21 Revealing Photos From Inside Tampa’s Most Famous Strip Club

Sure to be a hot spot during the Republican National Convention.

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Cars begin to fill the parking lot at the Mons Venus strip club in Tampa, Florida, August 3, 2012. The club — located less than 6 miles from where the Republicans will gather to nominate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate — was opened 30 years ago by Joe Redner, who almost single-handedly made Tampa’s adult entertainment world famous.

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