Denver is poised to join a growing national scene of sports bars dedicated to female leagues with The 99ers.
Owners Miranda Spencer, left, and Annie Weaver, right, pose for a portrait behind the logo at their new, soon-to-be opened bar The 99ers Sports Bar in Denver on April 16, 2024. In 1999, the U.S. women’s soccer team captivated sports fans across the globe when it won the World Cup and became the first team in the female league to do so on home soil.
As a kid, Spencer played football as quarterback. When she couldn’t move up to tackle, she played ice hockey, basketball and softball. Weaver grew up playing soccer and the two met on a flag football team that Spencer started in Denver. They’d only known each other a month before deciding to be business partners.
“Denver is a progressive, liberal city and it’s big enough I think it could support this concept and something of this magnitude. There’s also just a lack of representation for women in sports in Denver right now,” Weaver said. Enthusiasm has also led to expansions in the National Women’s Soccer League and the Women’s National Basketball Association. Both plan to add new teams in the coming years, upping the total to“Denver right now hasn’t really tapped into that yet and I think it’s getting ready to blow up,” Weaver said. “We want to be part of it.”
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