Gentlemen & Ladies,

 A few posts back someone mentions gentlemen's club dancers not wanting to run afoul of LV ordinances because "they might lose their job or be out of the Las Vegas market for 6 months (if arrested)".  

 What can a dancer expect to happen if she breaks the rules of the club, or the city ordinances, or other laws?

 One reason I ask is that I know a dancer back east who's been BARTENDING at her club for the past year, and doesn't seem too happy about it (and she doesn't want to talk about it)!  Could this be the result of some transgression?

 What do you think?   Thanks!      

  ------- Duke

Not sure about your friend if she's not from here.  On the assumption that she's working at a local club, my guess would be that she (like a lot of dancers) feel comfortable with a particular club and doesn't want to move to a different one.  If she hurt herself and can't dance for a while, I can understand why she's doing something else.

A lot of dancers that can't stand the club they work at will just leave and work at a different club.  There are fair number of choices here in Vegas so that's usually not a problem.

If they do get arrested by LE for whatever reason, generally their attorney will recommend not working anywhere in the county for at least six months to help the case (it doesn't help if you work again and get arrested a second time).  Considering the money is still flowing through the clubs here in Vegas, I don't think many dancers will want to risk six months of working somewhere else when the gravy inside the club is so good.  And with the new county ordinance that took effect a little over a year ago, vice has stepped up their activities (it was really bad last March/April before the primary elections).

FYI the weekends not only bring the tourists, they also bring in talent from other nearby areas.  And when the big conventions are in town, they'll stay the week.

Bob

Seems to me that everyone thinks there is so much money in dancing these days.  With all of the new clubs recently opened, the market has become oversaturated with clubs as well as visiting dancers looking to make money.  10 or so years ago when there were only a handful of clubs, and all of the new resorts, they were packed nearly 18 out of 24 hours.  No there are some of the new "mega clubs" where there are fewer than 50 patrons at any one time.  Girls are complaining, patrons are complaining, particularly about the new ordinances, owners are pleading guilty to RICO violations (check out San Diego, and LV's most prominent clubs), and prices are skyrocketing.  It has become so bad, that in many clubs they are hiring anything that walks and breathes in order to get the house fees.  Many of these "marginal" dancers are relegated to perfoming "extras" in order to make a few dollars.

About the only time most of the clubs are busy is on the weekends (Friday and Saturday).  It is kind of difficult to make a living of any sort when the owners allow the out of town dancers to come and go as they please.  Lately, L.E has nothing better to do than to hang around clubs citing dancers for only marginal violations on taxpayer dollars.  These guys and girls hang out in clubs all day long and get paid for it as well as handing out $20 or more to the dancers in order to get firsthand knowledge of what they did or didn't do.

Just my 2 cents worth