Louis Aguilar is a sports columnist for the Detroit News.Sin City Cabaret has been a fixture in Port Morris for 15 years. "All I know, the Super Bowl is the best thing to happen to the Windsor economy in a long time." And then there's the clients who keep dropping all these celebrity names. "I've got clients who say they want to hire our services for the whole day and I'm trying hard to figure out how to accommodate everyone. She has 15 escorts, many of whom are also masseuses. "I've got clients who say they want private parties for 200 of their friends and our girls," Goyette said. Like many businesses during Super Bowl week, Goyette is trying to balance the many demands of her clients. Massage salons are also adding staff, and new salons are gearing to open before Super Bowl week. She also runs the Studio 333 massage salons, where "sensual" massages are available. "We've been getting calls for reservations for about a year now," said Chantal Goyette, owner of Chantal's Angels, which became the first licensed escort service in Ontario when it opened in 1996. But it does allow escort services, where once an escort and a client get behind closed doors, they can agree to do whatever they want. It doesn't allow brothels or public solicitation, as in prostitutes on street corners or pimps. For that you need to go to one of the 100 licensed escort services in Windsor.Ĭanadian law permits the exchange of money for sex between consenting adults. The North American International Auto Show in Detroit is always great for sales, Pupovac explained.ĭown the street from Havana Heaven are Cheetah's and several other all-nude clubs that are commonly referred to as the "Windsor Ballet."Īt clubs like Cheetah's, you can watch but not touch. "We hope the Super Bowl will be even better for us than the auto show," Pupovac said as he puffed on a $35 Cohiba Robusto. But Havana Heaven has the aroma of fine aged cubanos wafting through its small, tidy shop, which has a walk-in humidor and a corner where you can smoke and sip cappuccino. Many stores claim to sell Cuban cigars, but often the cigars are fakes, Pupovac said. "We expect a 100 percent increase in sales, easy," said Sasha Pupovac, owner of Havana Heaven. Many say Americans are their best customers, although it's illegal to bring them across the border. The problem is Havana cigars are widely regarded as the best in the world, and there are more than a dozen Cuban cigar shops in Windsor. But when it comes to hedonistic pleasures, Windsor will take the lead.Ĭuban cigars are banned in the United States because of icy relations with the island's communist government. American magazines such as Penthouse, Maxim and Sports Illustrated will host lavish, racy parties at Detroit-area nightclubs. Reservations are brisk at upscale eateries and in areas like the city's Little Italy section, with its small-town feel and clean, quiet streets.īut the Super Bowl also attracts lots of glitz and celebrations of the flesh. An international VIP party and a family activity zone are expected to draw thousands. Windsor will share in these wholesome events. And the NFL Players Gala and a bowling tournament will raise millions for charities. The Motown Winter Blast and the NFL Experience, a sprawling interactive football exhibit to be staged at Cobo Center, are some of the dozens of family-oriented events to be offered during Super Bowl week. It's an economic engine that will pump $342 million into the area, according to a Detroit Super Bowl XL host committee study.ĭetroit boosters say the real legacy of the Super Bowl will be a revived downtown after decades of struggle. It's an international event that draws 100,000 visitors, 3,000 journalists and a bevy of celebrities. "What can be better for us than the Super Bowl?" The Super Bowl is many things beyond the National Football League's championship game. "It's like a dream," said Renaldo Agostino, marketing director for Katzman Enterprises, owner of four all-nude clubs in Windsor and one strip club in Detroit, where Michigan law allows topless dancing. Several agencies dropped names of celebrities as potential customers. And escort services like Chantal's Angels have received reservation requests from clients for more than a year. Clubs like Cheetah's of Windsor say women from around the world have been applying in droves to bare it all and dance during Super Bowl week. Stores like Havana Heaven in downtown Windsor are stocking up with hundreds of extra cigars that can cost as much as $75 apiece. All legit here.Īnd the providers of such goods and services expect a booming business during Super Bowl week. There are things you can get in Windsor that you cannot legally get just across the river in Detroit, site of this year's Super Bowl.Ĭuban cigars. WINDSOR, Ontario - The testosterone-charged throngs of Super Bowl XL may temporarily turn this pleasant border town into Sin City North.
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