Hundreds of thousands of football fans will be bustling through town this week for the NFL draft, a massive event that will not only feature the Fountains of Bellagio but a Main Stage over by the Caesars Forum and the Linq Promenade. Obviously, space is limited at events like this, meaning many fans will choose to watch their favorite teams’ picks at venues around the Strip. And we’ve rounded up some of the best options—not only how to view the fun in complete comfort, but where to get some great drink and food specials.
For some stadium-style comfort food, combined with the excitement of far too many TV screens at once, you’ve gotta head to Public House at Luxor. Finger foods like tuna poke nachos and pepperoni pizza bites pair perfectly with a large beer selection.
For fans of football and former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, it doesn’t get better than Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux at Harrah’s, a chain co-owned by Brees that focuses on Cajun and Creole cuisine like gumbo, crawfish etouffee, deep-fried catfish strips and Krispy Kreme bread pudding, not to mention an extensive beer and cocktail list. It also has more than 80 TVs and a large bar area, ensuring an ideal viewing experience no matter where you and your group choose to sit.
If you and your group really want to stretch out, how about 15,000 square feet of space at Money, Baby! at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas? Add in more than 200 TVs and noshes from Food Network star Beau MacMillan like 18-inch, all-beef hot dogs in four different recipes, black truffle pizza, miso-glazed salmon, 16-ounce New York Strip, Beyond burger, Southern fried chicken sandwich and you may never want to leave. Don’t forget cocktails like the Aces High, Hendrick’s gin and a Japanese butterfly tea reduction, the Apricot Smash, a sweet apricot syrup mixed with Old Forester bourbon, or the Pitt Boss, Bulleit bourbon mixed with a strawberry and carrot juice reduction and chocolate and walnut bitters.
You may want to enjoy this event outdoors. If so, book your chaise lounge, daybed or cabana at Stadium Swim at Circa Resort & Casino, host to a 40-foot-tall, high-def, 14-million-pixel screen. When not enjoying six pools on three different levels, enjoy bites like lobster corn dogs, Impossible burger sliders, nachos, tacos, salads, breakfast burritos and vegetable crudites. Wash them down with cocktails like strawberry, tropical, coconut, banana or pineapple mojitos, Strawberry Fields Forever, blending Cruzan strawberry run, sugar and lime, and Kentucky Tea, with Old Forester bourbon, white peach syrup and black tea and lemon.
Maybe you like live music as part of your experience. Dawg House Saloon & Sports Book at Resorts World Las Vegas combines live entertainment with bites like smoked chicken wings, smoked tuna dip and tater tot nachos and cocktails like the Southern Belle Smash and Drunken Arnie. There are also TVs practically everywhere you look. It’s like being in a huge, comfy living room!
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