Nevada state regulators on Wednesday released details of the undercover sting at the House of Blues Foundation Room, a lounge located on the 43rd floor of the Mandalay Bay.
The lounge is operated by the House of Blues, a tenant in the hotel. Over a two-month period beginning in June , Las Vegas police officers went undercover at the lounge. Employees, including hosts, bottle runners and security personnel, provided at least four prostitutes, cocaine and Ecstasy to the undercover cops. The complaint provides details on the sting as it unfolded over several weeks.
On one night in late July, undercover officers were introduced to two prostitutes who agreed to have sex with at least one of the them. Later that same night, the group of undercover officers also asked for marijuana but were told that they would have to wait until the lounge closed for the night.
At that point, the undercover officers asked for a private room to have sex. A security officer escorted them to a private room where they waited 10 minutes to make it appear as though they had sexual relations. March 26, Ricardo Lopez is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He previously was a morning breaking news writer who also covered the California economy. He has previously worked as a reporter for newspapers in Minnesota, Virginia and Delaware.
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