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The Mustang Ranch is a brothel in Storey County, Nevada, about 20 miles (32 km) east of Reno. Under the past and original owner Joe Conforte, Mustang Ranch Brothel, the precursor to Mustang Ranch, became Nevada's first licensed brothel in 1971. This eventually led to the legalization of brothels in 10 of 17 counties in the state.
The Wild Horse Adult Resort and Spa is an adult entertainment complex about 14 miles (23 km) east of Reno, Nevada, that has been home to two separate legal, licensed brothels: the Wild Horse Ranch and the Mustang Ranch. It opened in 2002 with the Wild Horse Ranch, the Mustang Ranch was added in 2005, and the Wild Horse Ranch closed in 2011. [1]
Stardust Ranch [48] [49] – In 1999 the City Council voted 3–2 to shut down the Stardust but Mayor Robert Miller overturned this decision because of the economic benefits the brothel brought to the city. [47] Big 4 Ranch [50] [49] – One of the oldest brothels in Nevada, it was built in the late 1880s and opened as Rainey's dance hall. In ...
Joseph Conforte (December 10, 1925 – March 4, 2019) was an American legal brothel owner from Sparks, Nevada, professional boxing promoter, restaurateur, and philanthropist.
On May 15, 1976, Joe and Sally Conforte's Mustang Ranch brothel held its grand opening. [31] A week after the Mustang Ranch officially opened, Oscar Bonavena was shot and killed at the front gate by Joe Conforte's enforcer, Willard Ross Brymer. [31] The Confortes became the source of hatred for many in Argentina as a result. [3]
In 1971, Joe Conforte, owner of a brothel called Mustang Ranch, near Reno, in Storey County, convinced county officials to enact an ordinance which would provide for the licensing of brothels and prostitutes, thus avoiding the threat of being closed down as a public nuisance. [5]
The film is based on the lives of Joe Conforte and Sally Conforte, a married couple who operated the first legal brothel in the United States after the widespread criminalization of prostitution in the US earlier in the 20th century, the Mustang Ranch in Storey County, Nevada, [3] Violence results when their marriage is tested by infidelity. [4]
Dennis Leroy Hof (October 14, 1946 – October 16, 2018) was an American businessman and politician. He owned seven legal brothels in Nevada, most notably the Moonlite BunnyRanch.