Earlier this year, we had the closing of The Exit (oh and we guess Cabo Wabo kinda counts too), now another one locks up for good: The Crossroads. Fresno Bee reporter Tim Sheehan brought everyone the news of the bar's closing from owner Robert Pierce and his reasons for close:
"It just got to the point that the level of work, the amount of money that we needed to continue to invest, the amount of support that we saw continuing for live music ... just didn't make financial sense for us... So we closed to concentrate on our other business."
Pierce goes on to say:
[The recession made people] "afraid to spend the kind of money they had over the last couple of years... For shows that we were getting 200-300 people for, we were getting 70-80. It made it tough to continue to bring in national and regional acts. We just didn't have the support for it."
All is not lost though. The Babylon seems to be stepping in to take some of Crossroad's business as they are welcoming the Central Valley Blues Society - a staple at Crossroads.
