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     Nevada Guide STAFF EDITOR Username: Nevada Post Number: 80 Registered: 1-2003 Rating: N/A |
Hard Times in Las Vegas? Two area brothels, recently sold, may be back on the market After changing hands just a short time ago, both the Chicken Ranch, in Pahrump, and Angel's Ladies, outside of Beatty, may be for sale again. A "For Sale" sign was recently spotted at the front of the Angel's Ladies property. The brothel's website also looks as if it has not been updated in months. The Chicken Ranch re-sale fell through after the buyers failed to qualify for a brothel license. Before the most recent owners took over, both establishments had enjoyed the stability of long-term ownership. Ken Greenowned the Chicken Ranch for over 22 years before finally giving up control last year to a management group. Angel's Ladies had been owned for eight years by Mack and Angel Moore, former undertakers from the Pacific Northwest, who took over the business in 1997 and finally sold it to a management group (JBJ Ranch, Inc.) in September, 2005. Before that, it was Fran's Star Ranch for many years. In addition, the Cottontail Ranch, in nearby Esmerelda County, closed its doors several years ago due to financial mismanagement and is still without a buyer. Why do the new owners want out after so little time at the helm? It could be that the industry is changing. All the Vegas-area brothels face stiff competition from illegal independent escorts operating in Las Vegas itself. Many of these escorts are former brothel workers who left the industry to have more control over their working hours and income (most area brothels are open 24 hours/day and require the prostitutes to give at least 50% of their income to the house). A good number of these escorts is also Internet-savvy. They have their own websites with contact and pricing information, and benefit from review sites where clients rate an escort's performance for the benefit of other clients. They can drive their own customer traffic, and, in many cases, offer better prices and more activities than their brothel-working counterparts. (We, of course, do not advocate engaging in illegal activities.) Customer traffic certainly appears to have declined at the area brothels over the years. It was recently pointed out that Angel's Ladies sees only eight potential customers per day. During our own visit to the area during the CES/Adult Expo show in January 2006 (details here), which should have been a boom time for the Vegas-area brothels, we noticed that all were extremely slow. At Sheri's Ranch, there were only a few customers in the bar and no one called a line-up. At the Chicken Ranch, we were the only two customers in the bar, being expectantly stared down by a dozen or so ladies. At Mabel's, the madame didn't even know that the CES/Adult Expo was going on. More details about these, and other Nevada brothels that may be for sale, are located here. (Message approved by admin) |