Dennis Hof's Love Ranch, known as the Cherry Patch Ranch prior to 2010, is one of two brothels in Crystal, Nevada.^[1] It is also referred to as the Love Ranch South^[2] or Love Ranch Las Vegas^[3] due to its proximity to Las Vegas.

Both brothels in Crystal were owned by Maynard "Joe" Richards. In 2010, Richards sold both to Dennis Hof, who said Heidi Fleiss would be a consultant.^[4][5]

The license for the brothel was suspended in February 2018 over minor planning issues and then closed down by the county again on August 8, 2018, over alleged missed payments (of county fees) and paperwork being wrong, which sources cite immediately being refiled and taken before the courts for review.^[6] It is expected to reopen again later in 2018.^[7][8]

On August 27, 2018, Judge Richard Boulware ruled that Dennis Hof may re-open Love Ranch Vegas as of August 28, 2018 stating that other brothels didn't have their licenses revoked when they were late renewing.^[9]

On October 16, 2018, Dennis Hof, the owner of the Love Ranch property was found dead in his bedroom at the Love Ranch. He is believed to have died in his sleep due to natural causes.^[10] Hof died at his Love Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada following a party for his 72nd birthday that had been attended by Flavor Flav, Joe Arpaio, Grover Norquist and Ron Jeremy, the last of whom found Hof unresponsive. Police did not suspect foul play at the time of his death.^[11]