by Tiffany Craig / KHOU 11 News
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HOUSTON—No matter how you dress it up, residents near 290 and Mangum are not happy with the addition of a new strip club.
The Sunset Strip Club opened up in the old Steak & Ale location this week.
“I’m a Christian and we don’t believe in that,” said neighbor Vicki Higerd. “We don’t like it and it’s too close to us.”
Higerd is not alone. David Edwards is worried about his son growing up around the sexually-oriented business.
“This is where my child’s growing up,” said Edwards. “Now, my child’s going to grow up and see whatever riff-raff is going be coming out of that place.”
But it’s more than upset homeowners.
For years, the Houston Independent School District fought the strip club from setting up shop because it’s just down the road from Delmar Stadium, a facility that’s used year-round by students for sporting events.
HISD released a statement after the club opened this week.
“We are disappointed with the decision to allow a sexually-oriented business to operate so close to a school athletics complex,” the statement read.
Higerd agreed.
“All of the schools around here go to that stadium to do their football and all of that and soccer and it’s just too close to that,” she said.
Sunset Strip manager Lloyd Ace invited KHOU 11 News into the club that also doubles as a sports bar.
“How do you feel about being the unwanted neighbor?” asked KHOU 11 News Reporter Tiffany Craig.
“We’ll I’m sad that we’re unwanted,” said Ace. “I can understand people’s feelings but our closest neighbors are across the freeway. This is really a commercial area.”
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