What are the main differences between running a table dance club and a normal disco type place?
Peter: You basically have less customers but take more money. The audience is 95% men who spend more in clubs anyway. The customers are a more sophisticated and therefore easier to manage type but to compensate for that you do you get a lot more attention from the authorities. The club also is busier during the week whereas disco places tend to rely a lot on Friday and Saturday nights. Our most profitable nights are Monday to Thursday where we get more of a corporate clientele. On Friday and especially Saturday the club has a lot of people in but the spend per head is much less. Tyke: As you say there is a lot of competition in London these days, how do you regard them? Peter: I am always happy to see new clubs which are properly run and abide by the rules but this industry attracts a lot of very unprofessional operators. This is a wonderful business if it´s run right but bad operators cause problems for the good ones. I was astonished that Spearmint Rhino should open such a superb, lu
