sports bar
noun
: a bar catering especially to sports fans and typically containing several televisions and often sports memorabilia
Examples of sports bar in a Sentence
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Sacramento County health inspectors shut down a local sports bar this week after discovering several cockroaches.
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Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
Farrington’s is your classic Irish sports bar plopped in a Contra Costa strip mall.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
Watch parties Now for the Detroit Lions: Many local sports bars are set to screen the playoff game, providing fans a opportunities to watch the Detroit Lions take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in among lively crowds of fans.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
Elkhorn sports bar just after midnight Thursday morning.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
All the sports bars have all the games these days, and having the best quarterback in the world helps as well.
—Michael MacCambridge, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
The Times reviewed surveillance camera video from a sports bar across the street from where the body was found.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The return of March Madness will have basketball fans filing into sports bars before noon Thursday and Friday, dreaming of upsets and drink specials.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
The sleek BetMGM Sportsbook & Lounge, complete with its own sports bar, massive LED video walls, dozens of TVs, and 20-plus poker machines, is also noteworthy.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
Farrington’s is your classic Irish sports bar plopped in a Contra Costa strip mall.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
Watch parties Now for the Detroit Lions: Many local sports bars are set to screen the playoff game, providing fans a opportunities to watch the Detroit Lions take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in among lively crowds of fans.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
Elkhorn sports bar just after midnight Thursday morning.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
All the sports bars have all the games these days, and having the best quarterback in the world helps as well.
—Michael MacCambridge, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
The Times reviewed surveillance camera video from a sports bar across the street from where the body was found.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The return of March Madness will have basketball fans filing into sports bars before noon Thursday and Friday, dreaming of upsets and drink specials.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
The sleek BetMGM Sportsbook & Lounge, complete with its own sports bar, massive LED video walls, dozens of TVs, and 20-plus poker machines, is also noteworthy.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20bar. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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