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VIP tends to have more of the nice, air-conditioned trailer-style portable bathrooms, and there are also exclusive food and beverage spots the hoi polloi can’t access.

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Its bar was a favorite spot not to be recognized by the hoi polloi, and its terrace was popular for weddings.

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Known for only wearing metallic animal masks and formal attire, the VIPs are the filthy rich who pay to watch and bet on the desperate hoi polloi who compete in the Squid Game.

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One section of the bookcases separating Founders patrons from the hotel’s hoi polloi holds pricey bottles of liquor, also individually lit, held under lock and key.

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Here, Frasier indulges in an uncharacteristic beer: “Sitting here with a cold brew in my hand, I feel amalgamated with the hoi polloi,” he says.

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