Ballard’s Rough and Tumble first women’s sports-focused bar in Washington.
K5: SEATTLE — Sports bring people together, but being able to watch women’s sports in group settings, like bars and restaurants, is uncommon.
“I can’t say the amount of times I’ve been to sports bars where I’m like ‘There’s a huge like championship women’s sports game, why do we have this random men’s football rerun?” said Casey Cairo, a sports fan.
However, this struggle with trying to find places to watch women’s sports on TV has now changed in Western Washington. Rough and Tumble Pub opened on Dec. 10th in Ballard. The owner said it is the first women’s sports pub in Washington and the second worldwide.
“It’s emotional. you know” said Jen Barnes, the owner of Rough and Tumble. “I have welled up with tears and if I think about it too hard, I’ll probably start crying.”
The first two days after opening, the pub was completely full, and even had visitors from local women’s pro teams, like the Seattle Storm.
The pub is decorated with women’s sports memorabilia and has 18 televisions. The goal of the pub is to prioritize women’s sports on their TVs, giving people a place to come together to enjoy and support women’s sports teams. MORE. h/t illustr8r
If I go there, can I cheer for the better team, or do I must I wear tampon earrings?
Even if the “women’s” sport teams are a bunch of men pretending to be women?
Serving an audience of who? Feel free to try it. Happiness is to be pursued.
So, pole dancing, mud wrestling and lingerie football? Did I miss any?
Nothing new, first would be HOOTERS now that is some ‘women only please’ sports
What are the odds it won’t be a lesbian bar?
Man, when the Women’s College Softball World Series starts up, it will be wall to wall with bean flickers.
How would you like to own a Subaru dealership across the street?
msNBC Morning Joe and Cast
Explaining how WNBA salaries must be 7-8 Digitized.
And those damn pesky owners better figure a way to pay up.
Or else.
And they offered a Stadium Revenue Sharing SAFE Crypto saftey way to make those salaries possible.
Otherwise, They say the Mens Team must take Half-Pay for awhile or longer.
My Comment: Good Luck with That, Ladies
It could do well. If the food is good.
Cuz nobody’s going there to watch the TVs.
I give it 9 months.
Will they have womens Car racing?
I enjoy watching a ladies volleyball game from time to time.
Half Hooters
Half Poofters
A YUK YUK
I heard the food didn’t cost as much as a men’s sports bar.
Will it have blue- and red- and purple-colored chick drinks? Or is that misogynistic?
Obviously, no sandwiches will ever be served there.
“Sir, women’s sports is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”
(apologies to Johnson)
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
until I clicked on “More”, I thought it was the Babylon Bee.
“…even had visitors from local women’s pro teams, like the Seattle Storm.”
Who?
“Obviously, no sandwiches will ever be served there.”
But plenty of tacos ………
@refuse/resist:
That great combination of gymnastics and contortion,
the Getting Into Too-Tight Jeans Race.
Haven’t been to any kind of bar in 30yrs, probably saved mine & a few other lives. But if there’s going to be girl fights just maybe…
Why not just call it what it is, a magnet for lesbians. Has nothing to do with sports – unless you’re into lesbians sporting. Ewwwww!
Why is everyone wearing flannel?
I’m sure this idea has already been tried in Seattle and it failed.
Women’s Roller Derby and women’s wrestling were always fun to watch. Much more entertaining than the Oh-so-serious Purple-haired US Women’s Soccer Team.