When the National Women’s Soccer League team now known as the Seattle Reign competed in the playoff semifinals in late 2021, all Jen Barnes wanted was to go to a local bar and watch the game. She couldn’t find one that had it playing.
It was a lightbulb moment. About a year later, in December 2022, she opened Rough & Tumble Pub in Seattle, one of the first U.S. sports bars to play men’s and women’s events equally across its 18 screens. The pub was turning a profit within a few months, and this March, it brought in $250K in revenue — proof the concept, now popping up from coast to coast, has legs, Barnes said.
“There`s such a sense of joy with the women`s sports fan base at a place like Rough & Tumble because you`ve waited all your life to have a space where you can watch these games together,” she said...
RSK: I think the timing is right...but as a CRE investor, I would proceed with caution.
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