Dallas Adult Entertainment: Influx of prostitutes for the Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium
Dallas police are bracing for an influx of prostitutes during the 2010 NBA All-Star game and 2011 Super Bowl, both held at Cowboys Stadium.
DMN reporter and blogmaster Scott Goldstein had a post about this last night (check it out for more details). This issue came up at the National Prostitute Diversion Conference in Dallas, and one police official mentioned a shocking number of 50,000 to 100,000 hookers traveling to the region for the Super Bowl. That official also said there’s no way to truly to know what the numbers would be.
At least one commenter on the Crime Blog was suspicious of those figures. I understand the skepticism. The host committee estimates that as many 200,000 people will be in North Texas for Super Bowl XLV weekend. If the assumption is that prostitutes come to town to profit from the large number tourists (presumably with deep pockets), the math seems shaky. But it’s also notoriously difficult to create statistics for criminal activity unless you’re talking about arrests or reported crimes.