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A new sports bar is set to open in Farnworth this weekend as the owners aim to 'bring a bit of life back to the town'. The sports bar is an extension to the Hideout Cafe , and Sports Arena on Whoolden Street, and will open this evening, November 8. An old warehouse has been transformed to create the cafe, which opened in June this year.
Now, it is adding further strings to its bow, including a sports hall which is in development, as well as the sports bar. The bar will feature four pool tables, two dartboards, live sport, a PS5 zone, punch machines and a bar with draught beer and spirits on offer, as well as a new cafe menu. Co-owners Phil Juniper, L, and Dane Cunningham, R (Image: The Hideout) Co-owner, Phil Juniper, said: "The cafe has been running since June, the sports hall is being developed and we have got a sports bar with pool tables and darts launching this weekend.
"The bar will have four pool tables, two darts boards and a gaming area. "We are also trying to do a bit of a sports hall, putting on events like boxing, doing amateur events and bring some entertainment to Farnworth, taking a disused, derelict warehouse and turning it into a state of the art arena, bar and cafe." The venue has also held boxing events and is looking to hold more in future.
Pool tables (Image: The Hideout) Phil co-runs the venue with Dane Cunningham and Baz Smyth. Read more: Village pub to reopen doors with Sunday roast ‘comeback’ Read more: Your memories of nights out at town centre pub as it prepares to shut Read more: Bolton Albert Halls' cafe and bar reopens with more to offer after revamp Phil added: "There is nothing like this in the North West. We have brought stars here, we had the Olympic boxer, Cindy Ngamba , she has been down and is behind us, she was down for the Halliwell Boxing event, we had a show here and have got another coming up in December.
"We have had the Furys down, John and Tommy, both were down here. Games zone (Image: The Hideout) "We are bringing a bit of life back to Farnworth . From the outside it still looks like a disused warehouse, but inside it looks like Aladdin's Cave! "Still got work to do but that will be in the summer next year when the weather is better.
" Also in the offing at Hideout are football pitches and plans to provide education for disadvantaged children in the future..
