The Biz & Roland Interview

[Buck White]

Originally Posted by Bling

thread is really interesting first interesting thread in a while

Speak for yourself.
In addition, what kind of club legend can't put down 11 drinks ?

[swank]

While I'm on the subject....whatever happened to clubs where you could go to and actually have a seat ? Without having to spend $300...!

WTF happened to this biz, when getting a seat in a club costs money...? Why can't people have a seat in a club and send a waitress over to take their orders...?

Lazy...people are just too lazy.

[myles hie]

Originally Posted by swank

Forcing someone to buy more alcohol than is necessary is a ridiculous business format that will end up in the lawsuit of all lawsuits and is definitely played out.

You said it. Front page news. All its going to take is one Baller on a budget to get into some horrific accident on the way home from Club XYZ. Club XYZ will be forced to close, and "bottle service" will be changed forever.

[V. Barbarino]

swank, why do you state it's already started in terms of bottle service being on the way out??? Is this fact or opinion? Are clubs having a hard time selling tables?

[myles hie]

Originally Posted by swank

While I'm on the subject....whatever happened to clubs where you could go to and actually have a seat ? Without having to spend $300...!

WTF happened to this biz, when getting a seat in a club costs money...? Why can't people have a seat in a club and send a waitress over to take their orders...?

Lazy...people are just too lazy.

It's not like clubs have bunches of ways to make money. Booze or cover charge. Making you pay to use the pisser is inhumane, 95% don't have food sales, so you gotta sell space.

I blame the DJ's and thier exhorbitant booking fees!

[V. Barbarino]

Originally Posted by myles hie

It's not like clubs have bunches of ways to make money. Booze or cover charge. Making you pay to use the pisser is inhumane, 95% don't have food sales, so you gotta sell space.

I blame the DJ's and thier exhorbitant booking fees!

most miami clubs do not book djs anymore. Only every now and then.. The problem is there is are far too many guestlists and comps in Miami.. No one values their night out since no one is actually paying to get in..

[Seb]

Originally Posted by swank

While I'm on the subject....whatever happened to clubs where you could go to and actually have a seat ? Without having to spend $300...!

WTF happened to this biz, when getting a seat in a club costs money...? Why can't people have a seat in a club and send a waitress over to take their orders...?

Lazy...people are just too lazy.

that's what I'm always amazed by when I go home to TO. There's actually a place to sit and you don't have to buy a table, imagine that

[coach]

A $100 per person cover charge for VIP service would seem to be much more sane. Then you can have a waitress bring you professionally poured drinks from the bar, rather than the shit you slop together at your table from warm Cranberry juice and the 2 different alcohols you have to choose from.

This has always been my issue with VIP. I order at the bar, I can get whatever I want and mix it up. Maybe I want a Jaeger shot after my Cosmo followed by a Long Island Iced Tea and finished up with a shot of Patron. Sure, I'll be sick as fuck the next day, but I have that option.

But, if you go "VIP" you are stuck with only a couple different alcohols and a few quickly warming mixers. AND you have to pour the shit yourself?

As far as the 11-drinks-per-person issue, what if we are just talking about a couple or a threesome? In my best days, I could do 11 drinks, maybe a couple more, if spread over an 8 hour period or so. But 15 or 22? Hell no. And even if you do stay at the club for 8 hours (which is possible in Miami), do you really want to drink something that's been sitting there that long?

So, there you go, I'm gonna lobby for that change. $100 per person VIP service. Gets you into the club with priority, gets you a seat in the VIP section, and gets you a table-service waitress. Then you pay for your drinks individually in addition. I bet the clubs would actually make more money because they get the VIP fee plus drinks. You would have more people using VIP because being banged for $100 seems a lot more reasonable than being banged for $600 (remember most people can't do math and won't factor in the drink cost) and you can do it easier if you just have 1 or 2 in your party. And the clubs would be less liable for appearing to try to force people to drink too much.

[tekniQz]

Originally Posted by V. Barbarino

For a solid year, my roommate and I only drank Ever Clear. We would buy the half gallon and mix it with Sprite. I was hard core back then and still couldn't put away 11 drinks.

Ya i dont mess with anything more than 5-6 drinks these days but for me back then i think it was more about testing my limits.I can safely say i survived.

[klubveteran]

barbarino. nice softball questions Larry King style