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On a typical non-Halloween night, Webster Hall juggles as much or more as any nightclub in New York: Around 1,500 people fill 40,000 square feet spread out over the four floors and seven event rooms in the 129-year-old building on East 11th Street. But hosting the official after-party for the legendary Village Halloween Parade makes for added stress. The staff doubles to include 60 security guards, 30 bartenders, 15 door girls, 12 busboys, ten cashiers, and six barbacks. There are also the usual eight bathroom attendants who are mainly there to prevent public sex.Webster Hall admits entrants as young as 19, but deciphering ages is harder given the holiday's attire and makeup. The event attracts intricate costumes, with a $5,000 prize awarded for the best one. Three years ago, a man won for his homemade costume of the yellow Bumblebee Autobot from Transformers. It was ten feet tall, weighed more than 100 pounds, and required multiple staffers' help to assemble. If you expected him to warn the staff in advance about the exoskeleton, that just shows you aren't used to working the Webster Hell door.On MUNCHIES: The Gruesome History of Fake Blood in Hollywood
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