Can Booze Bring Back Sunee?

[chubby]

I wouldn't know how. Most of us have seen the decline over the years and with Double-shot closed, it is more than another nail in the coffin. Winner and Nice Boys are different from anything you could find in Boystown but can they survive so isolated?

The best thing for the gogo scene in Pattaya would be if all bars move to the same area, wherever that may be.

yes...why not all bars from boystown move to sunee plaza...sunee plaza would be big enough for that...i think this is the only way to survive for sunee and boystown

[StevieWonders]

yes...why not all bars from boystown move to sunee plaza...sunee plaza would be big enough for that...i think this is the only way to survive for sunee and boystown

Here's a thought for all those "gay friends of Pattaya" - pool all your resources, buy up all the bars that aren't in Sunee already, relocate them to Sunee (remembering to set aside money for refurbishment of the premises you're moving into) and then ensure that no-one can move into the premises you've just vacated and open a new gay bar because they have a different idea about how and where to make money. Simples

[a447]

yes...why not all bars from boystown move to sunee plaza..

That may not work because both areas cater to different tastes.

[Armando]

I suspect the decline of Sunee was due to a number of factors:

1 Firstly, exchange rate movements eliminated some of the customers.

2 Laws and continual police raids seem to have removed some of the more raunchy bars. (I support any action enforcing age limits, but not restrictions on what consenting adults get up to in the bars).

3 Phones emerged as an alternative hook up mechanism. Phones are more efficient and I"m quite pleased with the results from the apps. However, the process of finding a boy is less fun.
I suspect the boys prefer the apps too. Instead of spending hours on stage in underwear, they just fix up a Grindr profile and then wait for customers. When they get an approach, they can decide whether or not to accept and don't need to argue over the matter with a mamasan.

4 Then along came COVID and more critically, government restrictions.

Currently none of these reasons for decline are reversed.

Surely the ageing of the clientele is another key reason. Were younger guys being attracted to Sunee before covid?

[goji]

Surely the ageing of the clientele is another key reason. Were younger guys being attracted to Sunee before covid?

Surely everyone ages one year at a time, so as past clients age, others move into the age bracket who would typically be attracted to Sunee ? So this alone cannot be a factor.

Of course people who have aged into the target market for Sunee all have their phones. If the bar offering is weak, the bars don't stand a chance against phone apps.

[arsenal]

In normal times Sunee can support about 4 go go bars all of which should probably be full hands on fun.

[goji]

In normal times Sunee can support about 4 go go bars all of which should probably be full hands on fun.

I'd like to think you are right.
However, before COVID, Sunee was already down to just 2 gogo bars. Some of that was possibly self inflicted, as I remember going into Power Boys and thinking they have already given up on any effort to succeed.
Perhaps 4 well run gogo bars might survive

[a447]

In normal times Sunee can support about 4 go go bars all of which should probably be full hands on fun.

Goodboys, Niceboys, Winners and Eros - plus say, 2 massage places like the old All of Me and a couple of beer bars.

No shows, no ladyboys - just sleaze and booze.

Done!

[dinagam]

And a nail salon next to a hair salon manned by young and healthy males.

[StevieWonders]

And a nail salon next to a hair salon manned by young and healthy males.

Perhaps you're thinking of my future male spa complex - head jobs, hand jobs, foot jobs and massage jobs, tentatively named "Mankind"