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The Chicken Ranch is a legal, licensed brothel located about 60 miles (97 km) west of Las Vegas near the town of Pahrump, in Nye County, at 10511 Homestead Road. The 17-bed brothel [ 1 ] sits on 40 acres (16 ha) of land.
Walter Plankinton opened the Nevada Chicken Ranch in 1976, [39] as close to Las Vegas as legally possible. He encountered strong opposition from local law enforcement and other brothel owners. [40] In 1978, the Chicken Ranch was burned to the ground, allegedly by arsonists. The twelve prostitutes and two employees barely survived.
Sheri's Ranch was featured in the BBC series Panorama about the importance of safe sex, preventative measures taken to avoid the contraction of HIV, and other STD/STIs by Nevada brothel sex workers. [5] Sheri's Ranch was featured on the A&E show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels while Gene Simmons was performing research for an upcoming novel. He ...
There is currently a legal brothel also called the Chicken Ranch just outside the town of Pahrump, Nevada. Sheri's Ranch. Another legal brothel just outside the town of Pahrump, Nevada. The Mustang Ranch was formerly a legal brothel near Reno (closed 1999; rights to reuse the name are now tied up in court). The Moonlite BunnyRanch is a legal ...
The Love Ranch is a legal, licensed brothel located about 7 miles (11 km) east of Carson City, Nevada in the unincorporated town of Mound House, in Lyon County, at 95 Kit Kat Drive, also known as The Love Ranch North.
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Chicken Ranch may refer to: Chicken Ranch (Texas), a former brothel in Texas; Chicken Ranch (Nevada), an operating brothel in Nevada, inspired by the original Texas brothel Chicken Ranch, a 1983 documentary film about the brothel in Nevada; Chicken Ranch Rancheria, an Indian reservation or rancheria in Tuolumne County, California
The Nevada Supreme Court agreed with this interpretation in 1978, [7] and so the Chicken Ranch was allowed to operate. In another case, brothel owners in Lincoln County protested when the county outlawed prostitution in 1978, having issued licenses for seven years. The Nevada Supreme Court ruled, however, that the county had the right to do so. [8]