Not for dancing
Just how many people used this tent pole for pole dancing at the bar? Was it a popular thing that just about everyone started doing and the owners eventually got sick of it? Perhaps when one person decided it would be fun to pole dance, it became a thing and everyone started to do it.
We are sure that the males who visited the bar didn’t mind, but the owner did and needed to put an end to it. That pole is probably an important pillar the tent needs to keep its shape. If something were to happen to it, the entire structure could collapse, which would be bad.