{{short description|Legal brothel in Crystal, Nevada}} {{About|the Love Ranch brothel near Las Vegas|the Love Ranch brothel near Carson City|The Love Ranch}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox venue | name = | nickname = Love Ranch South<br />Love Ranch Las Vegas | native_name = | native_name_lang = | fullname = | former_names = Cherry Patch Ranch | logo_image = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | pushpin_map = USA Nevada | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nevada | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_relief = yes | address = | location = Crystal, Nye County, Nevada | coordinates = {{coord|36.48329|-116.15724|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NV|display=ti}} | type = | broke_ground = | built = | opened = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | operator = | surface = | scoreboard = | production = | cost = | architect = | builder = | project_manager = | general_contractor = | main_contractors = | seating_type = | capacity = | suites = | record_attendance = | dimensions = | field_shape = | acreage = | volume = | tenants = | embedded = | website = {{URL|loveranch.net}} }} '''Dennis Hof's Love Ranch''', known as the '''Cherry Patch Ranch''' prior to 2010, is one of two brothels in Crystal, Nevada.<ref>{{cite news|title=Heidi Fleiss, 'Hollywood Madam,' Gives Rare Tour Of New Brothel: Dennis Hof's Love Ranch|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/25/heidi-fleiss-hollywood-madam-tour-brothel-love-ranch_n_3149562.html|access-date=October 14, 2015|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=April 25, 2013|archive-date=October 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005133440/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/25/heidi-fleiss-hollywood-madam-tour-brothel-love-ranch_n_3149562.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is also referred to as the '''Love Ranch South'''<ref name="Forbes Odom">{{cite web|last1=Kroll|first1=David|title=Herbal Viagra Overdose Suspected In Lamar Odom Hospitalization|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2015/10/14/herbal-viagra-overdose-suspected-in-lamar-odom-hospitalization/|magazine=Forbes|access-date=October 14, 2015|date=October 14, 2015|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016011014/http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2015/10/14/herbal-viagra-overdose-suspected-in-lamar-odom-hospitalization/|url-status=live}}</ref> or '''Love Ranch Las Vegas'''<ref>{{YouTube| 63d78qIiMeQ| "Dennis Hof's YouTube channel" }}</ref> due to its proximity to Las Vegas.

Both brothels in Crystal were owned by Maynard "Joe" Richards. In 2010, Richards sold both to Dennis Hof, who said Heidi Fleiss would be a consultant.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/controversial-brothel-owner-set-sell-two-nye-county-properties | date = May 13, 2010 <!-- - 5:02pm --> | title = Controversial brothel owner set to sell two Nye County properties | first = Henry | last = Brean | work = Las Vegas Review-Journal | access-date = June 13, 2013 | archive-date = August 27, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140827020842/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/controversial-brothel-owner-set-sell-two-nye-county-properties | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="LVW1">{{cite news|last1=Lynn|first1=Comella|title=Love Ranch or bust|url=http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2011/oct/20/love-ranch-or-bust/#/0|newspaper=Las Vegas Weekly|date=October 20, 2011|access-date=October 15, 2015|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016164801/http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2011/oct/20/love-ranch-or-bust/#/0|url-status=live}}</ref>

The license for the brothel was suspended in February 2018 for alleged unauthorized structural changes and fire and safety violations<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Kelsey|title=Dennis Hof's Love Ranch brothel shuts down after county suspends license|url=http://news3lv.com/news/local/dennis-hofs-love-ranch-brothel-shuts-down-after-county-suspends-license|website=KSNV|access-date=May 7, 2018|date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=May 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054834/http://news3lv.com/news/local/dennis-hofs-love-ranch-brothel-shuts-down-after-county-suspends-license|url-status=live}}</ref> and then closed down by the county again on August 8, 2018, for late payment of fees.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Montero|first1=David|title=Nevada's monopoly on vice may be easing with push to eliminate nearly half the state's brothels|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-brothels-illegal-20180506-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 7, 2018|date=May 6, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507005047/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-brothels-illegal-20180506-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-assembly-candidate-dennis-hof-loses-brothel-license/ |title=Nevada Assembly candidate Dennis Hof loses brothel license |last=Giwargis |first=Ramona |date=August 7, 2018 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=August 9, 2018 |archive-date=August 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808210252/https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-assembly-candidate-dennis-hof-loses-brothel-license/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On August 27, 2018, Judge Richard Boulware ruled that Dennis Hof may re-open Love Ranch Vegas as of August 28, 2018, stating that other brothels did not have their licenses revoked when they were late renewing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nevadabrothels.co/love-ranch-back-open-again/|title=Love Ranch Back Open (again) {{!}} Nevada Brothels|date=August 27, 2018|work=Nevada Brothels|access-date=August 29, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072226/https://nevadabrothels.co/love-ranch-back-open-again/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Incidents == === Lamar Odom === On October 13, 2015, professional basketball player Lamar Odom was hospitalized after being discovered unconscious at the Love Ranch.<ref name="latimes.com">{{Cite news |last=Panzar |first=Javier |last2=Muskal |first2=Michael |last3=Pearce |first3=Matt |date=October 14, 2015 |title=Lamar Odom took cocaine and Viagra-like drugs, sheriff says |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-lamar-odom-las-vegas-brothel-20151013-story.html |access-date=October 14, 2015 |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015003915/http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-lamar-odom-las-vegas-brothel-20151013-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 13, 2015 |title=Former NBA star Lamar Odom found unconscious, taken to Nevada hospital |work=ESPN.com |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/13883127/lamar-odom-taken-hospital-being-found-unconscious-nevada-brothel |access-date=October 13, 2015 |archive-date=October 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014170523/http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13883127/lamar-odom-taken-hospital-being-found-unconscious-nevada-brothel |url-status=live }}</ref> Odom visited the ranch seeking the company of Ryder Cherry and Madison Montag.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olya |first=Gabrielle |date=October 16, 2015 |title=How Lamar Odom Went Through $75,000 in Four Days at a Nevada Brothel |url=https://people.com/celebrity/lamar-odom-how-he-went-through-75000-in-four-days-at-nevada-brothel |access-date=December 18, 2020 |publisher=People Magazine |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127124317/https://people.com/celebrity/lamar-odom-how-he-went-through-75000-in-four-days-at-nevada-brothel/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Death of owner === On October 16, 2018, Dennis Hof, the owner of the Love Ranch property, was found dead at the Love Ranch following a party for his 72nd birthday that had been attended by Flavor Flav, Joe Arpaio, Grover Norquist and Ron Jeremy, the last of whom found Hof unresponsive. Police did not suspect foul play at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duggan |first1=Brian |last2=Damon |first2=Anjeanette |last3=Spillman |first3=Benjamin |last4=DeHaven |first4=James |title=Dennis Hof, Nevada's bombastic legal pimp and Assembly candidate, has died |url=https://eu.rgj.com/story/news/2018/10/16/dennis-hof-pimp-and-legislative-candidate-nevada-dead/1661304002/ |publisher=Reno Gazette Journal |access-date=October 16, 2018 |date=October 16, 2018}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Nevada|Prostitution}} * The Love Ranch * Prostitution in Nevada * List of brothels in Nevada

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==External links== * [http://www.oprah.com/own-where-are-they-now/Webisode-Heidi-Fleiss-Brothel-Tour-Video "Heidi Fleiss Gives a Tour of the Love Ranch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620015339/http://www.oprah.com/own-where-are-they-now/Webisode-Heidi-Fleiss-Brothel-Tour-Video |date=June 20, 2013 }} &mdash; April 2013 "websiode" video from the Oprah Winfrey Network *Brean, Henry (November 17, 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121118232004/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Nov-17-Thu-2005/news/4349493.html "Sex and the high desert: Bordello may offer male prostitutes"]. ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''. *Brean, Henry (November 22, 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20120716183629/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Nov-22-Tue-2005/news/4428940.html "Fleiss intends to go it alone on male brothel: 'Hollywood Madam' splits with business partner but presses on with Crystal plan"]. ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''.

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