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When she sees a "SHEroe" on the big screen, she sees a future where she leads. The link between the arena and the boardroom is a straight line. 94% of women in C-suite positions were athletes. Sports are where we learn to lose, bounce back, and lead under pressure. But right now, we have a leak in the pipeline. The Age 14 Cliff By age 14, girls drop out of sports at twice the rate of boys. Why? Because they stop seeing where the ladder leads. When they don't see female athlet

For years, people treated support for women’s sports like a "charity"—a box to check for a good cause. That myth is dead. The data from 2025 has obliterated it. We are looking at a global market projected to smash through $2.35 billion this year.

We are building Raise the Bar to be the steady base for Columbus—a place where the sound is on, the tables are shared, and the environment is built for our equity.

We aren’t just opening a bar because we love the game; we’re opening it because we are at a global tipping point . Nationwide Arena will host the 2027 NCAA Women’s Final Four, the premier event in collegiate athletics. When the 2018 Final Four was held here, over 80% of visitors came from outside of Ohio.

At Raise the Bar, we believe that sports are the ultimate leadership pipeline. We know that 94% of women in C-suite roles played sports, yet girls drop out at twice the rate of boys by age 14. In the world of sports, the "pre-season" is where the foundation is laid. It’s a time of intense preparation, strategy, and building the trust necessary to win. For Raise the Bar, 2025 was our pre-season. We built the digital tools, we grew our "huddle" of supporters, and we refined our

Why the next twelve months will define the future of sports culture in Columbus. In the world of sports, the "pre-season" is where the foundation is laid. It’s a time of intense preparation, strategy, and building the trust necessary to win. For Raise the Bar, 2025 was our pre-season. We built the digital tools, we grew our "huddle" of supporters, and we refined our mission.