Welcome To The Club

November / December, 2017

WELCOME TO THE CLUBHERITAGEAmerican nightlife changed for good when the first Playboy Club opened its doors to keyholders in February 1960. The wildly successful Chicago club led to additional locations across the country and the globe—“Disneyland for adults,” as Newsweek put it. By 1970, the clubs had welcomed 22.5 million keyholders and served 52.2 million cocktails, using 16.5 million Rabbit Head stirrers; a total of 4,000 Bunny employees required 14,000 Bunny suits and went through 195,000 p...