Overview
- Monitors never turned on during the Friday opening because of reported power and Wi‑Fi problems, leaving the pop-up without its central live-odds display.
- Security began clearing the venue around 9 p.m., cutting the night short ahead of the planned 11 p.m. last call, according to on-site reporting.
- Polymarket posted a Saturday morning video showing screens lit and said doors would open at 11 a.m., while declining to comment on the record to Gizmodo.
- The event drew Hill staffers, media and lobbyists, featured a live band, and became a target of online mockery after attendees waited in the rain.
- The splashy activation follows a widely viewed launch post and comes as competitor Kalshi operates under CFTC oversight and a PR firm has issued a cease-and-desist over the bar’s name.