{"id":89360,"date":"2025-07-24T19:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/89360\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T19:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:02:13","slug":"hulk-hogan-dies-will-his-upcoming-nyc-bar-still-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/89360\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulk Hogan Dies, Will His Upcoming NYC Bar Still Open?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Spearheaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/23\/society\/hulk-hogan-to-open-7million-bar-opposite-his-spiritual-home-madison-square-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nightlife veteran<\/a> Rich Rosen in a licensing deal with Hogan, the $7 million, 9,000 square-foot space, named Slam, is due to open in the fall across from Madison Square Garden at 461 Eighth Avenue, at 31st Street, offering wings, beer, and big-screen wrestling highlights under Hogan\u2019s banner. It was set to be the first licensed Hogan concept in New York City, with a name meant to echo both wrestling and the MSG arena down the block.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Now, Slam may open as something different than originally planned: not just a fan-fueled bar and restaurant but a posthumous tribute. Hogan, born Terry Bollea, has been a pop culture fixture since<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001356\/bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the 1980s<\/a>, a mainstay at Madison Square Garden, where he headlined countless WWE events. He was also known for his racism caught on the infamous sex tape, for which he<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/gawker-closing_n_57b5e870e4b0fd5a2f41cbb5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> sued Gawker for what ended up to be $140 million<\/a> \u2014 and won, which led to the demise of the publication. Most recently, he had aligned himself with President Donald Trump, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/hulk-hogan-rnc-speech-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ripped off his shirt <\/a>during his speech at the RNC convention and said he\u2019d like to be vice president someday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">In Rosen\u2019s pitch to Hogan, he said the Midtown location \u201cwas his story,\u201d referring to the bar\u2019s close proximity to the arena where much of Hogan\u2019s fame was forged. Slam was designed to be \u201cbig, bold, and nostalgic,\u201d with Hogan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/therealamerican.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real American Beer<\/a> on tap and walls covered in memorabilia. Construction is still underway, and as of this writing, the team hasn\u2019t announced changes to the concept or opening timeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Eater has reached out to Rosen for an update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spearheaded by nightlife veteran Rich Rosen in a licensing deal with Hogan, the $7 million, 9,000 square-foot space,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":89361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,14856,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,16492,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-89360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-coming-attractions","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nyc-restaurant-news","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114909763704795277","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}