One of the area's only exotic dance clubs will close its doors temporarily at the end of next month.

The End Zone, a strip club featuring exotic girls and the occasional male review, is closing its current location because of the I-99 construction. It will be reopening at the end of April on Route 322, three-fourths of a mile west of its current location in Port Matilda, said Larry Nagle, owner of The End Zone. "Initially, I was very upset, being forced to close," Nagle said.

Although the state makes payments to businesses being forced to close because of construction of the new road, the payments are not what the business would make if it were to remain open.

"They pay immediate loss, but don't pay loss of business," Nagle said. "Pennsylvania is one of two states that doesn't pay loss of business. If they did, we'd be talking hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars."

Immediate loss is payment for fixtures, equipment and other things lost by the actual move from one location to another. The loss of business is the actual profit the business will lose because of being closed.

January, February and March are the slowest months of the year at The End Zone, Nagle said.

The End Zone management is now optimistic about the temporary closure, taking advantage of the opportunity to make changes to the new site of the club.

The club will take on more of a nightclub feel, offering small alternative venues on Sundays.

"We'll be offering a rock 'n' roll show the first and third Sundays of the month, a comedian the first Sunday of the month and a male review on the fourth Sunday of the month," Nagle said.

The new building for The End Zone is 5,800 square feet, 3,100 more square feet than the old club, which was 2,700 square feet.

"It will stay on the same sports theme, but we're adding 8,000 watts of sound in the building," Nagle said. "It should be the most impressive sound system in State College."

The End Zone is not expecting competition from the Hooters restaurant that will soon be reserving a spot on College Avenue.

"The whole thing is different (from Hooters). Guys will stop at Hooters for a couple of beers before coming to End Zone," Nagle said, laughing.