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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 is a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada. Unlike other brothels in the state, it styles itself as a resort, with upscale rooms and furnishings, sports bar , tennis courts, a spa and outdoor swimming pool.
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]
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 ...
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
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.
The brothel started out as a set of four double-wide trailers, run by Richard Bennett and initially called Mustang Bridge Ranch. Joe Conforte (1925-2019), (Look gave his age as 48 in 1971) who had owned several brothels in Nevada together with his wife, Sally Burgess Conforte aka Jesse E. Conforte (1917–1992) since October 1955, took over the Mustang Bridge Ranch in 1967.