{"id":56885,"date":"2013-07-31T13:04:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T11:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=56885"},"modified":"2013-07-31T20:40:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T18:40:50","slug":"underwater-strip-club-looks-like-rapture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/56885-underwater-strip-club-looks-like-rapture","title":{"rendered":"Underwater strip club looks like Rapture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While beautiful, Bioshock\u2019s underwater utopia of Rapture has a dark undertone, as gamers found out in the series, but its 1960s-inspired charm is something we\u2019d love to experience, and maybe you can.<\/p>\n<p>Divers have shown an abandoned restaurant\/strip-club in Eilat, Israel, which is completely submerged in the ocean, air-tight, and totally dry inside.<\/p>\n<p>The location was known as \u201cthe only underwater restaurant in the world\u201d and had to be accessed via a long pier.<\/p>\n<p>It was turned into a strip club and eventually closed down in 2011. As nature began to reclaim the exterior, it has taken on a distinctively BioShock-esque appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out below:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-56885 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/56885-underwater-strip-club-looks-like-rapture\/attachment\/eliat-restaraunt-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" 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src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Eliat-restaraunt-5-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/56885-underwater-strip-club-looks-like-rapture\/attachment\/eliat-restaraunt-6'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Eliat-restaraunt-6-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/56885-underwater-strip-club-looks-like-rapture\/attachment\/eliat-restaraunt-7'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Eliat-restaraunt-7-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h6>Source: <a title=\"Imgur\" href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Imgur<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Bioshock:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/56855-bioshock-infinite-storyline-and-gameplay-dlc-revealed.html\">Bioshock Infinite storyline and gameplay DLC revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49242-bioshocks-rapture-recreated-in-minecraft.html\">BioShock\u2019s Rapture recreated in Minecraft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48278-bioshock-for-vita-stuck-in-paper-design-stage.html\">Bioshock for Vita stuck in \u201cpaper design\u201d stage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48046-bioshock-infinite-cosplayer-gets-bioshock-infinite-promo-job.html\">BioShock Infinite cosplayer lands official promo job<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"buffer_tpc_check\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ijcis4e2ziok.cloudfront.net\/tpc-check.html\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abandoned underwater adult entertainment venue reminiscent of Bioshock&#8217;s 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