Amy Cooper

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.