We're finally here. Bar IX is securing a space, and we need your help to open it.

You’ve been with us since the first pop up event, making Bar IX your home for women's sports in so many incredible places across the city. As wonderful as these events have been, they haven't been in OUR home. In a place where women's sports is always the default, not the exception.

To make this dream a reality, we’ll need your help. You have been the backbone of our existence for the last year, propelling us forward each and every time you show up for women's sports.

We're finally here. Bar IX has secured a building. Contribute here to support our efforts restoring this historic building. We'll send you stickers in the mail for any contribution greater than $25!

Of course the real gift will be the opening of Bar IX, in part due to your support. If you're curious about our story, check it out below!

Our Story

You could say our story started back when Alissa's mom took her to her first Detroit Shock game in 1998. Or, when we gathered 60+ people at EMBC on a hot summer night to celebrate the opening of the WNBA season in 2025. Since then, every month we’ve hosted women’s sports fans from across the city, state, and world(!) to watch and celebrate their favorite players together in community. Alissa is surrounded by an incredible team of women's sports fans - friends and family alike - and this would not be possible without the team effort. If you meet a member of our team, be sure to thank them!

In the News

Check out the kind words floating around the metro Detroit newsrooms!

Crain's Detroit: "Crowdfunding campaign fuels effort to open first women’s sports bar in Detroit" (June, 2026)

Detroit Free Press: "Campaign under way to fund women's sports bar in Detroit" (June, 2026)

Fox 2 Detroit:

"Standing room only" (October, 2025)
"Detroit's women's sports bar, Bar IX, launches crowdfunding campaign" (June, 2026)

WXYZ Detroit:

"Detroit pop-up sports bar dedicated to women's sports gains momentum ahead of historic PWHL broadcast" (March, 2026)
"Detroit pop-up sports bar dedicated to women's sports to launch crowdfunding campaign" (June, 2026)

WDET: "The Metro: Why one sports fan is opening a bar dedicated to women’s sports" (April, 2026)

Daily Detroit:

About Bar IX

Bar IX will be a space for anyone who wants to gather to support and celebrate women's sports - new fans or old, casual or committed. This space will be family friendly, so people of all ages can watch women’s sports alongside generations who paved the way, including the Title IX victories that gave Bar IX its name.

What's Next?

We are currently in the process of closing on our future permanent home (location to be announced soon!). Stay tuned!

Additional Notes:

We heard from a lot of you that you're interested in a "mug club" - we hear you! Stay tuned for updates!
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