--- title: This Brothel Offered to Host Harry Reid's Retirement Party description: A brothel in Nevada has offered to host Harry Reid's retirement party, promising that it would be a "big hit" with the attendees. canonical: https://time.com/3768697/harry-reid-retirement-brothel/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-02T12:43:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:38:57.661Z article:section: Politics og:title: This Brothel Offered to Host Harry Reid's Retirement Party og:description: A brothel in Nevada has offered to host Harry Reid's retirement party, promising that it would be a "big hit" with the attendees. og:url: https://time.com/3768697/harry-reid-retirement-brothel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8fa2182877e7b69/6987858dcd1bba2ab56f5e51/harry-reid-senate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Harry Reid og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Brothel Offered to Host Harry Reid's Retirement Party twitter:description: A brothel in Nevada has offered to host Harry Reid's retirement party, promising that it would be a "big hit" with the attendees. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8fa2182877e7b69/6987858dcd1bba2ab56f5e51/harry-reid-senate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Brothel Offered to Host Harry Reid's Retirement Party  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 2, 2015 12:43 PM UTC  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. adjusts his glasses as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 24, 2015. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. adjusts his glasses as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 24, 2015.Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 2, 2015 12:43 PM UTC A brothel in Nevada has offered to host Harry Reid’s retirement party, promising that it would be a “big hit” with the attendees. In [an open letter](http://blog.sherisranch.com/legal-prostitution/brothel-senator-harry-reids-retirement/) to the Senate Minority Leader, Sheri’s Ranch lists the policy initiatives Reid has supported that have benefitted the legal prostitutes in Nevada, Reid’s home state. The letter mentions Reid’s support for the Affordable Care Act, under which the prostitutes, who operate as independent contractors, can now have health coverage. It also talks about Reid’s support for LGBT rights and his opposition to a proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, which is in a neighboring county to the brothel. But along with championing Reid’s politics, the letter also pitches Sheri’s as an ideal party spot. “Many of your colleagues are intimately aware of our offerings, but we may have added new options since they last visited,” it says. “In addition to our VIP sex bungalows, BDSM chamber, and numerous Jacuzzi rooms popular with our friends from the political arena, Sheri’s has recently added a new massage room where your guests can receive full-body nude massages from one (or more) of the two dozen legal prostitutes on the property at any given time.” “Heck, a retirement party at Sheri’s may even help lessen the animosity between you and your Republican acquaintances,” the letter adds. 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