The pandemic put the brakes on March Madness in 2020, but it returns this year (albeit with safety measures put in place), and Las Vegas is again your party headquarters to enjoy all the hoops action. (Reservations are essential!)

Westgate SuperBook and International Theater are available for “Hoops Central.” Tickets for the theater start at $50, which includes two free bottled domestic beers. The SuperBook has a limited number of VIP boxes, pods and reserved seating, and game day food and drink specials are available there as well as at The Court, I Bar, Westgate Ballroom and International Theater.

Electra Cocktail Club at The Venetian hosts “March Mayhem” from March 18-21, with stadium-style seating available to watch the action on a 40-foot digital screen while enjoying cuisine from either Moon Palace or Brera Osteria, coupled with a bucket of Stella Artois or Bud Light, a bottle of Jameson whiskey, Absolut Elyx vodka or Altos tequila, and six Red Bulls.

Oyo Las Vegas offers an all-you-eat-and-drink “Hoops, Wings and Brackets” special for $135 per person at either the property’s Splash Cantina or Underground Lounge March 19-20.

Sahara Las Vegas is making several areas available for small group viewing parties from March 19-30, including the theater lounge, Casbar Lounge, the Tangier and Paradise Lounge. Tickets are for two, four or six guests, depending on the seating selection, and check-in time begins 30 minutes prior to each viewing event. Drink specials include $13 You-Call-Its, with your choice of Ketel One vodka, Don Julio Blanco tequila, Crown Royal Canadian whisky, Remy VSOP cognac, Mount Gay rum, The Botanist gin or Buchanan’s 12-year Scotch. Beer buckets include $25 domestics like Bud Light, Budweiser, Michelob Ultra and Bud Light Seltzers, and $30 imports like Corona Extra and Modelo Especial.

The Plaza hosts its annual “March Mania” viewing party March 19-20 at the Event Center for $25 per day. Guests can order food from Pop Up Pizza, and a cocktail bar is available inside the Event Center.

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