The crowd cheers as California’s first women’s sports bar opens in Long Beach on Friday, July 26, 2024. Watch Me Sports Bar will be a space mostly dedicated to women’s league games and ...

It would be the only bar for women's sports in Long Beach and in Greater Los Angeles, not to mention one of a small but quickly growing number of women's sports bars.

Long Beach's Watch Me! Sports Bar drew long lines during its grand opening Friday. It is one of five bars devoted solely to women's sports.

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