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"Sexy Side of COMDEX" reports on sex work around large conventions: video

Information

Creator

Creator (cre): Stardust Resort and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Date

1998-11-13

Description

Local news segment on COMDEX coming to Las Vegas and the "sexy side of COMDEX". Reporters describe the increase in advertising for strip clubs, and the influx in sex workers in the area when large conventions come to town. City Councilman Mike McDonald interviewed about the issue, as b-roll of strip club neon signs and figures entering cars in parking lots are shown. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Digital ID

MS_00515_018

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1td9t15n
Details

Contributor

Contributor (ctb): KLAS-TV (Television station : Las Vegas, Nev.)

Time Period

1990s (1990 - 1999)

Resource Type

Moving Image

Material Type

moving images

Source

"Sexy Side of COMDEX" reports on sex work around large conventions: video, 1998 November 13

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records

Citation

MS_00515_018. Stardust Resort and Casino Records, 1950-2006. MS-00515. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1td9t15n

Rights

This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor of the collection, Jim Seagrave, transferred all right, title and interest they had in the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) to UNLV. However, the material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Standardized Rights Statement

In Copyright

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals are not available for viewing because of fragility or obsolescence

Extent

0:03:11

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

video/mp4