Jeffrey Payne-Saragosa
Jeffrey Payne-Saragosa, owner of the Dallas Eagle, announced the bar will reopen. However, he’s purchased a new location that he said is about four times as large. Buildout and applying for permits and licenses will begin once the current lease runs out in May, but will still take some time. So the new location probably won’t open until sometime in the first quarter of 2022.
He posted a video on Facebook explaining what’s planned that can be viewed here.
— David Taffet
I thought the Eagle closed last year. Does anyone go there anymore?
Granted, I never went to The Eagle often, but when I did in the last few years, it was never ever even close to being packed. So why would someone rebuild this bar four times bigger? Then no mention of the new location?? AND no one is building new large gay bars anymore.
I could be wrong, but I’m going to say there’s a good chance we can put The Eagle on the closed gay bar list.
I went a few times. Place is a dump, smelt like piss and I was worried I was gonna catch hiv from the glasses at the bar
That’s a flat out lie. The Dallas Eagle was one of the cleanest bars in town.. I’m sure you’ve caught much worse boo
Are you f’ing kidding me with this ignorant comment?
Yes, in the past the Eagle only had 1 or 2 nights when it had a crowd and was fun; however, in the last year it has been decimated due to overdevelopment in the area and gentrification.
The larger complex is designed to mirror the Eagles of larger cities like SF, LA or NYC – with respective rooms and dance floors.
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As the owner, I can assure you that we are not on the “Closed Gay Bar” list. LOL
Also, as to the other comments, we have done many studies (financial institutions actually require them to see if it is a safe risk to loan the type of money we are needing) and the overwhelming outcome is that our concept will meet all goals set.
As to not mentioning the new location, that is part of the marketing strategy with the roll-out over the next year. There is an actual strategy in place as to how a business should handle marketing and one does not just come out all at once with everything, because where is the ‘build-up’ in going that route.
And directed to “GayTrumpSupoorter”: Educate yourself; you cannot contract HIV from glassware. And even if you meant it as a joke, not very humorous, as it adds to the ongoing stigma of those individuals living with HIV.
Jeffrey is a very smart businessman. He knows how to make money.
The Eagle was not large enough or fabulous enough for the rapidly growing size of the modern DFW gay male community.
I am 100% confident that he will produce a bar complex that is so noteworthy that Dallas will be known at the same level as the other major urban cities in the United States.
It will be so amazing that people will say the Eagle died and a Phoenix has risen.