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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 555817, member: 51&quot;]There are a couple references to &quot;The New Broadway Club&quot; as being a wrestling venue.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=10;t=004599;go=older" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=10;t=004599;go=older" rel="nofollow">http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=10;t=004599;go=older</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From the link above:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Louisville KY: January 29, 1947</p><p>Heywood Allen Sr., 66, announces his retirement after a long career of promoting professional wrestling and boxing matches ... His Allen Athletic Club has controlled the mat game here since 1935 … Allen says his physician advised him to give up the business … Francis McDonogh, publicist and one-third owner of the operation, will take over the helm … Allen got into sports promotion after stints with the Ringling Brothers circus and the old Empire burlesque circuit … While putting on wrestling at various theaters, he also produced boxing shows at the old Broadway Bowl, Jefferson A.C., the New Broadway Club and at the Kentucky Athletic Club … Since 1935, however, he has devoted all his energies to wrestling.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Also referenced in this 1899 Los Angeles Herald article:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&amp;d=LAH18990603.2.47&amp;e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&amp;d=LAH18990603.2.47&amp;e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1" rel="nofollow">https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&amp;d=LAH18990603.2.47&amp;e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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