List of brothels in Nevada

Active brothels

Elko County

Carlin

• Dovetail Ranch - The Dovetail has been a brothel on and off for a number of years. In 2002 the brothel was remodelled as a log cabin and a license issued to Michael and Pamela Tangreen. Melba Jordan and Marie Cutler were granted the license in 2003, both had previously worked at Donna's Ranch in Wells. The Dovetail closed in June 2006 and reopened in January 2008. It was refurbished in the spring of that year and one of the courtesans, "Tempting Tiffany" took over as manager. The brothel was the winner of the CWMC 2011 Small Brothel of the Year Award. The Dovetail has sometimes marketed itself as an Asian Ranch.
• Sharon's Brothel & Bar - Permanently Closed.

  Elko

• The Desert Rose Gentlemen's Club - This brothel opened in late 2014 in the building that had previously housed the No. 1 Geisha.
• Inez's D&D Bar - This brothel is reportedly supposed to stand for "Dancing and Diddling". The brothel is a next-door neighbour to the closed PJ's Lucky Strike, and its courtesans are all of Asian heritage. It was one of the first Nevada brothels to have an internet presence. The brothel is under the same management as nearby Mona's Ranch.
• Mona's Ranch - Originally built as a family home in 1903, it was later converted to a brothel. It was formally known as Bette's D&D. In February 2018, their brothel license was suspended for 180 days after a barman was found to have drugs in his bedroom in the brothel.
• Sue's Fantasy Club - Sue's has a mirrored dance floor and pole.

  Wells

• Bella's Gentlemen's Club
• Donna's Ranch

Lander County

Battle Mountain

• The Desert Club The Desert Club first opened in the late 1800s, and is reputed to be one of the smallest brothels in Nevada. In 1986 the brothel was bought by Ginger and Chuck Barrett along with the nearby Calico Club. It closed down in 1991 and reopened in around 2016.

  Lyon County

Mound House

• The Love Ranch
• Moonlite BunnyRanch
• Sagebrush Ranch
• Kit Kat Guest Ranch

  Mineral County

Mina

• Wild Cat Brothel - Known for its ionic columns marking off the car park, it was formerly the Playmate Ranch. As the Playmate it was run by Bill 'Little Bill' Wilkins, who also owned the nearby Billie's Day & Night. It closed in about 2010 and was bought by Phil Maita who reopened it as the Wild Cat in 2013.

  Nye County

Amargosa Valley

• Alien Cathouse - Originally the Cherry Patch II, and owned by Joe Richards, it was subsequently purchased by Dennis Hof.

  Crystal

• Love Ranch South

  Pahrump

• Chicken Ranch
• Sheri's Ranch

Storey County

Sparks

• Mustang Ranch

  White Pine County

Ely

• Stardust Ranch - In 1999 the City Council voted 3–2 to shut down the Stardust but Mayor Robert Miller overturned this decision because of the economic benefits the brothel brought to the city.
• Big 4 Ranch - One of the oldest brothels in Nevada, it was built in the late 1880s and opened as Rainey's dance hall. In 1939 it became a brothel, named the "Big 4" after the four men who co-owned it. The brothel closed in 1999 and was bought by the owners of the Stardust Ranch

  Defunct brothels

Churchill County

Fallon

• Lazy B Ranch - It opened in 1975, and was reputed to allow minors as customers, even having a separate waiting room for them. There was no main-connected power or water at the brothel. Power was supplied from a generator. A well was dug but the water was too salty to drink, so drinking water had to be shipped in and the women showered at the nearby Salt Wells Villa. The brothel closed in 1999 and it was rumoured that it was bought by Momma Katt, the former madam at Sue's in Elko, but it never reopened.
• Salt Wells Villa - This brothel was a collection of trailers located at Salt Wells a 15 miles east of Fallon. It opened in 1975 and featured a fireplace, pool table and a dancing stage. In 1977 it was firebombed. The local sheriff's wife, Mildred Banovich, was charged with arson and received a short jail sentence after pleading guilty. The brothel's owner, Reina Fuchigami, sold the business in the 1980s after being accused of employing underage prostitutes. The brothel changed hands several times until brought by James Kopulos in 1996.

  Clark County

Las Vegas

• Arizona Club - Originally a large bar in Las Vegas's Block 16, famous for its 40-foot mahogany bar. When the bar changed hands in 1912, the new owner built a second story to house a brothel. It became known as the "Queen of Block 16". The brothel continued until 1942 when the Las Vegas authorities, under pressure from the US Military, closed the whole of Block 16.
• Roxie's - Closed in 1954 after a federal raid. At the trial it emerged that the county sheriff had been receiving bribes to keep the brothel open.

  Elko County

Elko

• PJ's Lucky Strike - It was located next door to Inez's D&D.
• No. 1 Geisha

  Wells

• Blue Fox Brothel

  Esmeralda County

Lida Junction

• Cottontail Ranch

Goldfield

• The Den - Attached to the Ajax & Martine Saloon.
• Harem - It was run by Dorothy Reed.

  Eureka County

Eureka

• Pat's Country Club - This brothel was located half a mile east of Eureka and was only open for a short while. It was operated by the owner of Fran's Star Ranch

  Humboldt County

Winnemucca

• Cozy Corner Brothel - This brothel was refurbished in 2000. It closed in the winter of 2005 and reopened in the summer of 2006 as the Wild West Saloon.
• My Place Bar and Brothel
• Paradise Cafe - This was also a strip club, the prostitutes also performing the striptease.
• Pussycat Ranch - -It has also been known as Pussycat Saloon and Pussycat Brothel. It was built in 1839 as a saloon. It is now closed and demolished
• Simones de Paris - Simones reopened in 2001 and featured a Jacuzzi. It is now closed and was demolished in 2008.
• Villa Joy Brothel - This was the largest brothel in Winnemucca. It had a strip club attached, the Paradise Cafe.

  Lander County

Battle Mountain

• Calico Club - In 1986 the brothel was brought by Ginger and Chuck Barrett along with the nearby Desert Club. The Calico Club was sold to owners of Donna's Ranch in October 2000 and renamed Donna's Battle Mountain Ranch.

  Lincoln County

Coyote Springs

• Betty's Coyote Springs Ranch - Opened in 1970-71 by Sally Hall, it was known as Sally's. It was taken over by Betty Armstrong in 1972 and the name changed. The brothel was later taken over by Judy Kuban and the name changed to Judy's Ranch. Located on Highway 93, this brothel featured a waterbed room, swimming pool, and horse stables. This brothel closed when Lincoln County introduced its prostitution ban. The owner was co-appellant with the owner of Sheri's Ranch in the unsuccessful attempt to have the ban overturned.
• Sheri's Ranch

  Lyon County

Mound House

• Starlight Ranch

  Wabuska

• Town House Guest Ranch - This was a busy brothel in the 1960s and closed around 1970 when Lyon County restricted brothels to the Mound House area.

  Yerington

• Old Hospital
• Green Lantern

  Mineral County

Hawthorne

• Desert Dollhouse/The Green Front - In the 1970s the Green Front operated from a main road in Hawthorne. Because the cars of local officials were often seen in the parking lot, it relocated to a discreet side street circa 1980. In the late 1980s, under pressure from local inhabitants, the brothel moved to a dirt road off Highway 95 north of Hawthorne and the name changed to the Desert Dollhouse.

  Mina

• Billie's Day & Night - A small brothel run by septuagenarian Opel Radcliffe It was later owned by Bill 'Little Bill' Wilkins who also owned the nearby Playmate Ranch.
• Francine's Lucky Strike Brothel

  Schurz

• B.J.'s - BJs operated from a converted motel on Highway 95 from 1980 - 1981. It was named after Betty and Jean, the two women who owned it.

  Nye County

Ash Meadows

• Ash Meadows Sky Ranch

  Belmont

• Cosmopolitan Saloon - Mentioned in the Belmont Courier, March 21, 1874.
• Crook Shop - Mentioned in the Belmont Courier, June 27, 1874.

  Beatty

• Red Rooster
• Willow Trees
• Angel's Ladies
• Bikini's Gentlemen's Club - Guy Brenkman, owner of a strip club in Peoria, Illinois, moved to Nevada with the intention of opening a brothel. He brought 80 acres about a mile south of Beatty, and built his brothel, which also featured a strip club. In January 2011 Nye County issued a brothel license for Bikini's Gentlemen's Club. The license was for 5 prostitutes to be working at any one time, out of a total of 10. However Brenkman fell foul of the advertising regulations for brothels and his license wasn't renewed in June of the same year.

  Montgomery Pass

• Janie's Ranch - Housed in a number of trailers, Janie's Ranch was located on Route 6. The women lived in one trailer and entertained in another. It was rumoured that the entertaining rooms all had cameras and intercoms. The madam, Betty, would yell at any disagreeable customers through the intercom. The brothel closed in the early 1990s.

  Rhyolite

• Adobe Dance Hall - The Adobe was built in May 1905 by Bob Buynum. It consisted of a dance hall, bar and rooms for the prostitutes use. It was brought by Harry Duval, who owned a further 8 cribs and a brothel in the red light district in 1910.
• Alberta Dent's - Originally Maggie Keeley's was valued at $3.500 in the 1907 tax assessment.
• Jewel Consolidated - Mabel Vaughn purchased a property in 1905 and converted it into a brothel. It marked the north west corner of Rhyolite, Nevada's red-light district. The brothel was destroyed by fire in August 1908.

  Tonopah

• Bobbie's Buckeye Bar - The Buckeye Bar was located on Route 6 just outside Tonopah on the site of the Buckeye Mine. It was opened by Mary Duncan and Margaret Cox after Cox's previous brothel, The Trees, had been shut. Duncan later became the sole owner and the name was changed to Bobbie's Buckeye Bar. In 1963 the brothel was refurbished and greatly extended. The brothel closed when Madam Bobbie died in 1989. Nye County had enabled an ordinance that brothels must be at least 300 yards from any road. The Buckeye Bar was 100 yards from the road, but Duncan had been allowed to continue under operating under "grandfather rights". The county refused to continue the grandfather rights to the purchasers of Duncan's estate. They appealed but were unsuccessful, so the brothel never reopened.
• Big Casino - Opened in late 1904 or early 1905, the Big Casino was a restaurant, saloon, betting parlor, dance hall and brothel. It claimed to be the biggest of its type in the world. It even had a small orchestra.
• Nugget Bar - On December 18, 1951 the owner of the Nugget Bar, Inez Parker, and a prostitute who worked there, Alice Nashlund, were found in the bar having been assaulted. Nashlund died of her injuries two days later. Customer Ray Millan was arrested for the murder. He was acquitted at his trial. District Judge William D. Hatton directed a grand jury should look into the matter. The grand jury concluded Nashlund was murdered by person or persons unknown.
• Taxscine's - Run by Taxscine Ornelas, this brothel was one of the two remaining brothels in Tonopah's red-light district in 1951. During WW2, Taxscine was known by the airmen at the nearby Tonopah Air Force Base as “The Little Desert Mother.”
• The Trees - After the red-light district in Tonopah was closed in 1952, Margaret Cox started a new brothel nearby. It was closed on the order of the District Attorney William J. Crowell on October 14, 1953.

  Scotty's Junction

• Shady Lady Ranch

Pershing County

Lovelock

• La' Belle - La' Belle was the most impressive brothel in Lovelock. It was owned by Irene York.
• Monterey Bar - The Monterey Bar was located within Lovelock.
• Roadhouse - This brothel was located a couple of miles outside Lovelock. It closed in about 1970 when Pershing County passed a law restricting where brothels could be located

  Storey County

Sparks

• Mustang Ranch
• Old Bridge Ranch
• Wild Horse Ranch
• World Famous Brothel

  Virginia City

• Julia's Place, - Operated by Julia Bulette

  near Wadsworth

• Triangle River Ranch - Reported to have been operating illegally; located at junction of Storey, Washoe, and Lyon Counties; brothel trailers were moved across county boundaries as legal situation dictated

  Washoe County

Reno

• The Cottage
• The Willows

  White Pine County

Ely

• Green Lantern - The Green Lantern first opened in the 1950s and was one of the most impressive brothels in Ely. It closed briefly in 1995 on drug charges and permanently closed in 1999.