Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon
in Houston, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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11410 Hempstead Rd, Houston, TX 77092, USA Print route »
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Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon is an LGBT bar/honky tonk that was founded as the Esquire Ballroom in 1955 by Raymond Proske in Houston, Texas at 11410 Hempstead northwest of downtown. In the 1970s and 1980s the club was considered the main rival to Gilley's Club across town in Pasadena.The Esquire Ballroom closed in 1995 and remained unused for a number of years. The nightclub reopened as Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon in August 2013 as the largest gay country and western genre bar in the Southern United States, the second largest gay bar in the state of Texas, and largest gay bar in Houston. It continues to host music acts on the same stage that it used as the Esquire Ballroom. The venue has a significant heterosexual and mainstream following as well.In March 28, 2014, USA Today named Neon Boots one of the top ten dance halls in Texas in their "10 Great Places" series.
