sports bar
noun
: a bar catering especially to sports fans and typically containing several televisions and often sports memorabilia
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Add a $200 splurge in a Colombian sports bar watching the game with local fans, enjoy a $250-a-night hotel, get a mini-vacation and spend about a third of the cost of a game ticket.
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
The Phillies, Flyers and Sixers will take the field, ice and court on Monday, teeing up a busy evening for sports fans – and sports bars – around the city.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 4 May 2026
This is the current state of social media — a place that not too long ago felt like the best virtual sports bar, where fans from all over the world could take in the games together.
—Candace Buckner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
The classic sports bar, voted among the best in the city, will take over the old Hooters restaurant spot.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
The Phillies, Flyers and Sixers will take the field, ice and court on Monday, teeing up a busy evening for sports fans – and sports bars – around the city.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 4 May 2026
This is the current state of social media — a place that not too long ago felt like the best virtual sports bar, where fans from all over the world could take in the games together.
—Candace Buckner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
The classic sports bar, voted among the best in the city, will take over the old Hooters restaurant spot.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20bar. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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