History of Gay and Lesbian Life in Wisconsin - Businesses - Bars and Clubs outside Milwaukee

 
Chances R
Location: 417 Jay Street, La Crosse WI

Opened:
Closed:

 September 2008
(present)
Clientele:

Female/ Male
Bar/ dance club

 

  
       
 

'View the bar's Facebook page.

Chances R bar in La Crosse replaced 'Rainbow's End' in this location. Rainbow's End had been a popular bar in La Crosse since around 1994, then in either August or September 2008, its name was changed to 'Chances R' and with a different owner. (It is identified as female-owned on Google Maps.)

While the bar was listed in the Bar Guide of Quest magazine through its last issue (late 2018), we have not yet located any advertisements or photos of 'Chances R' in Quest or other Wisconsin LGBT periodicals of the time. However the bar has actively posted photos and event updates on their Facebook page since at least 2010. The bar is still open as of September 2022.

Any information about this business is welcomed from anyone who can contribute it.
Photo, October 2010
 
Photo, Outdoors party, July 2013
 
 
Photos, December 2017
 
Photos, December 2017
 
T-shirt for Polar Bear Plunge,
February 2018
 
Photo, May 2018
 
Photo, July 2018
 
Photo, September 2018
 
HIV testing poster, August 2019
 
Photo, September 2019
 
Logo for polar Bear Plunge,
February 2020
 
Photo, souvenier glassware, July 2020
 
Photo of T-shirts for sale, July 2020
 
Interior Photo, October 2020
 
Interior Photo, March 2022
 
Poster for Pride Brunch, June 2022
 
Exterior Photo, June 2018
(Google Maps)
 
Area Photo, August 2019
(Google Maps)
 
 


View of entrance, 2017
(photos from the bar's Facebook page)
 


View of interior, 2017
 


Is that Aaron Rodgers bartending??, 2017
 

Credits: web site concept, contents, design and arrangement by Don Schwamb.
All photos from the bar's Facebook page.
Last updated: September-2022.

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