Seattle Getting First New Strip Club In 20 Years
The city of Seattle is getting its first new strip club in almost two decades later this year. The Deja Vu chain of clubs is planning to open a gentlemen’s club in the basement of Fantasy Unlimited, an erotic boutique and theater.
Interestingly, this new strip club is opening just feet from the very courthouse where a federal judge struck down the city’s ban on strip clubs as unconstitutional two years ago.
The last new strip club to open in Seattle was in the late 1980s. Five new clubs opened in a short period of time, prompting the city council to pass a 180-day moratorium on new strip clubs. This ban was repeatedly extended for the next 17 years until it was struck down by the Court.
As a result of the court ruling in 2005, Seattle passed new regulations such as a ban on lap dancing to discourage new clubs from opening in the city. City residents voided the restrictions by a two-to-one ratio in a vote on the issue in November 2006.
The new club will be located at 2027 Westlake Ave., Seattle, WA. There is an existing Deja Vu in the city of Seattle.