[executive]

Location within the club. In and around DJ booth / dancefloor can cost almost 10x the cheapest table. See and be seen = $$$$$

At these venues you aren't paying for the table per se... these are generally minimum spend amounts for drink/food (pre gratuity).

For ticketed events, table reso also usually includes admission & line bypass for x guests.

[orbifold]

This seems very strange, why on earth would you pay that much to listen to music and who are you trying to impress? Is there some implicit assumption that you can meet otherwise unavailable women / men there? That seems extremely unlikely as well.

[frostburg]

I assume that it's prostitution with extra steps.

[the-dude]

It has been submitted before : https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/07/03/the-secret-economi...

Here : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24390388

[mensetmanusman]

Access to higher “””quality””” drugs and women.