The world's only sports bar only televising women's sports opening in Portland this month.
televising women’s sports opened in Portland, Oregon. For owner Jenny Nguyen, the name was obvious: she called it“We opened Friday, April 1st, the day of Women’s Final Four, which was absolutely bonkers,” said Nguyen. “Like, I knew it was going to be busy but I had no idea just how busy. Then Saturday was a [Portland] Thorns [FC] game and then Sunday was the championship game.
“There’s probably over 30 TV screens in this bar and none of the screens had the game on,” said Nguyen. “We’re like, ‘Hey, can you change it to the NCAA finals?’ And [the server’s] like, ‘Of course, no problem.’ It’s kind of off to the side of the bar on a smaller TV. It ended up being this fantastic game; a last second three pointer to win it. And so we kind of went nuts.
“The majority of girls quit playing sports after they’re 15 to 17 years old,” said Nguyen. “A lot of the reasons why, when they were polled, is because they don’t see a future for themselves in it. When you’re growing up playing sports as a girl and all you’re seeing on TV, professionally or collegiately, is men’s sports… How are you going to think that you can keep doing that?”
“What it would have meant to us if our parents took us to a place where we could see women playing sports on TV,” said Nguyen. “Seeing people at the bar and restaurant cheering for women on TV. How impactful that would have been for us as girls. I was like, ‘That’s it, we’re going to make the place all ages.’ It’s important to give that representation and for families to be there, whether it’s boys or girls.
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