I miss Denver Swim Club + Midtown

[PozToxVersPig]

@xtc303den you provide the most interesting and informative posts!  Your knowledge of some of the history of Denver far exceeds my own and I was reading your post about the four bathhouses enthralled!  Thank you for sharing all of that.  CCC sounds a lot like Club Z in Seattle which was one of my favorites (in the best and worst ways 🙂 ).

Beyond Buddies, which honestly is a trek for anyone in Denver, I agree it is really ridiculous that Denver has ZERO bathhouses.  I also don't know of the legal/licensing/zoning of such establishments and the requirements, but if most other metropolitan cities of any size have one, we should too.  Maybe we should start a gofundme LOL! 🙂

[NWUSHorny]

4 hours ago, xtc303den said:

 

It's probably worth noting that Club Buddies shares a building with Club Q.  From what I understand, several Club Q patrons were able to make it into Club Buddies to escape the gunman who killed five people there.  It closed for a while after the shooting, but eventually reopened.  That's another reason I want to return, so I can in some small way support the community there. 

I did remember that it was in the same building as a gay bar, but hadn't made the connection that it was the one where mass shooting occurred.

It has been 6 or 7 years since I've been, or for that matter to either Denver bath. I had a major health crisis sideline me in 2018 and was just starting to travel again when COVID hit in 2020. Unfortunately travel for my line of work hasn't returned post COVID and I'm starting to think it never will, which is why I need to move out of the sexless PNW.  When I was able to travel outside of the PNW regularly, I could meet my needs on the road and not put myself through the frustration of trying to hookup here. We still have bathhouses, but they have never had the kind of activity on their best nights that you would find at DSC even on a slow night.

I lived in the Tech Center when I lived in Denver and used to go down to Buddies about once a month from the time they opened until I moved to Portland in 2007.

 

[jz48811]

Yeah, can't believe Denver has no bathhouses any more. That's crazy for a big gay friendly city. My understanding is that Midtown was still doing well, but the building sold to a developer and that part of the city is booming! Well, everywhere in Denver is growing like crazy, but I can imagine they got a fortune for that building. 

[PleasureU7480]

I went to both and enjoyed them. I don’t know where a sub bareback bottom like myself can get as much action, pleasing horny tops and versatiles. 
Still negative and not on PrEP. 
I’m about to move away and if they were open, I’d visit both before I move and get multiple loads shot deep inside me.

[Oldercumslut]

Besides midtown, I used to frequent Circus Cinema.  Probably got more loads there than at midtown.   Back in early internet days, I hooked up with a guy on yahoo that would take me there and get me fucked while I was sucking him.  Never did the DSC much, dark room at midtown more my style.

[RobertBottomSlut]

They had a little wet room to take in some piss. Loved it. 

[Ken2809]

The Ballpark was indeed, one in a million. It existed at a time when these blocks of Broadway were a veritable gay paradise. The Ballpark was an amazing place for a young man making his first moves in the gay world. Mourned its passing. 

[denver88guy]

On 7/15/2023 at 12:40 PM, donmacdnvr said:

i miss the midtown  - the basement, after closing the metro, tracks, foxhole...i'd drpp by get sucked or ra some hole...love the GH area, to lube up anon raw meat until i got loaded...

this was place is the place where i was fucked for the first time...

 

[xtc303den]

On 7/16/2023 at 12:49 PM, NWUSHorny said:

Has anyone been to Buddies in Colorado Springs recently? I haven't been in more than 5 years, it was a smaller venue than DSC, but similar vibe. Hopefully someone has and can report back as to whether or not it is still a very active fuck club.

I finally made it down to Club Buddies a couple times.  The last time I was there was a few weeks ago, so mid January.  Each time I go, I forget how small it is until I get there.  It wasn't very busy either time I went recently, but I was still able to have a good time and got fucked multiple times.  For some reason, I always get the same room. Room 6.  I love the fact that this room has glory holes that you can open or close depending on your mood.  I believe most of the other rooms have this same feature.   The last time I was there, I discovered that there is a space under the bed where you can store your stuff, so it's out of sight.  Can't believe I hadn't noticed it earlier.  It's just a latched panel that swings open.  It can't be locked, but at least your stuff is out of sight.

My only gripe with Club Buddies is that on weekdays they close at 4:00 am.  Friday night and Saturday night they stay open all night, but the rest of the week they close early.  So unless find someone local to go home with, or find a 4am hookup on Sniffies or Grindr, you're pretty much outa luck.  Pleasures also closes (for cleaning) at 4am, so that's not an option either, which is a bummer, because the Pleasures on E. Platte Ave has one of the, if not THE, best arcades in Colorado.  Lots of little nooks and crannies to fuck around in.  And there always seem to be at least a couple hot military guys looking to blow a load there!  Next time I head to The Springs, I'll start out playing there, then head over to Buddies.

One last thing, since Club Buddies shares the same building that Club Q was in, there is are memorials outside the building for each of the victims of that horrible shooting.  As far as I know, Club Q had not yet reopened.  I heard that they plan to reopen, but not in the same location.  I don't know when, though.