By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The owner of the Home Party Club is hoping to bring back the nightclub scene to Hays with the opening of his new bar.
HPC, 229 W. 10th, as the club will be known, has housed multiple businesses. It was the Home bar, cross-fit center, and most recently the Home Event Center.
Brent Legleiter, 37, a Hays native, wants the business to return to a traditional nightclub, serving alcohol and catering to a crowd who wants to dance.
The building can accommodate up to 5oo people and has three bars. The club has no kitchen, so no hot food will be served.
Two of the bars will be liquor bars. The third bar will offer beer or seltzer-type drinks in bottles and cans. He said he is working to bring in some craft beers in addition to your standard favorites. The club does not have beer on tap.
Legleiter said he and his staff are still working on the cocktail menu but hope to establish some signature drinks.
"We want something, no matter what your taste buds, you will enjoy," he said.
HPC will open at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, possibly expanding to Wednesday nights. There will be a $5 cover charge for those 18 to 20. There will be no cover charge for those 21 and older.
Thursday nights will be country music nights. Friday and Saturday will be club music, including hip-hop, electronica and remixes. Patrons can choose their music via the jukebox until 10 p.m. when the DJ takes over.
"We don't want to cater to just one genre of music," Legleiter said. "We want to incorporate all genres of music, so everybody can have a great time and nightlife here in Hays."
If the club opens on Wednesdays, they plan to do a be-your-own-DJ night, utilizing the club's jukebox.
The bar has pool tables and dart boards.
Legleiter said he plans on having some local bands, but most of the music will be via DJ.
HPC launched the weekend of Nov. 24 with a soft opening. A grand opening is coming, but a date is yet to be announced.
Legleiter also owns Extra Life Gaming in Hays. He has previous experience working in local bars, including as a DJ at the former Home. He formerly owned the Outer Limits bar in Munjor.
"For the people who have been around in Hays for a while, everybody knows the Home. It had that nostalgic feeling," Legleiter said. "[I wanted to] bring it back. Since we don't really have a full-fledged nightclub like the Rose, Home, the Pink Cadilac, it felt like the right time, especially after the pandemic to bring back the nightclub life to Hays."