Eric 'Senior' Soluri, Security Director.Angie (Carlson) Ballard, (wife of Michael), Marketing director.Ī sixth season aired on Destination America starting December 1, 2015. Ballard later stated that the fire started when a pinched power cord to a keg refrigerator overheated and ignited a nearby cardboard box. Ī massive fire destroyed the Full Throttle Saloon on September 8, 2015. Reelz confirmed they would only be broadcasting classic episodes of the show from previous seasons. Reelz Channel announced that they would begin airing episodes on October 3, 2014.

After five successful seasons with the network, TruTV confirmed via Twitter that they did not shoot a sixth season in 2014.

The series aired its fifth season with TruTV on December 2, 2013. Each year, the first full week of August marks the beginning of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, during which time, the Saloon could average 20,000 guests each night. It was open from late March/early April until mid-November (weather permitting), and was busiest during the annual week-long Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The indoor/outdoor bar included several large stages, a burn-out pit, a tattoo parlor, zip lines, a wrestling ring, restaurants, dozens of stores, hundreds of cabins for rent, and parking for thousands of motorcycles. The world's largest biker bar, it was located on 30 acres of land purchased in 1999 by Michael Ballard. The series chronicles the daily operations of the bar for which it is named − the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, South Dakota. It was devastating,' said Pappy Hoel Campground Owner Jesse James Dupree.Full Throttle Saloon is an American reality television series that premiered on November 10, 2009, and originally aired on truTV. It was devastating to watch him go through what he was, I held it together until I got around to the stage where I had performed so many times with Jacyl so many nights. I really felt devastated for Michael, because that was his baby, that was his vision and 20 years of his life was poured into that. 'But as far as I felt about it, it was devastating. The memories of that fire are still fresh in the minds of the people who made the bar what it was. It was a dramatic scene at the Full Throttle back in September of 2015, when an early morning fire broke out, destroying what they billed as the world's largest biker bar.Īfter an intensive investigation, the cause of the fire was ruled a faulty electrical cord on one of the bar's coolers. That has definitely not been the case at the Full Throttle Saloon over the past four years. A lot of things stay the same at the Sturgis Rally, year after year.

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