Update: Fusion closed in March 2015
An all-ages nightclub with a separate bar area.
"According to police, officers have been called to Fusion, located at
Northeast 45th Street and Eighth Avenue Northeast more than 30 times in
the past year for events ranging from traffic-stopping, 50-person
brawls, to shooting, to security staff pulling a gun on a drunk patron." (
komonews)
Historical notes: This has hosted bars since at least 1939, most notably The Rainbow (Rainbow Tavern, Fabulous Rainbow Room, etc.). It was the Rainbow from at least 1941 into the 60s, renamed the Sandpiper Tavern for a while, then renamed The Rainbow in 1973, and hosted a wide range of musical styles and artists including Robert Cray, Bo Diddley, George Thorogood, and Sound Garden.
722 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105 - (206) 774-9296
Previous bars at this location: Rainbow Tavern/Room, Sandpiper Tavern
clubfusionseattle.ning.com -
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