Vegas Billboard Makes Early Exit

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LOS ANGELES Competing against mammoth displays of cleavage and “billboards that promise you a girl in your room in 20 minutes or less,” a new outdoor ad for Bellagio’s Light nightclub in Las Vegas by independent agency Sixteenfifty was not expected to cause any controversy, according to Robert Earl, creative director at the shop.

Still, the ad—which features sunbathing poodles and the copy “The bitches & I will be there”—went up last Monday and came down two days later after numerous complaints to the hotel management.

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