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sports bar

noun

: a bar catering especially to sports fans and typically containing several televisions and often sports memorabilia

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Hospitality packages include the Skybox (where fans can enjoy pit lane walks themselves), the Trackside Tavern (a sports bar that offers 360-degree views of the race on the Paddock Club Rooftop) and Club Paris (a center-Strip hun at Paris Las Vegas with optimal viewing). Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 20 Nov. 2025 The sports bar with the quirky name will close its original Meridian location Tuesday. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 20 Nov. 2025 Surprise, surprise, surprise for the people and the vermin during Friday’s state inspection of a West Miami-Dade sports bar and restaurant. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Nov. 2025 Over Stateside, there’s the Clips & Reel recreation center with a climbing gym, mini-golf course, arcade, sports bar, and 142-seat movie theater. Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports bar

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sports bar was in 1975

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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20bar. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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