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Related: About this forumZiegfeld's/Secrets Will Close Permanently
MAY 1, 4:34 PM
Ziegfelds/Secrets Will Close Permanently
Lori McCue
Ziegfelds/Secrets, a gay club thats been a hub of D.C.s nightlife scene for 40 years, has closed its doors for good. The clubs Facebook page shared the news Friday.
Regrettably the option to stay and even have a closing event has been taken from us during this crisis, the post read. To the many dancers, drag queen, bartenders, DJs, and support staff over the years thank you for making us one of D.C.s best venues.
Ziegfelds closed temporarily on March 16, according to its website, following Mayor Muriel Bowsers order to shutter bars, restaurants, and other businesses to in-house service in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Though the financial impact of shuttering businesses has been felt in practically every industry in the region, its not clear whether the pandemic was related to Ziegfelds permanent closure. A call to the club was not immediately returned, and the voicemail box is full.
The Washington Blade reported in 2016 that the owner of Ziegfelds building (located across the street from what is now Audi Field) was nearing agreements to sell the property, and would force the club out in two or three years.
Dozens of fans mourned the bars closure on the Facebook post: Thank you for providing us all with a safe space to act like crazy fools! read one. Another, the club was my home.
Ziegfelds/Secrets opened in 1980 on Half St. SE. It was one of several gay clubs displaced from its site in 2006, when the city used eminent domain to vacate the land for the new Nationals Stadium. The club reopened a few blocks down, at 1824 Half St. SW, in 2009, where its been for the past 11 years.
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Ziegfelds/Secrets is the third gay bar to close in as many years in the District. Town Danceboutique and Cobalt closed in 2018 and 2019, respectively, both to make way for residential units. Town, at least, has plans to reopen in a former church in NoMa.
Ziegfelds/Secrets Will Close Permanently
Lori McCue
Ziegfelds/Secrets, a gay club thats been a hub of D.C.s nightlife scene for 40 years, has closed its doors for good. The clubs Facebook page shared the news Friday.
Regrettably the option to stay and even have a closing event has been taken from us during this crisis, the post read. To the many dancers, drag queen, bartenders, DJs, and support staff over the years thank you for making us one of D.C.s best venues.
Ziegfelds closed temporarily on March 16, according to its website, following Mayor Muriel Bowsers order to shutter bars, restaurants, and other businesses to in-house service in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Though the financial impact of shuttering businesses has been felt in practically every industry in the region, its not clear whether the pandemic was related to Ziegfelds permanent closure. A call to the club was not immediately returned, and the voicemail box is full.
The Washington Blade reported in 2016 that the owner of Ziegfelds building (located across the street from what is now Audi Field) was nearing agreements to sell the property, and would force the club out in two or three years.
Dozens of fans mourned the bars closure on the Facebook post: Thank you for providing us all with a safe space to act like crazy fools! read one. Another, the club was my home.
Ziegfelds/Secrets opened in 1980 on Half St. SE. It was one of several gay clubs displaced from its site in 2006, when the city used eminent domain to vacate the land for the new Nationals Stadium. The club reopened a few blocks down, at 1824 Half St. SW, in 2009, where its been for the past 11 years.
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Ziegfelds/Secrets is the third gay bar to close in as many years in the District. Town Danceboutique and Cobalt closed in 2018 and 2019, respectively, both to make way for residential units. Town, at least, has plans to reopen in a former church in NoMa.
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Ziegfeld's/Secrets Will Close Permanently (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2020
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jimfields33
(15,794 posts)1. Just the beginning. All over the country this is going to happen.
Not just clubs, bars but every aspect of commercial businesses.
orwell
(7,772 posts)2. Where will anti-gay Republican lawmakers hang out after hours? n/m
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,445 posts)3. Grindr. NT
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)4. Many of the closures here are from landlords being A-holes