The owner of the bar, Esther Knight, was apparently shocked that such shenanigans could happen at The Stud.
6ĭuring a raid, police found seven men “performing homosexual acts in full view of other customers.” The men faced charges that included sodomy, masturbation for hire, indecent exposure, simple battery, and attempted escape. 5 By 1987, Pegasus earned a new title for Atlanta: it was where, according to police, “the city’s first arrests for sex acts in an open area of a bar” possibly took place. July 23, 1981.īy 1983, The Conference Room made way for a short-lived bar called The Stud, 4 which quickly gave way to Pegasus Lounge in 1984. Advertisement for Frank Powel’s Conference Room.