And if they can't get away with it, I suppose they'll have to raise wages to attract entertainers.
Oh look, a free market!
Oh look, a free market!
I'm a capitalist. But I recognize that the difference between theory and reality is that in theory there is no difference.
The reality is the strippers have as much leverage as the other side doesn't (that's the hole concept of leverage). Club owners have the leverage of the cost of setting up a great club, and local regulations.
This then translates to: the more strip clubs in a city, the more they will have to compete. That is, if they aren't colluding * Which is a lot easier when the people controlling that side of the supply equation are likely less than a dozen sophisticated guys in a city (who tend to all know each other). While the supply of labor is likely in the 1000s or 10,000s (and mostly not-so-sophisticated and can't all know each other)