Prostitution is Good for Nevada.

Banning Legal Brothels Puts Visitors at Risk
By Wayne Bride, CEO

Prostitution is available in Las Vegas, it’s just not legal, and that’s the plain truth.  Every local knows this fact, but our visitors are left with a very different impression.  Legal brothels should be available to those that seek them. It should be regulated, taxed and be open to the regular market forces like any other business in order to
protect our visitors.

Being the only state that tolerates legalized prostitution, Nevada is in a unique position. Over the past 10 years the state has not only enjoyed a growth in residence and business, we have continually grown our tourist numbers to over an
impressive 41,000 million visitors per year. I daresay that these visitors and residents are aware that prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada and that is why many of them utilize the services of the working girl in legal settings.

The remaining 49 states have outlawed one of the oldest professions in the world only to create illegal prostitution on their streets. In a legal setting, health codes are stringent and help to create the safe settings that are provided to the numerous visitors that wish to partake of the offerings. Every day in Las Vegas, taxicabs and limos make trips to our nearby neighbors in Pahrump to visit a brothel and probably the same happens at our neighbor to the north, Washoe County. Our state’s economy, not only in the rural areas, but the state as a whole, benefits greatly from this industry.

I have visited several of the member brothels and met with the managers and working girls on several occasion to offer our members benefits to them. I have yet to meet one working girl that isn’t there by choice and doesn’t have a love what she
has chosen as a profession. These girls are beautiful and intelligent, and often have a second profession or business in the more mainstream areas of business and industry.

There are those who question whether we should continue to offer legal prostitution because they believe Fortune 500 companies would not relocate to Las Vegas if we are the only state offering this service. They think families won’t move here because we continue to be who we are. Well, to those of you, I say, hasn’t the past 10 years of unprecedented growth in Nevada given you a CLUE?

Nevada has always been unique in that it doesn’t think like the rest of the country. We believe in fairness, freedom and personal rights. We like to make our tourists happy, provide them with the services they are looking for, and if legal prostitution is one of those services, then let us embrace this industry and reap the benefits. Let Nevada stay unique and on the pinnacle of personal freedom.

It is not a question of whether we NEED legalized prostitution, but rather if by eliminating the legal brothels do we not contribute to the crime and unsafe sex practices that result in streetwalking and the like. Go down to Metro and get the numbers on vice in Las Vegas. Look at the number of prostitution arrests, the cost to taxpayers to try and put some restraints on the illegal trade and then measure the costs against the legal areas of the state. 

I recently read an article in the Las Vegas Sun questioning the usefulness of prostitution and whether we, as a state, should continue to allow it. The writer questioned whether a Fortune 500 company would move to a state with legalized sex for sale, by license. He questioned whether a board of directors would be offended and how their spouses would react.
I say we should continue to embrace this state that has grown in tourism and relocation faster than any other state in the nation in spite of also maintaining legalized prostitution. Let’s enjoy who we are and quit ignoring the reality that legalized prostitution contributes greatly to the fabric of our society.

We choose to offer these services because it is a fundamental desire of human nature and one that should be embraced for its record of public safety and benevolence.

Visit these Proud Members of the Sin City Chamber of Commerce:

• Chicken Ranch Brothel ~ www.chickenranchbrothel.com
• Sheri’s Ranch Brothel ~ www.sherisranch.com
• Wild Kat Ranch Brothel ~ www.wildkatranch.com