{"id":251928,"date":"2023-01-07T17:25:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T23:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=251928"},"modified":"2023-01-07T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T00:20:41","slug":"sapphire-las-vegas-strip-club-patrolled-by-4-4-ton-robot-for-ces-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sapphire-las-vegas-strip-club-patrolled-by-4-4-ton-robot-for-ces-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sapphire Las Vegas Strip Club Patrolled By 4.4-Ton Robot for CES Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 4.4-ton robot will act as a bouncer\/security guard this weekend at Las Vegas’s Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club. Its presence at the strip club coincides with CES 2023 now underway in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\"Mech
Mech “The Bot” Johnson, pictured above. The massive robot will help patrol the Sapphire Las Vegas strip club, coinciding with CES 2023, this weekend. (Image: Sapphire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Called \u201cMech \u2018The Bot\u2019 Johnson,\u201d it is placed at the gates to the club. It is 15-feet tall and weighs 8,800 pounds.<\/p>\n

The machine is described as an \u201call-terrain robotic \u2018mech\u2019 suit.\u201d Humans control it in conjunction with security at the Sapphire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was flown in from Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n

The robot is also likely to entertain visitors to the strip club as they wait in line, the New York Pos<\/em>t reported. The robot was introduced to the public on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Protects Against AI Bots, Club Claims<\/h2>\n

\u201cHe will be protecting us all from the AI bots taking over the Las Vegas #CES convention, so that you may party worry free all weekend long!\u201d the Sapphire announced in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n

It only makes sense that the world\u2019s largest gentlemen\u2019s club would have the world\u2019s largest security guard,\u201d<\/strong> Peter Feinstein, the club\u2019s managing partner, added in an online statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe fully human piloted mech suit has traveled all the way from Vancouver and is excited to make its Vegas debut at Sapphire during CES 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

CES, the world\u2019s largest annual tech convention, opened to the public Thursday morning at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Some 3,000 companies signed up to attend. \u00a0The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) predicts that CES 2023 will draw more than 100,000 attendees. That is still less than recent pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n

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One of the staff at Sapphire. The strip club has a massive robot on patrol in front of the complex this weekend. (Image: Sapphire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sapphire describes itself as the world\u2019s largest gentlemen\u2019s club and adult entertainment complex. Last month, just before Christmas, a club manager claimed a UFO<\/a> hovered for a full hour above the Sapphire. It had red and white lights.<\/p>\n

Casino.org<\/em> was skeptical it was a UFO. Because of the cold weather nationally, ice crystals high in the clouds were acting as a giant floating mirror, reflecting the lights of Las Vegas back down to earth. Meteorologists call it \u201clight pillars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Club Looking to Boost Revenue<\/h2>\n

As of this summer, the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> reported that the Sapphire experienced a 25% drop in its estimated 500,000 annual customers.<\/p>\n

The decline was because of \u00a0COVID-19<\/a>. Strip clubs were among the last businesses allowed to reopen following the state-mandated pandemic shutdown in 2020.<\/p>\n

As of August, the club was seeking a state gaming license and Clark County approval to operate bar-top video poker machines. They are seen as a way to boost revenue.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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