How do I make bars/clubs stay open all night?

"Satanu_Reeves;c-16889687" wrote:
You're saying that the bar closes and the bar tender just stays and finishes their shift that we just set? That would make such feature as setting their hours completely and utterly pointless which is a possibility but not ready to accept that answer yet. I'm just going to test it. I'll report back later when I've had the chance to do so.

No, it's not pointless. As I said above, I think that feature is solely for resorts. Resort lots are open 24 hrs a day. The shift feature lets you manage expenses when staffing pool bars, LN bars, the check-in desk, and the resort snack bar. That's what the upkeep prices refer to in your pic above. I think it's a bug that the option shows up on LN bars when not on a resort lot. Other resort options like drink quality on LN bars, chlorinating swimming pools, and setting the temperature of hot tubs do not show up unless those objects are on a resort lot. Seems like EA just forgot to restrict this option on LN bars to resort lots. Maybe because the other objects with the option to set shifts (check-in desk, resort snack bar, pool bar) simply aren't available unless you are in build/buy mode on a resort lot, so EA didn't have to worry about resort options showing up on non-resort lots for those objects. And maybe the LN bar resort options showing up on non-resort lots just slipped through their fingers? Dunno, but I'll be surprised if setting mixologist staffing hours affects bar and lounge venue hours.

I'm definitely interested in your testing! I put a LN bar in the library in Oasis Landing (the UL snack bar did not work at all, my sim couldn't order anything). The plumbot mixologist is only set to staff the bar the first two shifts, but the library is open 24/7. So, that setting has not affected library hours. I'll have to try enabling all 3 shifts on the bar and see if the mixologist staffs it 24 hrs or not. AFAIK plumbots don't age so I'm not worried about complications.