In September 2005, the first floor of Halo opened bringing the total amount of space to approximately 3,000 sq ft (278 sq m) with a capacity for 200 people. When the bar opened in 2004, only the second floor was used by Halo and it consisted of 1,500 square feet (139 sq m). Halo's location is a narrow, two-story building that originally served as an automobile repair shop. In 2007, Bailey and Guggenmos sold their remaining share of Halo to Babak Movahedi and opened Town Danceboutique on U Street, NW. LGBT clubs and events including the Velvet Nation party at Nation, Tracks, Millennium at the 9:30 Club, Ozone, and Cobalt. Bailey and Guggenmos previously started other Washington, D.C. before the citywide smoking ban was enacted in January 2007. Founded in 2004 by Ed Bailey and John Guggenmos, Halo first gai ned attention by being one of the few smoke-free LGBT bars in Washington, D.C. Halo was a high end gay bar located at 1435 P Street, NW in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
