The Palomino Club is a landmark North Las Vegas strip club . Since 2006 the club has been owned by Adam Gentile.
12-511: The name Palomino Club may refer to: Palomino Club (Las Vegas) , a strip club founded in the 1960s Palomino Club (North Hollywood) , an influential performance venue in Los Angeles that closed in 1995 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Palomino Club . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
24-472: A "Lost Episode". In 2006, Hidalgo sold the club to Adam Gentile, in order to cover legal fees. Gentile's father, Dominic Gentile, is one of the city's more prominent defense attorneys, and received the payment from former Palomino owner Luis Hidalgo Jr. in exchange for Gentile's representation of Hidalgo in the investigation of the May 19, 2005, shooting death of Timothy Hadland. Adam Gentile, who had previously been
36-454: Is produced by The Greif Company, executive produced and directed by David Roma , and created and executive produced by Leslie Greif and Adam Reed. According to her Twitter account, former child actress and member of the original cast of the children's sketch show All That , Katrina Johnson has appeared on a few episodes. Johnson is a bartender at the club featured in the show. Season 1 This article relating to reality television in
48-554: The General Manager of Club Paradise, is still the current owner as of 2023. In 2009 Gentile let cameras into the club to film King Of Clubs , a new reality series slated to premiere in Fall 2009 on Playboy TV . That same year (2009), Hidalgo, Jr. and his son were sentenced to life in prison. The son's girlfriend took a plea deal for voluntary manslaughter in exchange for her testimony. King of Clubs (TV series) King of Clubs
60-555: The Palomino, claiming they conspired with cabdrivers to divert customers. It was evidently a common practice for some clubs, such as Palomino and Cheetah's , to offer $ 5–$ 25 per customer to cab drivers, to encourage the drivers to bring customers to their club instead of someone else's. This put "non-kickback" clubs such as the Olympic Garden at a disadvantage. The case was eventually dropped. (Jordan, 2004) Luis Hidalgo, Jr., took over
72-582: The accounting. Originally featured on Gene Simmons Family Jewels , producers felt the story and club staff would make for a compelling reality series on its own. Though much too risque for A&E , the show was pitched to and picked up by Playboy TV in late 2008. Premiering in September 2009, King of Clubs will carry a humorous tone and be primarily focused on Adam Gentile's continuous struggle to manage his best friend bartender, out-of-control bouncers, and unpredictable staff of exotic dancers . The show
84-414: The building was built a couple decades prior. One of the notable differences between the Palomino and other Las Vegas strip clubs, is that it is allowed to have both a liquor license, and totally nude dancers. Other clubs with liquor licenses are restricted to topless dancers. This difference, according to 2003-2006 owner Luis Hidalgo Jr., is because the club was grandfathered until approximately 2025 with
96-436: The club in 2003. One of the changes that he instituted was to start an all-male nude act, known as the "Palomino Stallions", to try to attract female customers. In 2005, Luis Hidalgo Jr., his son, Luis Hidalgo III. and Hidalgo, Jr.'s longtime girlfriend, Anabel Espindola, were charged - and eventually found guilty - as co-conspirators in the contract murder of a former employee who had been telling competitors that Hidalgo Jr.
108-464: The different rules. The new Palomino Club owner Adam Gentile has made the licenses permanent. In 2000, a high-profile murder trial involved the Palomino Club owner's son, Jack Perry, who had shot and killed one of the employees he thought was trying to buy the club. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 14 years to life in prison. In 2002, the owner of the "Olympic Garden" club sued the owners of
120-406: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palomino_Club&oldid=696373475 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Palomino Club (Las Vegas) It was founded in 1969 but
132-537: Was an adult reality series aired on Playboy TV that ended in May 2009. It revolved around the Gentile family and their operation of Las Vegas' historic Palomino Strip Club . The show premise is based upon the real business operations of Nevada attorney Dominic Gentile. In 2006, he purchased the Palomino Club to cover legal fees from former owner Luis Hidalgo III. Since the acquisition, Gentile's son Adam has overseen daily operations and his ex-wife, Michelle, has managed
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#1732852124773144-463: Was still paying cabdrivers to divert customers to the Palomino Club. Their former doorman, Timothy TJ Hadland, had been found shot dead on a road near Lake Mead on May 19, 2005, just two weeks after quitting the club. Three other Palomino employees, and the actual killer, were also found guilty on charges related to Hadland's killing. Their case was later shown on the TV show The First 48 on March 31, 2011 as
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