The business Yelp page lists this location as permanently closed and their website has been shut down. The Men’s “relaxation” spa offered a dry sauna, steam room, whirlpool spa, showers, lockers, private changing rooms, and sun deck. The sister locations were quietly put for sale with zero notice from its owners or any fanfare from the numerous patrons it has served for roughly 52 years.Īccording, a real-estate brokerage website, the Roman Holiday Health Club in the neighborhood of Mar Vista sold on Jfor $2,300,000. Both gay men’s bathhouse locations, one at 12814 Venice Blvd in Mar Vista, and the other at 14435 Victory Blvd, in Van Nuys, survived the AIDS epidemic in the 80s and 90s, only to then shutter during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Roman Holiday Spa “Health Clubs” have been added to the list of gay spaces that are forever lost to COVID-19.
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