Sports and cocktails and food, oh my! The holy trinity goes hand in hand with watching any game and we’ve rounded up some of the city’s top hot spots in which to enjoy this union.
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At Flanker Kitchen + Sports Bar at Mandalay Bay, catch the game on 50 TVs and the 30-foot LED screen while enjoying drink specials like $12 draft beers, $15 beer and a shot of Dos Equis and Casamigos, and buckets of five beers like Heineken and Newcastle for $25. During the season, Flanker offers raffles and giveaways including Raiders tickets and signed memorabilia. Also, NFL stars and alumni host meet-and-greets and autograph signings.
Speaking of NFL stars, one spot these guys like to hang is at Eight Lounge at Resorts World Las Vegas—so if you want to see some celebs and hang in style while catching the game, this is the spot for you. This upscale cigar lounge is the chic spot to catch the games while enjoying a fat stogie and elevated cocktail program, especially its brown spirits selection. Catch the game inside the plush lounge or out on the expansive terrace and order up the luxury Top Shelf Old-Fashioned for $100, crafted with Lock Stock & Barrel 21 Year Straight Rye whiskey, and then ask one of the cigar ambassadors to pair it with a top-shelf cigar from the onsite cigar shop. More drink specials include Crown Royal, Casamigos tequila, Bulleit bourbon and buckets of Corona and Modelo. Also at Resorts World Las Vegas, Gatsby’s Cocktail Lounge offers game-day viewing parties with beer and cocktail specials like Casamigos shots for $12, Tito’s vodka with your choice of mixer for $12, Bloody Mary pitchers for $50 and stadium-style bites from nearby New York restaurant staple, Junior’s. When the game ends, stay to party into the night as a DJ takes over.
Celebrate at long-running sports bar hot spot Blondies Sports Bar & Grill at Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood. Catch the game on 35 big-screen TVs throughout the bar while enjoying cheerleader servers and full bar. Blondies also offers a huge cocktail menu of fun drinks like boozy Dole Whip, party vessels, yard-sized drinks, mega margaritas and mega micheladas, mocktails and Jäger bombs by the pint. And the awesome option that makes Blondies the prime destination? Beer pong!
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To watch the game and place some bets, two hot spots offer sports betting combined with sports viewing along with great drinks and bites. Pop downtown to Circa Resort & Casino and settle into the enormous Circa |Sports, where you can snag a booth inside the three-story sportsbook and order food and drinks from nearby Victory Burger and Wings. Order the famous Hangover Burger and some bone-in or boneless wings by the pound. (Or root for your team poolside as you catch the game on the 143-foot screen that’s the focal point of the six-swimming-pool, multilevel Stadium Swim.) Over at Treasure Island, Golden Circle Sportsbook & Bar offers a huge space to catch the games, be it in the sports book section or the bar and restaurant space. Specialty cocktails are $17, domestic and import beers are $10 and $11, hard seltzers are $11; and ask about the MVP list of whiskey, bourbon, rye and tequila shots.
Place more bets and catch the game at longtime locals favorite the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas. With more than 4,000 square feet of digital displays with 4K resolution, catch all the game-day action, place your bets and enjoy some awesome food and drink specials. At every Monday and Thursday night football game, enjoy $1 beers and $2 hot dogs, $20 buckets of Budweiser and book $100 VIP pods and $200 VIP booths for larger groups.
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Speaking of group fun, head over to Caesars Palace and go upscale at Montecristo Cigar Bar. The vibe is chilling in someone’s man cave with cushy leather couches and oversized armchairs that face the 208-inch video wall and multiple large-screen TVs. Puff on cigars from the retail humidor while enjoying a menu of cocktails with some of the best brown spirits found in the city and nosh on dishes from next-door eatery, Brasserie B Parisian Steakhouse. Also at Caesars Palace, look for the giant pods inspired by footballs and basketballs with net-inspired chandeliers and baseball-inspired lighting—all designed to enhance sports viewing inside the intimate Stadia Bar. The sports bar and lounge offers a create-your-own highball cocktail, rare brown spirits from names like Kentucky Owl and Pappy Van Winkle, and exclusive barreled spirits made for Caesars Palace.
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