Cheetah's Topless Club
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. A secondary club called Cheetah's in San Diego also achieved notoriety for having been frequented by some of the September 11th hijackers.
The Las Vegas club was founded in 1991 by Michael Galardi and employs about 150 dancers at any given time. 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 currently managed by Charles Wright, a retired professional wrestler best known for his stints in World Wrestling Entertainment as a voodoo witch doctor (Papa Shango) and as a pimp (The Godfather), and was also part of the Nation of Domination under the name Kama Mustafa.
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- Cover price
- Drink Package: $29. Includes Front-of-line admission, two drinks, VIP seating, and complimentary transportation from your hotel to the club. Please contact (702) 384-0074 and ask for the manager on duty to arrange transportation. The package does not include lap dances or gratuity for dancers and servers. If arriving by taxi, there will be additional charges at the door.
- VIP Drink Package: $69. Includes Front-of-line admission, a two-hour open bar (Only well drinks, domestic beer, and call liquors), VIP seating, and complimentary transportation from your hotel to the club. Please contact (702) 384-0074 and ask for the manager on duty to arrange transportation. The package does not include lap dances or gratuity for dancers and servers. If arriving by taxi, there will be additional charges at the door.
- Bachelor package for 5: $450. Bachelor package for 10: $850. Includes Front-of-line admission for 10 guests, a three-hour open bar (Only well drinks, domestic beer, and call liquors), VIP seating, and complimentary transportation from your hotel to the club. Please contact (702) 384-0074 and ask for the manager on duty to arrange transportation. The package does not include lap dances or gratuity for dancers and servers. If arriving by taxi, there will be additional charges at the door.
The Ladies: There are almost as many ladies as guys. If you can't find one you like here, you're obviously not serious about topless entertainment. On most weekends Cheetah's features 500 girls in a 24-hour period.
- Skin Factor: Topless.
- Dances:
- Lap dance: $20.
- VIP room: Four dances for $100.
- Music: Variety of dance and Top 40.
- Alcohol: Yes. Drink specials from 6 a.m. - 2 p.m. include $1 beer
- Food: Free lunch buffet with two-drink minimum purchase from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday - Saturday.
- Atmosphere: Nice, medium-size room, one main stage, and five more throughout the club.
- Parking: Valet at the door & free parking.
- Special Events: Lap Dance Happy Hour between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every day of the week. NASCAR Sundays feature free barbeque and drink specials
References
- Brent Kenton Jordan, Stripped: Twenty Years of Secrets from inside the Strip Club, 2004, isbn 0-9703441-2-0
- "Cheetah's owner to contest LV fine", January 24, 2004, Las Vegas Review Journal
- "FBI raids Vegas strip clubs, San Diego city offices", May 15, 2003, CNN
- "Time to fix the Patriot Act", April 7, 2005 editorial, San Francisco Chronicle
- "Patriot Act aided Feds in probe", November 4, 2003, Las Vegas Sun
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