However, venue-based interventions clearly require the engagement of venue owners and staff and, in this study, they seemed disinterested in HIV prevention activities at the venues. Similar disinterest was seen in a study of gay venues in Spain, which found that owners of gay venues were not willing to attend the focus groups held, yet owners of venues catering to specific groups of gay men (i.e., bears or the leather community) were much more invested in providing an environment where HIV risk was reduced [51].