The SportsRadio 94WIP Wing Bowl, an annual eating contest both revered and reviled for its drunkenness, debauchery and lewdness, returns Friday for its 23rd edition. The beer will flow freely at an hour more commonly known for nursing hangovers.
Contestants will gorge themselves on chicken wings. But for many of the 20, mostly male attendees, the fun does not stop when the formal festivities wrap up at 9 a.
In no state to report to work — and certainly not ready to return home — many have adopted another Wing Bowl tradition:. The tradition has grown so prominent that Wing Bowl marks the busiest day of the year for most — if not all — local strip clubs.
Opening as early as 8 a. Dozens of dancers are recruited to entice the crowds. Some clubs even book porn star appearances.
Wing Bowlers begin arriving at Daydreams in droves around 9 a. Within two hours the all-nude club is filled to the point that it becomes difficult to move around. The same people return year after year to the Tacony establishment, Gross said. The crowd — a mixture of blue-collar and white-collar types — includes scores of patrons who do not visit at any other time of year. To satisfy demand, Daydreams brings in 69 dancers — way above the women the club typically employs for a weekend evening.
