With a more than 30 year history, Babe's Cabaret (map) is in the process of being sold to Jenna Jameson.
Now, this is interesting because it's part of the 'hood of South Scottsdale, the same part of town that fought against a hockey arena because it would bring in undesirable elements to the area, which is pretty rundown to begin with.
You know, those hockey fans with the disposable income to actually be able to afford hockey tickets, and then food at the games. It would have likely helped renovate the area, gentrified it, all those things that reusing a large piece of land that just looks like crap usually does.
Anyway, that's my quick rant about losing the hockey arena from Scottsdale - it didn't matter that the voters voted two or three times to build it, the city council decided in their gilded towers that they didn't like hockey, and prefered a blight in South Scottsdale.
But, now they have something else to fight about - Jenna Jameson and her desire to upgrade and update the club, and possibly shoot live Webcasts from the club, according to some news reports.
Now, let's forget that Jenna Jameson lives in one of the wealthiest zip codes in the country - Paradise Valley - or that Club Jenna is based in Scottsdale already. Or, that Scottsdale once billed itself as the West's Most Western Town, and well, let's admit that the West was not that family friendly. Or, that Babe's has been there 30+ years, before all of these laws came into existence. Or, that it's just as likely that Babe's has been there before 90 percent of the Scottsdale City Council moved to Scottsdale. Or, that Scottsdale had a chance to gentrify the neighborhood with a hockey arena, but ignored its own voters.
It's a business that caters to a certain demographic, and it's been there longer than the neighbors have been. If the people did not want to be near an adult cabaret, maybe they should not have moved to South Scottsdale. And, if the city council put in as much effort into real issues - like businesses leaving Scottsdale for Phoenix, the crime of South Scottsdale and Central Scottsdale, and other issues that come from the downturn of a neighborhood, then this would seem like a small issue.
Sadly, if anything, the fact that Jenna is buying into Babe's Cabaret will do more for that neighborhood than anything the Scottsdale City Council has done for South Scottsdale - when they care enough to do anything about the area.
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