The Pit Tattoo Parlor was a tattoo parlor that offered experienced tattoo artists who could ink patrons on demand from a selection of designs available in the city. The parlor was headquartered in the Vespucci business hub on Aguja Street. It was owned by BBMC member and tattoo artist Stevie McQueen.
History[]
The Pit Tattoo Parlor was founded by the Bondi Boys MC on the 28th of August 2021. Wanting to increase their presence in Vespucci, BBMC members Barry Benson and Pez Speedwagon pursued the idea of the BBMC owning and operating the local tattoo shop. The business was approved by former Mayor Abdul AlRahim on 2nd of September 2021, and Pez became the official owner. He appointed Shane Powers as his legal co-owner and Stevie as the manager. It was the first legal business that the BBMC owned.
The Pit officially opened for business in Vespucci on the 7th of June 2022. The Pit remained under the sole ownership of Pez when he was blooded out of the club on the 28th of June 2022. He took the business account and branding with him, and had plans to move The Pit to the Korean Square in Little Seoul next to UwU Café. After he flew out of the city in January 2023, the BBMC began working with the Department of Justice to regain ownership of the business.
On the 3rd of May 2023, Chief Judge Alan Crane officially granted Stevie ownership of The Pit, and she was given the keys and business bank account.
The Farmer's Market[]
The Pit opened a vendor booth at the Farmers Market and Dean World on the 7th of March 2022. There they accepted pre-orders for individuals and groups interested in custom tattoo designs. They offered a package deal selling custom BBMC member plushies alongside the pre-orders, as well as food, drinks and first aid healing creams. In their first day of sales, they sold almost $100,000 in plushies. The purchase of plushies brought the customer up to a 16 percent discount on their tattoo price in the future, depending on how many individual plushies they owned. BBMC Prospect Jordan Lee designed and produced all of the products they sold while then-Hangaround Damien Tinkerman acted as the head salesman, bringing in over $1.3 million in pre-orders through the booth.
Originally the Pit planned to offer drugs legally through products they sold alongside their tattoos. They had the idea of selling ketamine-blended skin creams made with fruit extracts. These would be purchased by customers who had recent tattoos inked, to be applied for pain relief. They additionally planned to have a monthly magazine featuring new custom tattoo designs, and to partner with Vultur Lé Culturé to feature The Pit's best tattoo designs in a gallery exhibit.
Mission at Vinewood[]
Blowing Up Blazing Tattoo
After seeing how much business the Blazing Tattoo parlor in Vinewood was getting, the BBMC planned a mission to "take out" their competition. On the 7th of June 2022, armed with C4, the club rolled up in disguise as a construction crew, complete with jackhammers and utility vehicles. They scared off the customers and began dismantling the shop, taking everything of value, from the ink guns to the cash register. Then Pez threw a sticky bomb inside the front door and destroyed it instantly. An hour and a half later the brand new Pit Tattoo Parlor was up and running in Vespucci.
By late 2022, The Pit was no longer under the control of the BBMC. In an attempt to reacquire their club business, the BBMC began negotiations with Trey Romano from Blazing Tattoo to buy The Pit. Trey had an idea to franchise his custom tattoo business to both of the tattoo shops in the city and had asked the HOA to reach out on his behalf. While the deal ultimately did not go through, it helped to repair the relationship between the BBMC and Blazing Tattoo.
RICO[]
All of the BBMC's businesses were confiscated by the Federal Investigation Bureau six months following a RICO warrant being delivered to them at the Billy on the 13th of December 2023. The Pit's parking garage was used by the club to house all of their illegal vin scratches for use in heists and jobs. All of those were crushed by the government.
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