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The Town House Bar, St. Paul, Minnesota\u2019s longest-running gay<\/a> bar, has been bought and will undergo a name and theme change, but much will also remain the same, according to its new owner<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wes Burdine, a Midway resident and co-owner of the popular Minnesota soccer website\u00a0FiftyFive.One<\/a>, bought the establishment and says he\u2019ll rename it The Black Hart of St. Paul.<\/p>\n Tweeted Burdine<\/a>: \u201cFor over 40 years, the owner Holly has maintained the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Saint Paul and it\u2019s important to me that that doesn\u2019t change. The name will change, the bathrooms will be upgraded, it won\u2019t be cash only anymore, but there will be a lot of drag shows.\u00a0The bar is Burdine said that \u201cthe melding of the existing queer clientele and the soccer community is a natural fit\u201d and that soccer game viewing and RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race watch parties, gay<\/a> bingo, and drag shows will co-exist.<\/p>\n So. \u2014 Wes Burdine (@MnNiceFC) May 14, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The post St. Paul, Minnesota\u2019s Oldest Gay Bar is Becoming a Soccer Bar, But the Drag Shows Will Stay<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n@<\/s>BlackHartSTP<\/b><\/a> The Black Hart of Saint Paul and it will be just over 1000 yards from the new #<\/s>MNUFC<\/b><\/a> stadium. It will have a lot of soccer on and a place where you can watch Bundesliga, Liga MX, EPL, and obviously, #<\/s>MNUFC\u201d<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n
I’m doing a thing and buying a bar. pic.twitter.com\/p623gp9zap<\/a><\/p>\n