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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Hauling pole dancers around the Strip in a transparent box turned out to be a short-lived marketing stunt.
The owners of the all-nude clubs Deja Vu Showgirls and Little Darlings agreed today to halt the road shows that grabbed widespread attention and stirred a debate about whether they had gone too far, even in Las Vegas.
Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, who considered it a traffic hazard, welcomed the news.
"There will be no more stripper-mobiles after right now," Sisolak said. "It's gone. It's done."
He praised the clubs' owners for shutting it down. But he said he still planned to push ahead Tuesday with clamping down on live entertainment on wheels to prevent vendors from using similar tactics in the future.
Larry Beard, Deja Vu's marketing director, said the owners spent about $50,000 leasing the truck to transport the pole dancers.
Contact reporter Scott Wyland at swyland@reviewjournal.com or 702-455-4519.
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CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPELLING AND GRAMMAR?? IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU DIDN'T GIVE A THOUGHT TO THIS PROBLEMATIC SITUATION. WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF A FATAL MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT WIPED OUT A DOZEN PEDESTRIANS AND/OR DRIVERS AS A RESULT OF THIS MARKETING STUNT??
It was a great example of coming up with a new promotion, acceptable or not.
I guess the real winner is the company who go 50 grand for the truck for a few weeks!
Let's see what the commissioners can come up with next to actually promote Las Vegas, since they are all marketing genius'.
Brillant marketing idea. Too bad it's illegal to ride in a motor vehicle without a seat belt.
As to it's "gone too far" -- have you seen the girls waiting to get a cab outside the Hard Rock after the pool closes? Have any of you been to New Orleans for Mardi Gras??? Give me a break...
We need more thinking as creative as this in LV.
Pahrumpian wrote on November 13, 2009 05:43 PM:
Hey, how come those girls weren't ticketed for not wearing seatbelts!!
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YOU DO NOT NEED TO WERE BELTS IN THE BACK OF TRUCKS,It is not against the law:(