“that could create concerns about their proximity to crime”
There is crime at strip clubs? Who knew?
Could the real problem as viewed here not be the strip club, but in remaining mum about the strip club. Being a house of sin and unpopular in some parts of society as it is, then their secret could be used as a basis of blackmail. As in, wink and nod at something, or else we tell your mama (or your church, etc.) that you own a strip club.