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

Recent Examples on the Web Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer receiver Michael Irvin was initially planning to use Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics as a soft opening for his new sports bar called Playmakers88 and to celebrate Father’s Day. Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2024 The investigation that started in August by the Ma & Pa Trail in Bel Air and extended into El Salvador ended Friday night in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, sports bar where 23-year-old Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez was arrested, charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape in Morin’s death. Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2024 One of the latest was the design architecture for a new multilevel sports bar in downtown Detroit, Gilly's, at 1550 Woodward, which was conceived by Nick Gilbert, the late son of businessman Dan Gilbert, and is set to open April 5 for the Tigers opening day. Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2024 Eventually, the betting revenue is supposed to offset any losses at the sports bar and make money for the arena. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sports bar 

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Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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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 2 Jul. 2024.

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