Sapphire Gentlemen's Club is a chain of

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Las Vegas

The Las Vegas club is located in Winchester,

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, a part of the

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. The enterprise includes 10 VIP sky boxes and three lounges, and is billed as the world's largest nightclub. It was sold in 2006 for US$80 million in an auction to one of the two former part-owners. In 2013 Sapphire Las Vegas opened the Sapphire Pool & Dayclub located at the south end of the club. The Sapphire Pool and Dayclub has 10 cabanas and 5 bungalows. The 10 cabanas are located on the main deck and has 2 pools. 1 of the 2 pools is available as a "private pool" package on the website. The 5 bungalows are located on the upper VIP area and includes a private pool area. Sapphire used to host ''Men of Sapphire'', the only male-choreographed revue show with a private show room for women only with lush VIP seating and premium alcohol as well as the ''Sapphire Comedy Hour'' featuring national headliners like comedian

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. This establishment was featured in the season 2 finale of ''

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'' where

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purportedly spent 24 hours there.

New York City

The

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club is at East 60th Street, the site of the former Scores gentlemen's club. On March 26, 2009 it was reported that the club had invited Australian

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and his wife,

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, to attend a private dinner whilst on his visit to the US. The Prime Minister's office declined to comment on the invitation. This followed the report that he had visited Scores in September 2003 with ''

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'' editor

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and Labor back bencher

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. At the time, Rudd was the Opposition Foreign Affairs spokesman and did not have a "completely clear recollection" of the visit, stating he had "drunk a fair bit". The revelation did not have an adverse effect on his standing in the opinion polls but he distanced himself from the event none-the-less.

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Sapphire Las Vegas website

Sapphire Pool & Dayclub website

Men of Sapphire Las Vegas websiteSapphire New York website
Strip clubs in the United States Drinking establishments in Nevada

Las Vegas

New York City

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