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An all-women’s sports bar is closing after five months and it may or may not have to do with the fact that they only played female sports.

According to the Daily Mail:

The first ever women’s sports bar to open in Australia has shut its doors just five months after its much anticipated launch due to cost-of-living pressures.

The Ladies League, located on Sydney’s Oxford Street, opened in August 2024 to showcase live women’s sport matches and replays of women’s games.

However in a shock announcement on Wednesday, the venue explained it was calling last drinks and closing down for good.

Although catering to only half the population may have cost them a lot in sales, that is not the sole reason they failed. The reason they are closing is that no one watches women’s sports like they do the male league.

I am not going to search what percentage of women actually are die-hard female sports fans, but I assure you it is not significant enough to support one’s entire business model.

‘It’s with a heavy heart that we will not be re-opening the doors at The Ladies League,’ The Ladies League wrote on Instagram. ‘As a women’s sports bar, we excelled. Anyone who attended a Matildas, Sydney FC, Grand Final etc game day at our venue, knows what a show we can put on.

The Ladies League apologised to its patrons and shared its gratitude to those who helped the bar open.

It added the closing of The Ladies League should not deter others from wanting to open a women’s sports bar.

This should most certainly deter anyone who considers opening a similar establishment, as normal sports bars catering to both genders have a much easier time.

Just think about it. Bars are places people like to meet when they are single. They are also places where people like to watch sports. They literally killed that and decided to only allow depressed, single, cat ladies, as if that would sustain them to break even.

What girl have you ever heard claim they are “off to get some drinks at the sports bar with their girlfriends?” Literally, no lady said that ever.

Moral of the story: Don’t cater to a significantly insignificant portion of the population that probably does not even exist in order to make a profit.



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