Women’s sports bars are having a breakout moment in 2025 — and it’s only getting bigger. According to a new NBC News analysis, three women’s sports bars have already opened this year, and 14 more are set to launch before year’s end. That would quadruple the number of dedicated women’s sports venues across the U.S. We’re talking coast to coast — New York to San Francisco, and in smaller cities like Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Cleveland. Just in March, Phoenix welcomed Title 9 Sports Grill, and Austin opened a 1972 Women’s Sports Pub.
In Omaha, Set the Bar kicks off during Women’s Sweet 16. In Denver, 99ers Sports Bar drew massive crowds in December after the Professional Women’s Hockey League broke the all-time U.S. attendance record. Fans waved signs reading “After party at the 99ers” as lines wrapped around the block. The momentum is fueled by record-breaking viewership: Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano match was Netflix’s most-watched U.S. women’s sporting event ever. Last year’s NCAA women’s basketball final outpaced all other basketball games — men’s or women’s — since 2019. Jenny Nguyen, founder of Portland’s The Sports Bra, inspired this movement.
