I am not annoyed so much by a strip club being included, but why are they are just acting like there are only black strip clubs in Minny, I know there are some white ones.
Last week the Super Bowl Host Committee inadvertently recommended an area “gentleman’s club” — a strip club — on a list of suggested minority- and women-owned enterprises through their NFL Business Connect program. And the nation snickered.
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal first caught the free endorsement of the topless joint by the committee, which was apparently unaware that Kladek Inc., owned by Debra Kalsbeck, was a strip club. In fact, a public relations specialist for the Super Bowl seemed quite taken aback by the news.
“Obviously, they should never have been included,” spokeswoman Andrea Mokros told the newspaper.
RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc. owns three clubs in Minneapolis: Rick’s Cabaret, Downtown Cabaret and the Seville Club. During an August earnings call, RCI officials positively glowed about their prospects in Minneapolis:
In Minneapolis, the Super Bowl will be held in February at the new downtown stadium for the first time, also near three of our popular clubs there.”
The Tampa Tribune quoted one dancer who said she made $6,000 in one day during the Super Bowl there, and the general manager of a Tampa club predicted that revenue would quadruple during the week of the game.
Should be interesting only because it will be so cold there, but we shall see.