The Low Down On Las Vegas Escorts.

Others say pot pubs and openly-operating brothels might keep away the mainstream visitor base local hotel-casino operators and tourism officials have cultivated, added Bill Thompson, a University of Nevada professor who specializes in gaming and tourism issues.
“I think you should really consider what kind of people this would draw,” Thompson told the paper. “We don’t need any more sleazy people.” Thompson also cited a study he and another man did that found drinkers had the most problems with compulsive gambling, while drug users were less likely to be problem gamblers. (I guess that would mean lower revenue for casinos if drugs were legal?)
Sin City’s colorful, outspoken mayor, Oscar Goodman, discussed turning East Fremont Street downtown into a “little Amsterdam” some years back and called prostitution a potential “redevelopment tool.” Legal brothels would generate revenue and be safer for practitioners of the sex trade, he said.

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