Neon Cactus Ownership Thanks Community for Decades Of Support

Neon Cactus Ownership Thanks Community for Decades Of Support

Permanently because of the financial impact of the pandemic..

News 18's dakota simon was back on the levee this afternoon to speak with the owners..

About a bar that meant so much to so many after this week's news of the neon cactus closing it's doors for good..

People from all over the country..

All over the world even..

Are bonding over the memories made in this place behind me..

With their cactus cups in hand..

A memorial rests on the front sidewalk of the neon cactus in west lafayette..

Where many are stopping to look back on their memories from the west lafayette bar..

Facebook posts flooded the cactus's page with pictures of memories and mugs alike..

Trisha wimberly's post with palm trees in the background.

Adam gora has entire christmas tree of cactus cups..

And michael dowsett might take the cake..

His post highlighting the fabled cactus cup..

In front of the sydney opry house in australia..

Jim and sheila cochran owned the bar from the start..

And over the last 28 years..

They've made memories to last a lifetime..

It's just been fun and exciting and we have met so many good good people, i don't know i will never forget it, and that's the greatest thing, i will always have all these memories.

Dak standup: an incredible run nearly 3 decades in the making has come to an end..

For anyone who walked through these doors on a thursday night..

Cheers..

Reporting from the levee in west lafayette..

Dakota simon news 18..

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