NY said:

Yes, I understand that permits are usually issued to the businesses, but from what I understand that not how works in COI.  Ten+ years ago, COI pass new laws that outlaw strip clubs near "residential area".  Existing clubs like HT and Sahara 3 were grandfathered in.  From what I've heard, DVCOI was allowed to open because zoning permit belonged to landlord and not Sahara 3.  Owner of Sahara 3 didn't want to leave.  He was so piss off that he actually vandalized the club on his way out.  HT landlord was using the same tactic in order to replace HT with Pinks.  Now, If what this is the case, wouldn’t it be the landlord that that breeched the contract?

I don't know the specifics of what happened to Sahara 3, but if what you're saying is true, the owner of Sahara 3 was not very smart. If the landlord owns the permits, then the club owner has not value associated to his club. In other words, you would not be able to sell the club because nobody would buy it from you without the permits. This indeed would explain why they closed and re-opened as Deja Vu. The smart thing to do would have been to buy the property like Rhino Industry did. Yes, I realize it was probably not for sale but for the right price, they probably could have bought it by paying over the market rate. Too late.

I saw the Binion display back in the day. If I remember correctly, they used to give away $1000 bills on the original "Let's Make a Deal" game show. I've never seen a $100k bill in real life. I used to have a friend that worked at a bank and I asked her if they ever got $500 or $1000 bills and she told me that they did. I asked her if she could swap it and sell it to me and she told me that the bank and Federal Reserve had strict rules and she would get fired if she did that because they have cameras watching all the tellers.

A good friend of mine used to call me T-Bone but also had another friend that called himself that and it became confusing so she started calling me TeeZ-Bone, then eventually Z-Bone.

How does she look?

I'm not an attorney and don't play one on TV, and I don't know the specific of the Pinks location. It would be highly unusual and very unlikely for the property owner to agree to get permits. That responsibility would normally go to the tenant who will be opening the club. If the tenant was smart, he would has a clause in the contract that would allow him to escape out of the lease if he cannot get the permits. However, most landlords would not agree to that because they can lease to a different tenant and get paid. One of the reasons why it's hard and costly to open a club is exactly this reason. Normally, the tenant will have to enter a contract with the property owner NOT knowing if he will be able to get all the permits. All the while, the tenant will have to pay his rent, event though the club is not open. This was the case with the original Gentlemen's Club near Glendale, and many others. Keep in mind that sometimes it can literally take many months or even years to get all the permits if the city doesn't want you to open. They are hoping you run out of money and will wait it out until they are sued before handing out the permits. If you want to open a topless alcohol club, you also need a liquor license from the ABC and it could take even longer and a lot of hands will have to be greased. If for some reason, the tenant cannot get the proper permits, he has lost all the money and he cannot sue anybody. In rare cases, he can sue the city if they originally told him that he can get the permit and either was wrong, or re-zoned the area specifically to prevent him from opening. I know of all many cases like this and the tenants have done various things including suing the city, and in another case opening illegally without permits. I also know of a few cases where an existing club was purchased and the buyer didn't bother to check the permits and it turned out they didn't have all the proper permits. This would have to be a shady cash deal because normally escrow would cover things like this. Anyway, this was a long way of answering your question. The short answer (too late) is: Depends but most likely the tenant is out the money.