Venue: CC Slaughters
Town: Portland, US

CC Slaughters is a gay bar and nightclub located in Portland, Oregon, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Portland bar is located in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, and the Puerto Vallarta bar is located in Zona Romántica. The CC Slaughters in Portland, Oregon, located on Davis Street in the northwest Portland part of the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, was established in 1981. It plays different music genres every night. The Portland Mercury has described the club as having a "shiny and modern inside with no cover charge, a big dance floor and crazy laser/light show". Adjacent to the dance floor was a lounge called Rainbow Room. In 2014, CC Slaughters was one of the few two bars to be featured in the list of bars attributed to DUI arrests in Portland in four years of data reviewed by Jonathan Maus of Bike Portland. In May 2017, one of its DJs was murdered in a random stabbing near his home. In his 2019 "overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ nightlife for the newcomer", Andrew Jankowski of the Portland Mercury wrote: "CC Slaughters & Rainbow Lounge is your prototypical gay bar. It's split into two spaces, joined by a video slot parlor. The Rainbow Lounge is next to Darcelle XV Showplace, and is perfect for a cocktail, chatting, or attending a viewing party, while CC's dance floor hosts multiple drag revues and party nights every day of the week." The Portland club announced plans to close indefinitely in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and was closed on October 11, 2020 "for the foreseeable future". The manager said the strain on the business from the pandemic and increasing homeless camps in the Old Town neighborhood was too much. In March, the business confirmed plans to re-open in April 2021. It announced intentions to close at the end of July 2025, however it continues to operate under new owners. Jonathan Lo and Christopher Lovern are the current owners of the Portland location. In August 2012, CC Slaughters issued a statement on its dress code regarding bachelor