sports bar

noun

Synonyms of sports barnext
: a bar catering especially to sports fans and typically containing several televisions and often sports memorabilia

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One of Us pop-up event celebrating women’s sports: One of Us, an aspiring women’s sports bar in San Diego, will host a San Diego Wave FC vs. Angel FC watch party to announce the launch of its fundraising efforts. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025 The high-end sports bar and pork chop restaurant closed during the pandemic in 2020. — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025 The sports bar and restaurant was given a yellow placard for foods being stored at unsafe temperatures. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025 At a packed sports bar in Toronto’s east end, fans around me booed the United States. — Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports bar

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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 24 Mar. 2025.

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