Male Strip Club Arrow Closes Due to Lease Problems [Update]

In sad news for lower-case boners of all persuasions everywhere, Out & About reports that Tennessee's first and only

, is

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Arrow Nashville, Tennessee's only male strip club, is closing its doors this week after 15 months in business. In a statement on Arrow's Facebook page[account required], management says that they were unable to lease the building, located on Peabody and 5th Ave., beyond 2010. From the statement: "We want to thank (our patrons) for their support in the last year and a half. You all are amazing. Sorry we had to close so suddenly, but we were not able to renegotiate our lease in a manner that would allow us to keep serving you."

The establishment, which I

in October of 2009, was the first of its kind in the state, and possibly the region, to offer all-nude male entertainment. It could have easily gone the way of the seedy adult bookstore, but a visit in the first days of its inception found the place to be a source of lively nightlife with a wide range of physiques on display that seemed to cater to every kind of taste — a refreshing alternative to the assembly-line body types of your typical hetero strip club.