ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After a bumpy start, a floating strip club is finding prosperity in the waters off Kodiak.
Darren Byler, owner of Wild Alaskan, a crab boat converted to a strip club, tells KTVA-TV that business has been “wildly successful” in the commercial fishing port.
Customers reach the club by water taxi. A few days after it opened, a complaint that the vessel was overloaded led to law enforcement agencies and the Coast Guard briefly closing the club.
Byler says the charge was unfounded, undeserved and embarrassing.
Kodiak’s city manager Aimee Kniaziowski says Byler addressed public safety concerns. She says it pays city taxes but operates in state waters.
The business charges $20 per hour as a charter fee and allows only 12 customers on board at a time.
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