"Yes, it was worth it," City Manager Mark Edwards said after a City Council meeting this month. "There is nobody that's losing their lives up there anymore."

Police officers who went in undercover reported dancers regularly and openly went too far with customers. Some had sex for tips in a private area. Others sold drugs on the side. An undercover Oklahoma City police officer recalled one stripper basically dragged him to a private area for a dance and told him he could touch her. He quoted her as saying, "We're at Fantasy Island. We're not at your other clubs.'"

The City Council declared it a public nuisance in September 2015, and Fantasy Island then closed for good after 13 years in operation. The city acquired the 41,239-square-foot site in 2016 through a condemnation action and demolished the building. That acquisition became costly because Fantasy Island's owner and operator put up a legal fight over the city's action.