Curbed LA: Boom Boom Room's Last Swish

Boom Boom Room's Last Swish
Tuesday, August 21, 2007, by jwilliams

[image via SavetheBoom.com]

The OC Register reports that Laguna's famed gay bar, and Bill Rosendahl's pet project, will close its doors for good on September 3rd. Not even a desperate appeal to George Clooney and Brad Pitt could save the Boom.

The landmark Laguna Beach gay bar will close its doors permanently Sept. 3 after co-owners Patrick O'Loughlin and James Marchese were unable to reach an agreement with property owner Steven Udvar Hazy.

Although Hazy offered a lease through spring 2008 for the properties housing the Boom Boom Room and the adjacent Coast Inn, O'Loughlin opted to close the bar.

Following the closure of Woody's and now the Boom, one is left to wonder if Laguna is still the queerest city in Orange County or if that title will finally be wrestled away by Fullerton.
· Boom Boom Room bids farewell [OC Register]
· BOOM Begs for Attention [Curbed LA]
· Boom Boom Room Hanging On for Dear Life [Curbed LA]

Posted in Bars & Nightlife, Neighborhood Reports, Orange County, Real Estate Miscellany, Restaurants

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Comments (5 extant)

awwww dats so sad!!!

By Anonymous at August 21, 2007 4:52 PM

So is there anything that really makes Fullerton so gay? As a gay prof at CSUF I'd love to know...

By MP at August 21, 2007 9:48 PM

yuck, fullerton is a dirty, rundown city. what a shame if gay OC nightlife moved in that direction.

By yo at August 22, 2007 2:39 AM

Glad I had some incredible times there while it lasted.

By OneWag at August 22, 2007 11:16 AM

How come Tom Cruise wasn't approached for help?? ...just wondering.

By Anonymous at August 22, 2007 12:41 PM

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