GREELEY — Greeley is accustomed to being on the wrong end of snobbery. In a state that likes to brag about microbreweries and wind energy, this town is known mostly for its rodeo and meatpacking plant.
But two Greeley brothers say a bouncer in nearby Fort Collins went too far when he wouldn’t let them in because of where they live.
Jason and Shane Jackson say the bouncer at Washington’s Sports Bar and Grill turned them away Saturday because people from Greeley and its neighboring town of Evans had been causing “gang problems.”
“He said he could tell we weren’t gangsters, but if he made an exception for us, he’d have to make one for everyone,” Jason Jackson told the Greeley Tribune.
Bar owner Shane Belcher said in a written statement that the newly enacted policy is only in effect Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to close. He said the bar is re-evaluating its policy after a “small number of complaints to the media.”
The brothers and two friends went to another bar, and Shane Jackson says they won’t be going back to Washington’s.
