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    The ‘other 9 to 5’: Cities see nightlife from a new angle

    Dec 16, 2019 5 minutes
    Downtown Providence, Rhode Island, was built around the nexus of three rivers and hosts the state capital. City officials have launched a campaign to appoint the city’s first “night mayor” to improve public safety, economic opportunity, and quality of life during “the other 9 to 5.”

    Anthony Santurri surveys the scene at Free Play Bar Arcade in Providence, part of a two-story venue that he has operated with his business partner for the past decade. On the first floor, friends mingle among pinball and Pac-Man, chatting over a steady stream of 1980s hits. Upstairs, people flock to a dance floor monitored by various security guards: someone by the fire escape, one near the DJ, a floater. There are 12 guards total, plus 65 cameras, police detail, and at least one owner on the premises at all times.

    Mr. Santurri credits the club’s success, in part, to intense safety standards. He’s even drawn up a 20-page manual of best practices that touches on everything from licensing to counterterrorism, and is proud of the safe environment

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