Seattle: Lawson’s Pit
Lawson’s Pit [Puyallup]
Small Gymnasium • 325B Thiele Way • Nimoy Lawson, Proprietor • Bias against law enforcement
Lawson’s is home to “the cleanest Pit Fighting in the Sprawl”, or so claims the less than hush-hush advertising. Gutterpunks trying to prove themselves, madmen with a passion for bare-handed violence, and squatters in desperate need of a few nuyen line up here every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday night for a no-magic/no-cyber/no-weapons fight for the evening’s purse.
> Lawson is a real stickler about keeping his fights clean. Generally, there’s a couple powerful spirits on hand to handle rule-breakers, not to mention to the heavily wired bouncers that man the doors.
> Poison Ivy
> Lately a lot of corporate execs out for a night of ’slumming’ have been sneaking into the fights, which can make a nice extraction point if you have some corporate questions that need answered.
> Xavier
> Don’t let Lawson feed you his line about the Pit being a former Heavyweight Boxing trainer’s gym–the reality is that it used to be a roller-rink.
> SPD
March 23rd, 2006 at 15:39
I’ve been to both the War Pit and Lawson’s many a time (the fights are good cover for business as cred exchanges are common sights), but the bouts here last a lot longer than at the War Pit, giving the viewer a more time to build anticipation and hold conversations - even if it detracts a bit from the frenzied betting at the War Pit.