Tronix gay bar reno

The location was orginially a country western bar. Then it became Visions, when its owners moved into twon from West Fourth Street. It was Reveille AgainNeutron and Tronix. It featured 24 different screens where music videos played in March when it opened. It moved to it present location when Neutron closed.

Both clubs were owned by Michael Tierney. The closing of Tronix did not come as a surprise.

New gay video dance bar set to replace the vacant Tronix in Reno

There had been rumors circulating for a while. The national trend has been the slow death of gay bars, as one by one they close. That is not needed any more. It cited a huge drop in sales and a reduction in patrons do to not having a wall to separate gay year old as required by the City of Reno as contributing to the closing.

Tronix memory Tronix is a place where we grew up. Tronix closing puts in limbo where the Silver Dollar Court can host their drag shows. Since the Ten99 Club closed, the community has not had a drag or real show bar. There are no gay show bars in Reno any longer. The 5 Star in downtown Reno has a small stage.

The closing also puts in limbo where the annual Easter Trannyshack Show can be held. The performance art group has been doing the annual trek the past 17 years. Tronix joins a long list of gay bars in Reno which have have closed their doors. The Ten99 Club closed in June ofit had been opened for over 40 years.

There are many more. There were a lot of gay bars in Reno at one time. Now the national trend is being seen in the Biggest Little City too. Will that actually happen is unclear. One local bar owner said they will never go away, when the Reno Gay Bar published a story about gay bars in The LGBT Bar and bar culture is dying and the piece explores why that is and if it is ultimately good for the community.

The bar used to the central nexus of LGBT culture, politics, and information. The Reno Gazette Journal reported the press release indicated there was interest from a San Francisco Bay Area Club owner who expressed interest in possibly acquiring the lease for what is now the former location of Tronix, Neutron and Visions.

The idea is to bring a state of the art gay reno to the area with the help of Vanity Entertainment, a local gay promotion company.