On March 17, 1978, several local night club managers were interviewed in the Minneapolis Star about the impact of the film.
Steve McClellan:
Anybody would be crazy to say the movie hasn’t had an effect. Especially the Bee Gees soundtrack. The best way to see what I’m talking about is to come see the excitement when we put that music on. A thousand people head for the floor.
We ran a “Saturday Night Fever” dance contest last month and all we did was run one ad. Our crowd jumped from the usual 1,200 to 1,600 that one night.
