That's a stiff price for 3 hours, jonn3, I hear ya! I'm hearing of other places that are using the re-opening as a way to modify pricing--some good, some bad, some indifferent. A couple of the places I frequented in Wichita did that. One kept the daily admission the way it was but added weekly, monthly, and 3/6/12 month pricing structures (if you want to lay out $900 up front for an unlimited use year-long pass). Another instituted a $5/month membership fee in addition to it's entry fee which means the first visit after every 30 days (roughly) means an additional $5 that one time, which is an additional $60 out of pocket a year for those going every month or more. For me, the occasional visitor, it means that I have to basically pay $13 instead of $8 when I go since I'm rarely in town more than once a month. I'm hearing of another theater that went from $10/day with all-day return privileges to $15 a day with no returns allowed.

I have to wonder if this isn't a last-ditch effort for some places to make money before doing away with it all together. Our Romantix has closed the theaters as I wrote above, but I'm hearing that there are at least 2 in Iowa that closed the arcades just from lack of use and the need for a larger retail sales area. The current generation is way less keen on hookup places like this than my generation, who needed them back in the 70s and 80s when things weren't as open as they are now, and online...well that wasn't even a word yet. I hope yours does get to stay open, but I feel your pain on that pricing.

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2 of the bath houses in Los Angeles will be reopening soon (Midtowne Spa & North Hollywood Spa).
Flex Spa reopened a few weeks ago with a capacity limit & lines to get in. They are temporarily closed for 10 days as Netflix is filming a movie there.
Studs Theater (the old Tom Kat--Pussy Cat) in West Hollywood has reopened & is showing regular non-porn movies.
No word yet on when Slammer the sex club will reopen.
Club San Diego has reopened.
CCBC in the Palm Springs area is opened with limited day passes available.

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Unfortunately the Roman Holiday locations both closed permanently during the pandemic.

Studs has reopened with "regular" movies? I wonder how that is going for them! Probably because of concern of an inspection for following social distancing rules and with luck that will end June 15 when most of the COVID rules end.

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Things here have been opening up slowly - although we now may be going backwards.

A number of the ABS have opened their arcades and theaters - but limited days and hours.

One place used to have a gay and straight theater and you could go back and forth all day for $12. Now it is $12 for 2 hours and you have to pick which theater you go to - no changing once you are there.

Hopefully things will keep getting better not worse.

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Oh man. That sucks big time. But unfortunately it's true. Our theaters closed (police not covid), and the ones an hour away are on limited hours (like 9 or 10 hours a day instead of 24/7). I've heard of other places that have implemented either reduced number of patrons, increased prices, or both, or neither. It's all over the board and depends on the locale and management and respect for covid. Some locations haven't survived, like some non-porn retail places. It's a bizarre post-covid world that's still emerging. Keep us posted jonn3, ok?

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One ABS in North Hollywood I understand has closed the arcade permanently.

It is not a big deal - I have not been there in years - but a long time ago I was working in an office about 2 blocks away from there - and I would often walk down on my lunch hour.

Had a lot of fun there - sorry to hear it is gone.

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That's too bad jonn3, even if you hadn't been recently. It removes a choice and possibility for you down the road, so I get it. Seems to be the trend with sex shops, depending on their arcade and retail sales figures. Doesn't appear to be reversing back to normal or pre-covid either. I have to say that ours is doing quite well regardless. MY good friend works there and she tells me some of her shift totals. I think the lack of guys walking in and out of the arcade makes straight couples more comfortable going in and shopping as if it was like a Target or something. You know damn well that they know what's going on "back there" and for some it creeps them out.

We got nothing here anymore, it takes a good 75 minute drive for me to get to an arcade. And it's the only one around, not like it's in an area with other choices as well. I've done the drive maybe 4 or 5 times since our theater closed. It's been worth it maybe 50% of the time. That might not mean anything more than I'm picky or careful. But it does mean a good chance of a chunk of the day being wasted as opposed to 30 minutes when you have a local spot.

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Unfortunately I think you are right about it being another step towards extinction.

I hear one of our Romantix has closed the arcade - not to expand the retail - just now a smaller store. But I am sure part of that is the rising rents as the area it is in becomes more trendy.

I know the new generation do everything on their phone - but somehow I don't like the idea of downloading some of the apps and telling Apple "I suck cock" (like they or my credit card would care - but in my paranoia they would be sitting in the back room snickering about it)

I guess maybe if I change the apps name and icon - but I am from the same generation where I don't feel comfortable being open and out...

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