The atmosphere is of an old-fashioned saloon with sawdust on the floor and a honky-tonk piano player.
From the denverpost.com
In the Red Dog saloon in Juneau, the sawdust on the floor gets changed biweekly come fog, downpour or the occasional shard of sunlight.
From the time.com
The skill level was suppressed by overly physical and dangerous play that would have been more appropriate on the sawdust-covered floors of a saloon brawl.