Sapphire Gentlemen's Club
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Las Vegas
The Las Vegas club is located in WinchesterWinchester, Nevada
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, Nevada
Nevada
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, United States
United States
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, a part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
. The 71000 sq ft (6,596.1 m²) 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.
Sapphire's now hosts Men of Sapphire, the only male-choreographed revue show with a private show room for women only with lush VIP seating and premium alcohol.
New York City
The New York CityNew York City
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club is on West 23rd Street and another strip club 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 Australia
Australia
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n Prime Minister
Prime minister
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Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
and his wife, Thérèse Rein
Thérèse Rein
Thérèse Rein is an Australian entrepreneur and founder of Ingeus, an international employment and business psychology services company. Ingeus operates from more than 150 locations across the UK, Australia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Korea, Sweden, Poland, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and New...
, 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 the he had visited Scores in September 2003 with New York Post
New York Post
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editor Col Allan
Col Allan
Colin "Col" Allan is an Australian journalist. He served as the editor in chief of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph of Sydney, Australia and has served as editor in chief of the The New York Post since 2001....
and Labor back bencher Warren Snowdon
Warren Snowdon
Warren Edward Snowdon is an Australian politician. He is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives. He represented the Division of Northern Territory from July 1987 to March 1996, and from October 1998 to November 2001.Since November 2001 he has represented the...
. 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.