Sapphire is a real gentlemen's club (world's largest, too) and Sapphire girls are real strippers

The intriguingly named $trip: The Play is a play about a fictional strip club in Las Vegas called “The Sunset Lounge” where the owner gets 86′ed and Metro goes undercover as a stripper.

Being located in Las Vegas, it’s natural to assume it’s a real gentlemen’s club, but as the ad states, “This is a Play, Not a Strip Club. Actresses, Not Strippers.” Hope the folks off the street can read.

We’re still intrigued, just as long as it isn’t an interactive play (we prefer to pay our good money and then sit and watch rather than be part of the play). Though with actresses as strippers, perhaps we’d make an exception.

The play premieres this Wednesday at 9 p.m., then plays every Wednesday through July 13.

It takes place at the Club Aruba at the Aruba Hotel & Spa (1215 Las Vegas Blvd. South, just south of Charleston).

Regular tickets are $39.99 with a two-drink minimum, but if you purchase at this link, you’ll get in for $25 and also see the stand-up comedy show directly after for free.

Aria Hotel Casino at CityCenter Las Vegas

Charles Oakley, 6’9″ 245 lb former NBA Knicks power forward, has filed suit for unspecified damages from the Aria Hotel Casino located in MGM Entertainment’s CityCenter on the Las Vegas strip. The security guards are also named as defendants in the suit that states the May, 2010 altercation left Oakley with severe injuries requiring a trip to a hospital emergency room.

According to the filing, Charles Oakley was in Las Vegas to participate in Michael Jorden’s invitational golf charity fundraiser when he left the Aria resort’s VIP pool area and was refused re-entry, then argued with security guards before being turned away. When he attempted to return to his guest room, the suit contends, he was “jumped” and beaten by five security personnel in a secluded area of the property. The violence apparently resulted in physical injuries that required emergency care at a local hospital and a cell phone image tweeted from the hospital shows Oakley with a heavily bandage right arm receiving additional medical care.

Charles Oakley is currently an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats.

Who says Las Vegas never gives you a break?