The Hawks’ Magic City Monday promotion was not going to include erotic dancing. Several concession stands were set to serve the club’s famous chicken wings, which include a flavor named after Lou Williams, a former
Hawks player. Mr. Williams was famously observed visiting Magic City with the rapper Jack Harlow when he had been excused from the N.B.A.’s quarantine bubble in 2020 to attend a funeral. “It was just chicken wings and a name, that was all going over there,” said Michael Barney, whose nickname is Magic. Mr. Barney founded the club in 1985. He now owns the building, but not the club, which is owned by Paradise Entertainment Group. “They said maybe we could use the Magic name over there to sell some hoodies and see if we can put out a special edition. Just hoodies and wings, that’s all.” He added, “They took it from Magic City wings to stripper, stripper. Every other word was ‘stripper.’ That’s how they beat you down.”
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