Las Vegas to lose “Sin City” tag?

Well the name Sin City may be moving to Atlantic City from Las Vegas after the announcement today that the Palazzo Hotel Casino is trying to evict a nightclub from its premises for what the Palazzo say violate obscenity laws. However the club which has only been there 10 months is trying to acquire a restraining order to prevent the Palazzo from closing them down.

The casino resort says the clubs actors — some nearly naked — toss condoms into the crowd and simulate sex acts and bestiality on stage.

Casino officials “were well aware of our brand,” said Sean Dunn, special events director at The Act, in an email statement, adding that representatives of the hotel-casino have frequently attended shows and did not complain.

In a report yesterday the iGaming Post highlighted the fact that Atlantic City Casino resorts were encouraging more burlesque and stripper clubs in their complexes to attract a more adult orientated customer, how times change.

Currently while the legal wrangling’s continue the club remains open, but how things change as Las Vegas that built itself on a racy, no-holds-barred destination, is seems no there are limits.

“I think there’s the perception that anything goes in Vegas — there’s no boundaries, no lines,” said Lynn Comella, a professor of sexuality and women’s studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.”

Anyone that has been to Las Vegas knows there are plenty of strip clubs, no will be found on the main strip or indeed in any of the casino resorts.

“The goal for Las Vegas was to be naughty enough to attract you but not naughty enough to repel you,” said Michael Green, a history professor at the College of Southern Nevada.

Should Las Vegas lose its mantel of “Sin City” and be transferred to Atlantic City? Maybe not in the immediate future but who knows further down the line.