» RELATED: City warns Springfield business owner about opening ‘gentleman’s club’
News of the concept coming to the downtown area has garnered both positive and negative attention from city residents. Comments left on the Springfield News-Sun Facebook page regarding the matter have loaned a voice to both sides of the issue.
Some commentors feel the idea could be harmful to the family environment surrounding businesses provide.
“This should not be allowed,” Christie Phillips wrote. “Springfield needs more positive and healthy places. Our families and city need and deserve better. The city shouldn’t be giving a warning, it should stop it from happening.”
Ava Trinkler wrote, “I thought we were cleaning up the downtown, making it safe and family friendly. If you put this club here, all the businesses that are already there will leave, then we are back to being a ghost town.”
» READ MORE: Springfield thanks first responders with recognition week
Other commentors feel the new idea will spark life into the city’s night scene.
“Downtown is dead,” Joshua Stevens wrote. “I see it like this: if they can make it a success and it brings more business then why not.”
“It will be good to have something in Springfield because there ain’t nothing to do in this town,” David Bobbitt Jr. wrote.
Many reader comments show concern about what could happen to the surrounding area in the future if the business were allowed to operate, such as what might happen to the First Friday events hosted by the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau.
» GALLERY: Severe storms leave streets flooded, wind damage around Springfield
About the Author