On a Monday night in April, the new women’s sports pub 1972, located on the edge of the University of Texas campus in Austin, was busy. Dozens of basketball fans had gathered for a WNBA draft watch party, anticipating that the sole Texas team, the Dallas Wings, were going to select NCAA champion from the University of Connecticut Paige Bueckers with the number one pick. The five televisions inside were all turned to ESPN with the speakers loud enough so everyone could hear. When the inevitable happened and the Wings picked Bueckers first, the crowd erupted in cheers, including one man wearing a “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports” T-shirt, who nearly came out of his seat with excitement.The pub, which opened on March 19, is named…
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