Many of the stores here in Southern California that have reopened the arcades and theaters are still closed - only the retail is open.

I hope they are not going to use this as an excuse to do away with the arcades.

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I wouldn't be too hopeful. Its been going that way for a long time. You gotta be creative to find some decent dick now.

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With the commercial opportunities restricted we are back to square one, cruising. Might be helpful to refresh guys on tactics and techniques as well as places. I have been at the game for a long time. Meeting nice men in need is a challenge. Share the wealth of info.

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I have weird thoughts about cruising, despite... you know... being on a website called CruisingForSex. I guess I mean I'm not really willing to risk getting caught doing stuff in the open (like on a hike trial or park, car in a empty lot) or going to somewhere super sketchy.
However, I will say 1 thing; Really learn how to use the internet wisely! Everyone is on it now, so there are still more opportunities than you think to get some action.

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I went out with a friend to two adult book stores located in Bullhead City and Mohave Valley (northwestern) Arizona. Things are almost back to normal. Booths with holes are open, theaters are open, and even on a Monday night we had some company. Our other stores are also open. That is progress

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That is great to hear Mojavebottom!

Here in LA it is hit or miss - some have the arcades open - some open limited hours - many have opened the retail part of the business but the theaters / arcades are still closed.

Hopefully things will start to open up and get back to normal soon!

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I need to move there

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Ironically, after lasting a year staying open through the whole covid pandemic, corporate close the theaters almost 2 weeks ago after the police showed up and issued citations to the manager and another clerk for "maintaining a disorderly house". Romantix has their lawyers involved for both clerks as well as the store. The police did not go into the arcade nor did they ticket any patrons. I was there (in the arcade) when this happened. It's the weirdest thing. And ironic. The cops stated that there were 60-90 eople a day "back there" and there was sex going on "all the time". If only, right? It wouldn't surprise me if they keep them closed. The theater sales were only 5% of the overall monetary intake, maybe 10% on a slow day. It was just "gravy" for them as far as income.

I've heard of at least one other store in the chain removing the arcade so they had more retail sales area. This is a real need at some of their smaller locations where the arcade took literally 1/3 to 1/2 of the store area. If it's not a money-maker, just like any retail business, it's time for a re-design or re-invent of sorts. Why have an arcade that's only bringing in a hundred a day when you can stock it with literally thousands of dollars of retail merchandise? This wasn't the case 25 years ago, but that was a whole generation ago and things change. Unfortunately sometimes.

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