History
The chain began in the mid-1990s. Its main competitor was Scream Pubs. Varsity was more sports-orientated than It's A Scream.
Varsity Wolverhampton - the first varsity bar in the chain - will shut its doors in June 2012 after The University of Wolverhampton made a successful bid to Barracuda Group to purchase the building.
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