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Originally Posted by Robbie
What would it require to open a strip club for instance? Paying off the local authorities (that's the way it is here in the U.S. already)? I'm still thinking it would be a million times easier to do in Panama.
If I wanted to open a club here in Vegas for example...I would need several million dollars and then have to go jump through so many govt. hoops. And then once it's open it's an ongoing hassle with the gaming commission, liquor authorities, city, county, state...headache after expensive headache....and all the while they send the undercover cops in every night trying to shut you down. 
Has to be easier there, right? |
First, there are gringos that do biz here and I'm sure it takes a certain talent, so I'm not saying doing a brick and mortar biz here can't be a lucrative venture.
I don't have any first hand experience. I can only offer what I've heard from friends and acquaintances that have done it (and not specifically strip clubs).
Other than the upfront cost, I'd say it's similar stuff to what you listed but harder to contend with plus much stricter labor requirements / laws, and for a strip club you can count on immigration and customs. And when there is something that requires courts, it gets worse. Napoleonic law here, not English Common law.
This is my take having listened to the stories.