Met lots of young ladies (and a few guys) that were working their way through U Colorado by working at The Bus Stop in Boulder.
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Yes, $x,000.00 nights were supposedly not all that rare. And it was in undeclarable cash. 
Do the male members of APS* know that most strip joints not only serve a good/great lunch but the price is often in the $10 range (if you stick to soda and do not tip the girls that do not serve you)? "But honey, I'm spending less for lunch ther than if I went to <chain restaurant>."
Funny you should mention the Bustop. In the early 80s between real jobs I was the overnight cab driver for the Boulder Cab Company and I used to get sent up there to pick up the girls after their shifts and take them home. They were usually time calls: "Thirty-eight, pick up Cindy at 4871 Broadway at 3 o'clock." (AM, of course.)
I usually got there early and hung around until "Cindy" or whoever was ready to leave and also got a chance to chat with the bouncer(s) at the door. They gave me a bunch of get-in-for-free-no-cover cards to hand to other passengers who were looking for a little entertainment.
"Entertainment," not "Action."
I still have a bunch of those cards around somewhere in my memorabilia stash. For "Action," I had other places to bring customers... and I've previously mentioned I kept a couple of half-pint bottles of various refreshments and a couple of packs of various brands of cigarettes for those who were looking for goodies after hours.
In my overnight bag.
As well as my own lunch.
In chit-chat with some of the girls on the way home, I found they were pretty bright normal (and yes, pretty, too) kids, many of them going to school. (Some of them didn't want to talk at all --too tired, I guess.) And they usually tipped pretty good.
Tell you what, I had lived in Boulder for about 20 years before I "got" to be a cab driver, and I thought I knew the town pretty well. But... I tell you what... Boulder was a
completely different town after hours. I learned a lot, fer shore.
Never ate at the place, though, even though I was offered a sandwich or cup of coffee a couple of times while waiting for the girls.
At the time, it was more like $500 a night, plus. Nowadays it's probably closer to the $X,000.00 vaskidmark mentioned.
Terry, 230RN
