Party boy makes $1200 a night
A Victorian teenager who claims to be making $1200 a night by throwing underage house parties, has bragged about being an even bigger party boy than Corey Worthington.
Nick Stokes’ parties in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne have attracted the attention of hundreds of underage revelers, as well as the attention of Victorian Police, reports The Herald Sun.
In the past fortnight, police have been called to properties in Cranbourne and Hampton Park, where they have had to deal with large crowds of teenagers who were making excessive noise and spilling out onto the roads.
The 17-year-old’s parties usually attract around 300 teenagers and are held in empty houses Nick and his friends locate from Cranbourne to Clayton.
They then promote the parties online, inviting teenagers as young as 14 years old and from as far away as Lakes Entrance.
With each person paying a $15 entry fee, Nick claims he can bring in around $4500 a night.
He says that after getting drinks and paying friends to act as makeshift bouncers, a DJ and an event photographer, he is left with at least $1200 profit for one night’s work.
Nick believes he could be making even more money if he put his mind to it.
“Like right now, I make about $1200 in a night and I’m not even trying,” he told The Herald Sun.
“I could imagine that adults would be pretty mad about that, seeing as they work so hard all week for what I can make in one night."
Nick says he has been compared to Corey Worthington who held an out-of-control house party back in 2008, which was attended by 500 people.
“I don’t want to be associated with him — he’s not on my level,” he told The Herald Sun.
“I’m much bigger than him. I’m the best at what I do,” he added.
Nick, who is still completing his VCE, told the Herald Sun that he was plugging a hole in the market by providing somewhere for underage children to party.
Nick began hosting house parties in 2013 and even ditched a trade apprenticeship because organising parties earned him more money.
He said while organising parties was easy money, it had gotten him in a lot of trouble over the years.
“It’s a lot of trouble but it’s been a lot of fun,” he said.
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