99 Days, 99 Vegas Facts.

In honour of there being 99 days left until I fly out to Vegas, I have decided to manage my palpable [over]excitement and track the coundown by posting a fact about the Strip and the surrounding area in the hope of educating, entertaining or in my case distracting for a few mintues.

Here is Todays, for all you single fellas out there.


99:"Don't listen to your buddies, your brother-in-law's cousin, your college frat brothers or anyone else who would like to tell you otherwise. Prostitution is not legal in Vegas (part of Clark County). However, prostitution is legal in Pahrump, Nev., (part of neighboring Nye County, about 45 minutes away). Different county, different laws."

Source: Vegas.com

That is indeed true. Same could be said for Macau, where it is even more blatant, yet not technically legal. In both places law enforcement mostly turns a blind eye to any side deals an escort, stripper, or masseuse make in the privacy of a hotel room.

Hmmm....
What are we to infer by the fact that THAT is the FIRST of your 99 facts?

Quote: DJTeddyBear

Hmmm....
What are we to infer by the fact that THAT is the FIRST of your 99 facts?

Why Sir, I am sure I have no idea what you are talking about. :P

Yeah I tend to like the "full service" remarks in those little magazines. Everything's inferred, but definitely not for the $79 price on the cover. I would like to see what you get for just the cover price one day.

Quote: ahiromu

Yeah I tend to like the "full service" remarks in those little magazines. Everything's inferred, but definitely not for the $79 price on the cover. I would like to see what you get for just the cover price one day.

This is getting out of my area, but I think that just gets the girl through the door. Then she asks what you want to do, and you negotiate from there.

Quote: Wizard

Quote: ahiromu

Yeah I tend to like the "full service" remarks in those little magazines. Everything's inferred, but definitely not for the $79 price on the cover. I would like to see what you get for just the cover price one day.

This is getting out of my area, but I think that just gets the girl through the door. Then she asks what you want to do, and you negotiate from there.

Yeah, definitely to get you through the door.

Last summer I had a VERY attractive woman proposition me in the elevator bank at THEHotel at Mandalay Bay for $1K per hour. hahaha...

When I was walking down the strip last week a guy said "free limo rides to strip clubs" and I said to him "Do you have any male strippers?" he said they are at some place called "Ocean Gardens" do the strippers there show the good stuff or hide it in a G string like in thunder from down under (ugh never go nothing but a buncha screaming annoying girls)?

My understanding is that Clark County is one of the few jurisdictions in the country in which you can legally pay a woman to dance nude in a private setting. If my understanding is correct, then the notion that prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas is somewhat irrelevant.

Quote: Jumboshrimps

My understanding is that Clark County is one of the few jurisdictions in the country in which you can legally pay a woman to dance nude in a private setting. If my understanding is correct, then the notion that prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas is somewhat irrelevant.

Sort of like the antique car swap meet I was at once. Sign read "Bolts $3.00 Free Beer with every one purchased." Got them around the liquor sales license for the 3 days they were there.

Quote: Jumboshrimps

My understanding is that Clark County is one of the few jurisdictions in the country in which you can legally pay a woman to dance nude in a private setting. If my understanding is correct, then the notion that prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas is somewhat irrelevant.

There is an unofficial don't ask don't tell policy about it. The womens' jail is full of soliciting (telling) cases.

On the other hand, what large city in the U.S. doesn't have illegal prostitution? Not many, I'm sure. Perhaps none.

You don't have to search long in Vegas -- perhaps one difference though between this and other places.

Alright then, as my character was called into question yesterday,

98: There are around 50 Wedding Chapels up, down and around the strip (including those in the Casinos.) Most of the standalone properties lie between the north end of the Strip and downtown, in the so-called "Naked City" area. If you see the tattoo parlours you are heading the right way. These chapels can cater to all kinds of ceremony, from traditional to Elvis, to Klingon or for those in a hurry, Drive Thru.

Sources eHow.com

To add to that one, the reason there is a concentration of wedding chapels downtown is that is you have to go to city hall to get a marriage license. Unlike most other states, marriage licenses are given on demand -- no waiting and no blood test. So if you're in a hurry to get married, which is usually the case with Vegas weddings, there is no shortage of wedding chapels within walking distance of city hall.

As most of you probably can guess, I'm a DJ. I primarily do weddings. But I'm also a Reverend. I got ordained the same way Joey on Friends got ordained. Click! and I'm ordained.

If you've been paying attention to my posts, you know I was in Vegas this past September, and am coming again in September. Both for a convention. The Wedding Merchants Business Academy. All types of wedding professionals meet to discuss how to do a better job at weddings, as well as how to connect and sell to modern brides.


One evening last year, a lot of us took a tour of three wedding chapels. One stop was at, according to them, the only chapel within eyesight of City Hall. It was also, according to them, the only chapel with an elevator. I wanted to ask if that meant they were the only chapel with two floors.

On the bus to these three chapels, we passed a lot of other chapels. Most looked like condemned buildings. The three we visited were nice.


The highlight was the second stop, at the Elvis Chapel. They took two people out of the group, then we had a mock wedding ceremony where these two got married. It was a very cool wedding.

The back of the chapel opened wide, and a vintage pink Cadilac convertable came into the room. Elvis was driving, and the 'bride and groom' were riding high on the rear seat. They got out, walked tot he alter, then Elvis performed the ceremony, including singing several songs. The whole thing lasted about 20 minutes, but it was a real fun ceremony.


This photo is from their website, not our group, but it gives you the idea:

There's additional seating on the right side. Total capacity about 50, or about 70 if they don't leave room for the car.


The next day, I saw 'Elvis' at the convention. I already knew something about the Vegas wedding business, so I had to ask him a question.

NJ, where I live, as well as neighboring NY, has liberal rules regarding marriage. An internet reverend such as myself can legally marry people. Neighboring PA has very strict rules. A minister must 'minister' to a congregation on a regular basis at a real church, etc.

When I became a reverend, I was amazed to learn that the home of the Drive-Thru wedding, has strict rules similar to PA regarding the officiant.

So I asked 'Elvis' about it. He's not a minister. He's not even an interent reverend. He simply entertains. A local reverend is on hand. In a one minute private meeting with the couple, asks them if they really want to get married, then signs the license.

It's not unlike yesterday's thread where it boiled down to, there are many ways around the law...

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Shameless plugs:

Viva Las Vegas - The Elvis Chapel
Wedding Merchants Business Academy - The convention I attend in September
Church of Spiritual Humanism - where I got ordained

Reverend Dave Miller.com - my wedding officiating site
Dave Miller Weddings.com - my wedding entertainment site
DJ Dave Miller.com - my non-wedding entertainment site
DJ Teddy Bear.com - my original stage and company name (Even though I use it on forums, I'm kinda phasing it out as a business name)

LOL, my dad married his 3rd wife in Vegas, on a spur of the moment. It was his only marriage that didn't last (my mom and his second wife both passed away).

If nothing else, this thread should establish a record for lenght.

So is it legal to hire a hooker to strip for a bachelor party before a wedding in Vegas? ;)

Quote: Nareed

If nothing else, this thread should establish a record for lenght.

I doubt it. The "Hoax that is the 1.41%" thread is still going strong.

Quote: Nareed

So is it legal to hire a hooker to strip for a bachelor party before a wedding in Vegas? ;)

I would guess not, but if alady with a bad reputation came up to your hotel room, undressed, danced a little, and then maybe picked up some money that did not belong (by their own admission) to everyone else, and didnt tell anyone, I dont think anyone would be prosecuted. I could be wrong.

I think I counted the number of escort service pages in the LV white pages last time I was there and there was something like over 600 pages. Wow. How would one decide?

On another note, we were surprised last weekend by the seeming lack of people handing out the cards on the strip of near nude women asking for escort services. Was there an effort to clean this up in the past year. This would make the strip far more kid-friendly, not that I would ever bring my children to Vegas.

97: For people who want to see some of the amazing natural scenery of the Valley of Fire State Park, but cant make the trip themselves, you can check it out in films such as Heldorado, Iron Eagle , Star Trek: Generations or doubling for the planet Mars in Total Recall

Oh and for those following the slight "Adult" subtext to previous posts, Lake Mead is the setting for Pammy and Tommy's Stolen Honeymoon.

Find your own link to that.

Quote: Croupier

I doubt it. The "Hoax that is the 1.41%" thread is still going strong.

At a half page reply per fact, you'll wind up with about 49 pages. That ought to set the record. Assuming there are that many reply-worthy facts avout Vegas.

If not I'll just post "Hmm. Interesting" or "Who knew?" just to keep it up :P

Quote: Croupier

Quote: Nareed

If nothing else, this thread should establish a record for lenght.

I doubt it. The "Hoax that is the 1.41%" thread is still going strong.

Sorry about that. I promise I won't do it again. :-0

Star Trek Generations, is the final-ish scene where Kirk and Picard work together in the desert-ish place it?

Quote: ahiromu

Star Trek Generations, is the final-ish scene where Kirk and Picard work together in the desert-ish place it?

I think so. It tells you on the following site: Spoilers Contained within

Quote: Croupier

Don't listen to your buddies, your brother-in-law's cousin, your college frat brothers or anyone else who would like to tell you otherwise. Prostitution is not legal in Vegas (part of Clark County).

You know prostitution is illegal in Tijuana. however, even the former mayor owns a beauty saloon.

Quote: pacomartin

You know prostitution is illegal in Tijuana. however, even the former mayor owns a beauty saloon.

Nice.

On to number 96:

Probably on of my favourite myths around Vegas (of which I will be coveriing a few in this thread, is the myth of Hunting For Bambi(NSFW) It basically involved setting up hunting expeditions with a difference. Instead of hunting deer, rich fellas would hunt naked women. With Paintballs.

In 2003, Las Vegas promoter Michael Burdick finally came clean, admitting to city officials that "Hunting for Bambi" was a hoax and that his company never actually conducted "hunting expeditions" in which wealthy male patrons stalked naked women with paintball guns. "It was all staged," Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman told The Associated Press. "The purported 'Hunt for Bambi' was a scam. There were actors and actresses, and there wasn't even the real shooting of paint balls.

Although a former mob lawyer telling you something didnt happen, doesnt mean it didnt happen, so it could still be true.

Is it just me, or does anyone else not have a problem with the Hunting for Bambi idea? It is already legal here to look at naked women, and to have paintball fights, so why not combine the two? If both sides consent, why should Big Brother stand in the way? My only concern would be that it shouldn't be painful to be shot.

WEll take some attractive semi to fully nude ladies, add some frisky testosterone filled fellas with money to burn, throw in some Nerf guns with the foam bullets soaked in paint so you know when you made a hit,or high powered water pistols filled with paint and I think we have a recipe for success.

Anyone want in on the ground floor?

Morally I have no problem with it, for the same reason I have no problem with Strippers or Prostitutes who do their job of their own volition. Its their bodies, let them do what they like.

Count me in. Where do I send the check?

My son has a Nerf gun. The range and accuracy of those things are terrible, and they constantly jam. Bambi would go unscathed unless she was over 80 years old. I'm thinking conventional paintball guns, but that shoot with a small enough force to not hurt.

Wiz -

You are FAR from alone in your thoughts. I'd even bet that you're in the majority.

The fact is, I find it amusing and perplexing that in "Sin City", Hunting for Bambi is where they put their foot down.

On a side note, paint-ball participants are required to wear head gear because of the very real danger of choking if a shot goes in the mouth, or eye injury, etc. So I'd side with whoever says that a safer alternative needs to be found.

But the general concept of hunting naked women? Where do I sign up?

Quote: Wizard

...My son has a Nerf gun. The range and accuracy of those things are terrible, and they constantly jam...

Wiz, I respect your insight in all things gambling, but your missing the point here. Poor range and accuracy are just what is needed to allow the hunter to get CLOSER to the hunted. Since my eyesight is somewhat suspect anyways, I welcome the less hunting intense and the more visually intense opportunity. I'd even take it as far as using Nerf knives for little hand to hand action.

Happy Hunting All.

Quote: Wizard

Count me in. Where do I send the check?

My son has a Nerf gun. The range and accuracy of those things are terrible, and they constantly jam. Bambi would go unscathed unless she was over 80 years old. I'm thinking conventional paintball guns, but that shoot with a small enough force to not hurt.

I think Croupier has the right idea with the guns shooting paint. For those who never played, getting hit with a paintball is somewhere between getting snapped with a rubber band and getting hit with a slow moving baseball. Where I would see a problem getting a paintball "not to hurt" is if you reduced the speed or mass enough the ball just wouldn't shoot. (Assuming the women are nekkid except for eye protection and shoes.) Another problem is if said women are also strippers they are going to have a lot of welts from where the balls hit, dinimishing their marketability.

But as you can see, I have no problem with it as long as everyone involved, customers and bambis, is over 18 years old.

What happens in Vegas.........................would get you arrested almost anywhere else.

Laser tag would work, wouldn't it?

Quote: boymimbo

Laser tag would work, wouldn't it?

For laser tag you need to wear a vest that covers too much.

I've never actually played paintball, thus my ignorance on how much it hurts to get hit. Would love to try it. AZDuffman made good points that the paint balls would hurt somewhat and leave a bruise. In that light, I might recommend an old fashioned water balloon fight.

Quote: Nareed

Quote: boymimbo

Laser tag would work, wouldn't it?

For laser tag you need to wear a vest that covers too much.

OOOOOOOOOO! This give me a brilliant idea. How about creating bikinis and bras for the women with built-in lazer sensors? That would clean the game up for use in other states. Maybe even. . . Iowa.

Okay. Maybe not Iowa.

a straw with wads of paper would be less painfull. but only if you know how to use this properly. only blowing, no sucking.

95: As I have covered hookers, marriage and myths, I thought I would go for something that includes all three.

We have all heard similar stories, a young couple come to Vegas get married and cant contain their passion, so head to one of the cheap motels near the wedding chapel to cinsumate the marriage. On entering the room, they start getting down to business, but the girl is distracted by a strange smell. They stop and call the manager who comes in looks under the bed and straight into the face of a dead and decomposing hooker.

One problem with the story: It has never happened in Las Vegas. The legend may have been sparked by a number of newspaper stories about actual cases of bodies being hidden in motel rooms in Virginia and Maryland. For some reason, people are more willing to believe that this story has happened in Las Vegas, rather than the small towns where it actually took place. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but remember -- not everything happens in Vegas.

Source: Snopes.com and Vegas.com

bodies may not be left in rooms, but many people die in hotel rooms or somewhere on the hotel property. ask hotel workers and many will say they get the spooks in certain rooms, or floors, or areas on the property.

Wait a sec....

You go from a Bambi Hunt to decomposing bodies? How the hell am I supposed to think about the Bambo Hunt now!?!?!


(I like the Wiz's ides of a water balloon fight.)

the wizard has had a recent encounter with death in a casino. and a bizarre one is the david carradine story.

Quote: DJTeddyBear

Wait a sec....

You go from a Bambi Hunt to decomposing bodies? How the hell am I supposed to think about the Bambo Hunt now!?!?!


(I like the Wiz's ides of a water balloon fight.)

This thread just goes to show that really smart people don't have any common sense!

You all have missed the most obvious of choices for the Bambi Hunt. It is good old fashion


TAG

To make it a bit more difficult, perhaps it should have to be two handed tag. This last rule is only in the interest of fair play, of course.

ever return to your hotel room and swear something was moved? :) (and i'm not talking about after maid service either)

Quote: RaleighCraps

This thread just goes to show that really smart people don't have any common sense!

You all have missed the most obvious of choices for the Bambi Hunt. It is good old fashion

TAG

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Quote: RaleighCraps

This thread just goes to show that really smart people....

Hey! Who you calling smart?

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Quote: inap

bodies may not be left in rooms, but many people die in hotel rooms or somewhere on the hotel property. ask hotel workers and many will say they get the spooks in certain rooms, or floors, or areas on the property.

True. The hotels dont like to make it common public knowledge, but I think I read somewherre that every strip hotel has had at least one death ruled as suicide. (CityCenter excepted - for now). I think I also read somewhere that Las Vegas is the Suicide capital of the US. Although this is not related to the Strip as such, but the entire are.

Quote: RaleighCraps

This thread just goes to show that really smart people don't have any common sense!

You all have missed the most obvious of choices for the Bambi Hunt. It is good old fashion

TAG

And back to Bambi - The most simple ideas are often the best. But given the litigious nature of the US, how would you get around the sexual harrasment lawsuits?

Quote: Croupier

And back to Bambi - The most simple ideas are often the best. But given the litigious nature of the US, how would you get around the sexual harrasment lawsuits?

Money ? :-D

Speaking of money, that leads me on to an interesting - and possibly not true fact as I cannot find any evidence to back it up, but it is too good to pass up.

94: Did you know, that in Nevada it is illegal to pawn your dentures?

source ebaumsworld.com

When I visit Vegas in September, I plan on stopping at the Pawn Stars shop. If I remember, I'll ask them about that one....




By the way, it appears there is a bug in the forum software.

Do NOT use [link=] tags. Use [url=] tags.

I.E.: [url=http://www.ebaumsworld.com]www.ebaumsworld.com[/url]
produces this working link: www.ebaumsworld.com

Note: I didn't see a reference to that law on the site.

Thats my bad, I did not put the exact url of the place on the website I found it, just the main site. Thanks for the heads up on the [link] bug and Ill try and change the link when I have chance.