With 200 part-owners raising the funds to bring the concept to reality, Pride Of Our Footscray opened its doors in January 2018, pledging “diversity and inclusion”.
The Sydney vs Melbourne war was rekindled once again in November 2022, when the list of world's most LGBTQI friendly cities was published. In a surprise upset, Melbourne, dethroned Sydney to be named Australia's most queer friendly city and the fourth most LGBTQI friendly city in the world.