O2 yeah to OXYGEN BARS
When the dance floor’s packed, shoulder to shoulder, elbow to elbow, and you just can’t breathe – sometimes the best thing to do is step out for a breath of fresh air.
Or, a breath of flavored oxygen. At least that’s what the Skybar 02, at Club Skyline, thinks.
The newly remodeled Skyline opened more than a month ago and is enjoying the new addition.
“People are having fun, [we’ve] gotten a lot of feedback from it,” said Lloyd Jenson, Skyline owner.
It’s only the third of its kind in Utah. The other two are in Salt Lake, Jenson said.
The trend has migrated from New York and other major metropolitan cities and has slowly worked its way west. They are all over in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and now, Logan.
“It’s something everyone should try once,” said Anny Howlett, Skybar O2 “bartender.”
“It’s like therapy, [you] feel refreshed,” she said.
Club-goers echoed her comments.
“It’s cool,” said Jennifer Vergas, a freshman at Salt Lake Community College. “It’s like sucking an air freshener up your nose.”
The idea behind the oxygen bar is simple: A client sits on a stool at a counter, as though he or she were about to order a shot of a favorite drink. Instead, patrons receive something a little more invigorating, and a whole lot healthier – a 5-to 20-minute dose of oxygen mixed with aromatherapy and assorted aromas, inhaled through a series of tubes like one would find in a hospital.
While the oxygen is not 100 percent pure as found in hospitals, there are some benefits – including heightened concentration, alertness and memory. The oxygen also promotes healing and counters aging, calms the mind and stabilizes the nervous system, Skyline advertises.
The oxygen bar dispenses 92 percent of oxygen mixed with popular flavors, such as pina colada or eucalyptus, with the other 8 percent being nitrogen and other trace gases that are normally found in the air.
Compare that to the 19 to 21 percent of oxygen which one normally breathes. Some see results immediately.
“I had a girl with a headache, and it made her feel better,” Howlett said of one of their customer’s experiences.
She also said it helped one of her customer’s with a hangover.
Although, any positive effects may depend on the amount of time spent inhaling, person or the size of his or her wallet. Five minutes costs $3, ten minutes costs $5 and 20 minutes will set you back $7.
Those few dollars just may be worth it.
“I thought it was pretty cool,” said Spencer Allred, range management sophomore. “It was relaxing.”
Club Skyline is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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(Photo by K’Lenna Murphy)
(Photo by K’Lenna Murphy)
(Photo by K’Lenna Murphy)