The main cluster starting from The Mandalay Bay and going north to the Stratosphere. We chose The Bellagio since it’s on the World Famous Las Vegas Strip and right in the middle when looking at the main cluster of hotels on the west side of Las Vegas Blvd. We used Google Maps with The Bellagio Hotel and Casino as the starting point. “The Love Ranch is the closest legal brothel from the Las Vegas Strip. Their claim is was on their Directions page. The third claim is from The Love Ranch Vegas (no longer open). “Sheri’s Ranch located in Pahrump (Nye County) is the closest legal Nevada brothel from Las Vegas, only 60 miles away.” Their claim is on their homepage as well, and it reads: “Located about an hour west of Las Vegas, The Chicken Ranch is the closest brothel to Las Vegas.“ Their claim of closest to Las Vegas is on their homepage:
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The 3 brothels claiming the “Closest to Las Vegas” crown are The Chicken Ranch, Sheri’s Ranch, and The Love Ranch Vegas. Many other websites who haven’t done their own investigating are wrong as we’ve checked every possible way to get there. So the claim to being closest to Sin City is a big one for bragging rights. However, there are places that are very close where prostitution is legal.
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Why? Because Las Vegas is in Clark County, and in Clark county prostitution is illegal. How can that be? Who really holds the crown? This claim is a huge feather in the cap of the winner. There are 3 brothels in Nevada all claiming to be “Closest Brothel to Las Vegas”.