant/bar" maybe that would help :)
2007-05-12 09:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know but you never see that job at a booth at the job fair
2007-05-12 09:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by Steven C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋