Poll : 15 May - 28 May 2013

Analysis

This was very useful in terms of helping us to tailor our upcoming Topless Vegas Online site to cater to as broad a potential audience as possible, plus it's good information for us to share with the clubs we'll be working with, so many thanks to all who participated. Here's some of the additional feedback you kindly took the time to provide:

• "Your poll covers so much, as I read down I found myself switching answers several times. If I'm any indication, it sounds like there is enough interest in several points of view, as you described in your poll, so for sure it would deserve its own Adult Entertainment web site." [Ed: Thanks! That's what we're hoping. It's not going to be sleazy, but rather a fun, candid, informed, and informative take on the whole spectrum of "adult entertainment" -- a resource for this significant area that is part of the "only in Vegas" experience for many, with the credibility that has made Las Vegas Advisor such a trusted source for so many. We'll be presenting the same brand of honest opinions and money-saving tips, whether you're male or female, straight or gay, and whether you're interested in seeing an old-school burlesque show, or sunbathing topless in a comfortable environment, or getting really wild with an experience you could only have in Sin City.]
  
  
• I used to enjoy Las Vegas gentlemen's clubs, but not so much any more. Too much money for cover charges, lap dances, and drinks and a much different vibe. I loved going to the old Olympic Gardens and noticing Tony Curtis [Ed: That would be Tony as in the actor, not Anthony as in the publisher - the latter's not big on strip clubs -- more of a video-poker-dive-bar kinda guy ;-)] one table over, or the Crazy Horse Too with a horse trough of $2 iced beers and 1,000 colognes to sample from the restroom attendant. Used to be no cover before 6 pm, lap dances were $5.00/song; and if you wanted to quietly fantasize about the gal on a stage, you could do that up close for a $1 in a G-string without the other ladies constantly pestering you to go off to some big rip-off VIP room. The last Vegas club I attended was the Velvet Lion next to The Rio in 2010. I walked in late afternoon, no cover, heard great DJ music, but no babes anywhere -- on stage, doing private dances, just non-existent (all in VIP room?). Waited through 3 songs and split. Granted, there are some very sweet, attractive ladies plying the trade, but many are pushy, gabby, or seem bummed-out about something. The strip club scene does not provide value for me any more, so it's no longer on my trip agenda."
  
  
• "They've never made any sense to me. When I'm hungry, I don't go watch someone cook a steak!"
  
  
• "I usually do one night at a club when I am in Vegas, but not otherwise."
  
  
• "In the early '80s after getting out of the Army, I worked in a strip club in Southern California, first as a bouncer and then as a manager. You would think this is a dream-job come true, getting paid to watch young woman take their clothes off. As I have found so often in life, however, a fantasy is best left a fantasy because reality doesn’t live up to the dream. You work in a world of darkness. I haven’t been to a gentlemen’s club in 30 years and have no desire to do so in the future."
  
  
• "I have visited Vegas maybe a dozen times but have only visited strip joints three times. I tend to visit these places quite regularly in London. Several reasons: In London I'm a local, a known face, and tend to stick to my regular dancers. I have a better time and don't get ripped off. In Vegas I'm a tourist, and dances are much more expensive, particularly when the girl then asks for a ridiculous tip. In London I may buy a girl a drink. It's a token of appreciation (in the UK it is much more common in regular social situations to buy drinks for people, compared to in the US where people tend to buy their own drinks). As such, I just pay the cost of the drink. In the US it is much more expensive buying a girl a drink than buying yourself a drink. I don't like this ridiculous rule where topless joints serve alcohol but fully-nude joints are dry. Finally, Vegas has too much silicone. I like my my dancers to be natural, and not looking like over-inflated porn stars."
  
  
• "I'm a female who went to a male revue decades ago as a party event. I would only go now if I was outvoted by a group because the price-gouging is so aggressive. Strip clubs for men, though, have a sleaze factor that brings down the local atmosphere. I'd rather they were out of sight and out of mind."
  
  
• "As a gay male, I don't have much use for strip clubs. Not much 'adult entertainment' in Las Vegas for the GLBT crowd." [Ed: Did you catch the recent Question of the Day on this subject, which was posted in response to several emails like yours? It ran on 5/17/2013 and you can find it in the QoD Archives. There might be more entertainment out there of interest to you than you realize, and this is definitely an area we want to cater to on the new website, where we'll very much welcome input from gay and lesbian readers in terms of reviews, insider tips, and so on.]
  
  
• "I'm from Atlanta. We have better strip clubs here so I have no need of them in Las Vegas. I come for the casinos and the 'nowhere else in the world' experience: giant themed resorts, old-school and new, shows, restaurants, Fremont Street, casinos, people from everywhere. All of it 24 hours. Who needs a strip club?"
  
  
• "My first thought is this: I can go to a strip club where I live (Indiana), so why bother when I go to Vegas primarily to gamble? My second thought is that most of the female performers are too 'cookie-cutter' for me; I would visit a strip club in LV in a heartbeat if the dancers were more 'normal', i.e., catering to gentlemen who prefer women of a larger build! I realize that my tastes are not shared by all men, but if a niche topless club with 'zaftig' entertainers were to operate in Vegas, I would be there in a heartbeat!"