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Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon is Houston's LGBT country and Western dancehall inside the Historic Esquire Ballroom.Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon is currently an LGBT bar/honky tonk founded originally as the Esquire Ballroom in 1955 by Raymond Proske in Houston, Texas.

The Broadway musical Always.Patsy Cline, takes place in the bar. Produced by Ted Swindley in 1988, the story was taken and expanded from a section of the Cline biography, Honky Tonk Angel, written by Ellis Nassour. Always... Patsy Cline chronicles the real-life story of her encounter in 1961 with Louise Seger, a fan and Mississippi native who arrived early at The Esquire Ballroom in Houston for Cline's performance. In a chance encounter before the show, the two met and formed a lasting friendship.