The best Calgary sports bars for a watch party require a few things. First, at least a few TVs so you can view the game from different tables. Second, your watch party will need to eat and drink. So, Calgary’s best watch party pubs need to have food menus. Lastly, these pubs will need to have space.
If the Flames make the playoffs, you may want to get together with a large group for the party. These Calgary sports bars check all the boxes for a perfect watch party whether it be for NFL or the Super Bowl, NHL and Flames hockey, UFC events, or any other major sports events.
Home and Away
This Calgary kitchen and bar can feel just like home when you’re enjoying the game with friends. The warm atmosphere makes Home & Away a cozy place to watch the Flames games, NFL games, or the Super Bowl event. Their food helps with the enjoyable experience, too, and comes as pub fare with a gourmet twist. Details
Where: 1207 1 St SW, Calgary
Jameson’s Pub
Jameson’s Pub now has two convenient Calgary locations for a Flames game watch party. And if hockey isn’t your thing, their 20+ TV screens in each location can offer other sports like UFC, NFL, Rugby, Soccer, and more. Details
Where:
- 3790 Brentwood Road NW, Calgary
- 1230 17th Avenue SW, Calgary
Windsor Rose Pub
South Calgary’s Windsor Rose has a perfect variety of game-day snacks and meals to enjoy during hockey, football, wrestling, and more. This includes games, and major events like the World Juniors, and the upcoming Super Bowl.
Where: 151 Walden Gate S.E., Calgary
Richmond’s Pub
All the football action is at Richmond’s Pub this season. The south Calgary pub and restaurant offer drink and food specials for NFL games that you can catch on their multiple screens. They offer a wide variety of beers and cocktails to sip during the games, and an array of delicious pub foods.
Where: 3919 Richmond Rd SW, Calgary
The Banquet Bar
As a self-proclaimed premium dive-bar, the Banquet offers a huge range of features to enhance a watch party. This includes TV screens for the games, an outdoor but heated and covered patio, bowling lanes, full food menus, and more games. Other games to enjoy while watching the game on TV at The Banquet Bar include giant Jenga, cornhole, ping pong, putter ball, and bocce ball.
Where: #220, 3953 University Avenue NW, Calgary
The Rec Room
Calgary’s Rec Room in Deerfoot City is filled with a huge variety of entertainment, including a relaxing place to catch a game. The Rec Room’s main bar has several TVs all around the room; this makes it easy to come back and check the score while you play arcade or table-top games. The main bar also serves as a restaurant with full dinner and drink menus.
Where: 1180-901 64 Ave NE, Calgary
Hudsons
Get your fill of all the Canadian classics at Hudsons locations in Calgary: the food like poutine, the beer, and the hockey. The weekly specials help make saving a little money for the games a little easier, too. This is especially true for the Hudsons Game on Sundays when they offer specials on Caesars, Bud Light, and nachos.
Where:
- 1201 5 St SW, Calgary
- 16061 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary
Cat n’ Fiddle
Relax with the Cat n’ Fiddle’s authentic sports pub vibes, the next big game, and the games around the bar. After watching various sports on the screens, and enjoying their menu of pub fare, you can challenge friends to a game of pool, or enjoy possible live music.
Where: 540 16 Ave NW , Calgary
Schanks Sports Grill
Calgary’s local arcade and bar, Schanks, has several ways to add more fun to a viewing or watch party. Schanks has massive screens for big Flames hockey watch parties, and enough of those TVs to feature other sports, too. During any given season you could watch NFL, CFL, UFC, MLB, boxing, and more. Outside of the bar and viewing area are a betting and VLT area, mini golf, billiard tables, and arcade games.
Where: 9627 Macleod Trail South, Calgary
Trolley 5
Trolley 5 offer a place to watch your team’s next big game for brunch, lunch, or dinner. This Calgary community brewpub offer a fresh selection of their Trolley 5 beers on tap throughout the day as well. The smaller bar is more suited to intimate watch parties, and can accommodate groups with beer hall-style seating.
Where: 728 17th Avenue SW, Calgary
Brewsters
There are four convenient Brewsters locations in Calgary, all of which provide a warm and welcoming place for viewing the sports action. Each pub location varies in size, with some that can accommodate large groups of fans, and other locations which are better for an smaller watch party. All of the Brewsters lounges have TVs, no matter the location, and are sure to have the Flames games on in the winter.
Where:
- 100 11 McKenzie Towne Avenue SE, Calgary
- 25 Crowfoot Terrace NW, Calgary
- 176 755 Lake Bonavista Drive SE, Calgary
- 5519 53rd Street SE, Calgary
The Unicorn
The Unicorn’s Sports Bar section is a cozy and warm place to get together with friends for the next game. The Stephen Avenue Bar has a basement section, too, where you can listen to live local bands after the game. They have a full pub food menu with main entrees, a Happy Hour special, and daily food and drink specials.
Where: 223 – 8th Avenue SW, Calgary
Loco Lou’s Arcade Bar & Grill
You can view a variety of sports from the comfort of Loco Lou’s Arcade Bar & Grill: soccer, NHL, NFL, UFC, and more. The 16th Avenue bar is open for lunch and dinner, meaning you can catch the afternoon weekend games with your meal from Loco Lou’s. Their menu feature are their famous wings, which are offered with dry rubs, sauces, or other unique mixes.
Where: 1324 16 Ave NW, Calgary
The Hose and Hound
The Hose and Hound’s unique location gives the inside of the pub a cozy atmosphere, and a ton of space for TV screens. The Hose and Hound is in one of Calgary’s oldest standing fire halls and has high vaulted ceilings and cool architectural features. The high walls have enough TV screens to cover a few sporting events and games at once. And their menu offers plenty of great sharing plates for your watch party.
Where: 1030 9 Ave SE, Calgary
The Station Pub & Grill
The Station Pub & Grill is offers modern neighbourhood pub classics: large HD TVs to cast the games on, a wide selection of pub fare, premium draught beer from local brewers, craft cocktails, and daily specials. The Station’s Happy Hour specials are perfect game-day snacks with tacos, dry-ribs, dips, and pretzels all on the menu.
Where: 40 Riverglen Dr SE, Calgary
Southland Yard Bar and Table
Southland Yard is meant for all games. So while you enjoy sports on the bar’s TVs, you can also enjoy tabletop games for rent, or try your luck on the VLTs. Southland Yard makes it easy to spend the entire duration of a Flames game out with friends for a watch party. And they offer brunch, lunch, or dinner items.
Where: 135 Southland Dr SE, Calgary
The Garrison Pub
Inside the relaxed vibes of the Garrison Pub & Eatery, you will find ample space for a group watch party, and several different TV views. The Garrison has a weekend brunch special for those afternoon games, and a full dinner menu for any evening game. The pub’s appetizer menu is a delicious way to feed everyone in the viewing party with options like poutine, nachos, dip, wings, and much more.
Where: 2040 42 Ave SW, Calgary
Garage Sports Bar
The Garage Sports Bar offers a homey atmosphere for any game. But unlike your home (we assume), this Garage has 15 pool tables, several games, and several HD TVs casting a variety of sports. The bar can also accommodate larger watch parties, with ample space for high-fives, cheering, and dancing.
Where: 200 Barclay Parade SW, Calgary
Nixx Neighbourhood Pub
Look no further if you need a relaxed and calmer place to watch the next Flames game. The Nixx Neighbourhood Pub offers a TV view for every table, the quieter pub atmosphere, and a delicious selection of eats to devour during the game. And if you come watch a Flames game at Nixx, you can be up for a chance at tickets to a future home game. Not an NHL fan? No to worry; the bar also gives away an NFL jersey during Sunday night football.
Where: 2418 Edmonton Trail, Calgary
Shark Club Sports Bar and Grill
With 36 TVs and 3 jumbo screens, The Shark Club guarantees you can view all the sports action of the day. And while you enjoy the winter sports in their cozy dining room or bar, you can think of the Shark Club Patio. Be sure to return to enjoy a watch party in the spring or summer from their uber-cozy outdoor space.
Where:
- 2493 27 Ave NE, Calgary
- 7995 11 St SE, Calgary