They all came to dance, party, and go wild. I gave them a platform for that.”Īfter debuting in 1992, The Works was a hangout for local club kids and ravers, a destination for the LGBTQ community, and a safe space for weirdos and outcasts. “People tell me stories about the club all the time, like ‘I met my wife there.’ It’s just weird to build a nightclub and find out how it changed their lives. It wasn’t my biggest financial success, but was important for myself and others,” Rogers says. It’s known as Rogers’ most famous project - an influential spot that was unique for its time. Rogers eventually comes upon a collection of light fixtures that hung from the ceiling of The Works, the defunct Scottsdale dance club from the ’90s he co-owned with former business partner Greg Walker.
“I’m sort of an organized hoarder,” Rogers says while walking through the collection. That’s immediately evident when visiting the central Phoenix warehouse filled with remnants of the numerous bars and clubs he’s opened in the past three decades. Nightclub owner Steven Rogers has a hard time getting rid of things.
