It’s the end of a 25-year run for Sagebrush Sam’s Gentlemen’s Club in Rocker.
The adult entertainment establishment that had featured exotic dancers since 1999 closed its doors on Tuesday, but those doors won’t be closed for long. The business will reopen sometime this summer as the Silver Bow Event Center and moving forward, its owner, Rick Joseph Jr., has plenty of plans in the works.
Rick Joseph Jr., owner of Sagebrush Sam’s, stands for a portrait in the offices of The Montana Standard on Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Butte.
Joseph said the decision to close the gentlemen’s club was not made lightly. Although updating the business had been discussed for months, nothing had been formalized. The news that the club’s insurance premiums were going to triple on June 1 prompted the change sooner rather than later.