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Cheetah's Topless Club is a " gentleman's club" or topless bar located in San Diego, and Las Vegas, best known for being featured in the 1995 movie '' Showgirls'', and also for having been owned by Mike Galardi, a nightclub owner who was investigated by the FBI with a controversial invocation of the Patriot Act. The Cheetah's club in San Diego is a full nude club where no alcohol is served. It has achieved notoriety for having been frequented by some of the September 11 hijackers.
"Cheetah's owner to contest LV fine"
''Las Vegas Review Journal'', January 24, 2004
"FBI raids Vegas strip clubs, San Diego city offices"
''CNN'', May 15, 2003
"Time to fix the Patriot Act"
'San Francisco Chronicle'', April 7, 2005
''Las Vegas Sun'', November 4, 2003
Cheetah's Topless Club is a " gentleman's club" or topless bar located in San Diego, and Las Vegas, best known for being featured in the 1995 movie '' Showgirls'', and also for having been owned by Mike Galardi, a nightclub owner who was investigated by the FBI with a controversial invocation of the Patriot Act. The Cheetah's club in San Diego is a full nude club where no alcohol is served. It has achieved notoriety for having been frequented by some of the September 11 hijackers.
Las Vegas Club
The Las Vegas club was founded in 1991 by Michael Galardi, and employs about 150 dancers. In 2004, Galardi admitted in a San Diego federal trial that he bribed Las Vegas officials in an attempt to influence strip club regulations. In a Las Vegas federal court, he stated that he paid between $200,000 and $400,000. The club is managed by Charles Wright, a retired professional wrestler best known for his stints in World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment as avoodoo
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In September 2005, Duke Lloyd Sneddon of Otranto made news by spending $120,000 in one evening at the club. This was the impetus of the new standard Nevada tax law limiting expenditures in a nightclub to no more than $10,000 per person.
In an April 2012 episode of NBC's '' Smash'', the New York City club entrance can be seen when Megan Hilty's character Ivy Lynn walks down the street. It was also featured in Iggy Azalea's 2013 music video for " Change Your Life".
In 2019, the Las Vegas location was sold to The Library Gentlemen's Club, a California-based chain of gentlemen's clubs. The acquisition marked a new chapter in the history of the club, as the Cheetahs name was officially retired and replaced with The Library brand in 2020.
In addition to the former Cheetahs location in Las Vegas, The Library Gentlemen's Club also operates three locations in California: Westminster, Anaheim, and Redlands. Each location offers its own unique ambiance and entertainment options, but all share the same distinct brand style.
See also
* List of strip clubs *Planning of the September 11, 2001 attacks
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* '' Showgirls'', 1995 film shot on location
* Operation G-Sting - About the FBI's "Operation G-Sting"
* Charles Wright - General manager of the club
* Brent Jordan
Brent Kenton Jordan (born August 15, 1963, in Santa Ana Heights, California) is an American author, best known for his book about his 20 years as a bouncer at such clubs as Cheetah's Topless Club in Las Vegas.
Biography
Jordan was the fourth of ...
, bouncer from 1991–2003 who wrote a book, ''Stripped'', about working at the club
References
* Jordan, Brent Kenton, ''Stripped: Twenty Years of Secrets from inside the Strip Club'', Satsu Multimedia Press, 2005,"Cheetah's owner to contest LV fine"
''Las Vegas Review Journal'', January 24, 2004
"FBI raids Vegas strip clubs, San Diego city offices"
''CNN'', May 15, 2003
"Time to fix the Patriot Act"
'San Francisco Chronicle'', April 7, 2005
''Las Vegas Sun'', November 4, 2003
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