Clinton Plaza was a thriving but short-lived nightlife district in Bangkok, Thailand, located on Sukhumvit Road between Soi 13 and Soi 15. Its location was excellent, being midway between the Nana Entertainment Plaza to the west and the Soi Cowboy nightlife area to the east. The De Wallen red-light district in Amsterdam. ... Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 The Wat Phra Kaew temple Bangkok Metropolitan Administration building Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep ( (help· info)), or Krung Thep Maha Nakhon ( (help· info), IPA: ), is the capital and largest city of Thailand, with an official 1990 census population... Sukhumvit Road (Thai สุขุมวิท) is one of the major roads in Bangkok, Thailand. ... A word that, if posted on the Penny-Arcade Forums, is a bannable offense. ... Nana Plaza (officially Nana Entertainment Plaza; shortened NEP) is a red-light district in Bangkok. ... Soi Cowboy is an adult nightlife area in Bangkok, Thailand. ...

The plaza began as a collection of beer bars in 1998. The following year it was named after then U.S. president Bill Clinton, and a number of lively go-go bars appeared in 2000. Many of the names were a tongue in the cheek jab at the ex-president, including Monica's bar, Bill's bar and the White House. 1998 (MCMXCVIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2001 the Interior Minister of Thailand, Purachai Piumsombun, began a campaign to enforce his somewhat puritanical ideas of social order. Closing hours for all bars and nightclubs were cut back to 1 am and "naughty shows" were definitely frowned on. The shortened hours, combined with contractual disputes related to redevelopment plans, led to the complete shut down of the bar area by May 2003. The existing structures were razed and a hotel has since been built on the location. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for May, 2003. ...

The bars Checkpoint Charlie and Hollywood-a-Go-Go appear in Jordan Clark's 2005 documentary Falang: Behind Bangkok's Smile which takes a rather critical view of sex tourism in Thailand. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sex tourism is tourism, partially or fully for the purpose of having sex, often with prostitutes. ...

External links

• Nanaplaza.com, extensive nightlife and expat information