10 Best Bars to Watch the Game in Phoenix

In the heart of downtown between Footprint Center and Chase Field, Tom's wraps the room in 360-degree screens with the marquee game on full sound. It runs every NFL window, Suns and NBA nights, Diamondbacks baseball, and Arizona State football, so the pre-game and post-game crowds from both arenas land here. The kitchen pushes wings and shareables straight through the late slate.

Game-day tip: Reserve before Suns tip-offs and Cardinals noon kicks; the seats facing the main wall go first.

Owned by Suns Ring of Honor guard Dan Majerle and open downtown since 1992, Majerle's is the partisan Suns room on a game night, a short walk from Footprint Center. The sound stays on the Suns and Cardinals, the walls carry the franchise history, and the crowd is invested in the result rather than treating the screens as background.

Game-day tip: Come for Suns home games when the room is loudest and the pre-game crowd fills before tip.

A Valley fixture for catching a game, Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers opened a location inside Chase Field in 2022 and runs screens across all its rooms with the full Sunday card on. The long beer list and the burger menu hold up across an afternoon, which makes it a reliable default whether you are at the ballpark or in the suburbs.

Game-day tip: The Chase Field location is the move on Diamondbacks days; arrive early to pair it with first pitch.

With a dozen neighborhood locations across the Valley, Zipps is the dependable local sports grill, each room stacked with large-format HD screens and a weekend football lineup of food and drink specials. No single bar is a destination palace, but the spread means there is almost always a Zipps near you running the game with sound on the home teams.

Game-day tip: Check the weekend football specials on premium pints and pitchers before the noon games start.

Half Moon runs 45 screens for around 320 guests, and the TVs show only sports, so there is no competing programming to pull a screen off your game. The Chicago-leaning menu of deep-dish pizza, Vienna dogs, and award-winning wings gives it a transplant-bar identity, and visiting fan bases tend to claim it on their team's game day.

Game-day tip: Good for out-of-town fans; ask the staff to put your team's feed on a nearby screen with sound.

The Vig pairs an upscale gastropub feel with large patios and lawn games, which makes it the pick when half your group wants the game and the other half wants to be outside. Screens cover the bar and patio, the food runs past standard bar fare into tacos and bowls, and the multiple locations keep it close to most neighborhoods.

Game-day tip: Claim a patio table for daytime games; the lawn games keep the group busy between windows.

Santisi Brothers builds its room around 60 TVs, including eleven 65-inch screens on a single wall, so it is close to impossible to miss a game from any seat. The pizza-forward Italian-American menu sets it apart from the standard wings-and-burgers field, and the wall of screens makes it a strong choice for following several games at once.

Game-day tip: Sit facing the big-screen wall for multi-game Sundays; one sightline covers nearly every window.

The Tempe location of Pedal Haus is the perennial Arizona State watch spot, with a biergarten-style patio and no shortage of screens for Sun Devils games and the pros. The house beer is the draw alongside the football, and the open patio keeps it comfortable for day games when the crowd builds around an ASU kickoff.

Game-day tip: Best on Sun Devils game days; get a patio table early when the student and alumni crowd arrives.

The Porch serves an elevated, relaxed gastropub menu with enough TVs across its locations that there is not a bad seat for the game. It is the choice for fans who want the screens on but care about the food and the room as much as the score, and it handles a mixed group of dedicated fans and casual watchers well.

Game-day tip: A solid pick when the group is split; the kitchen and patio hold casual fans through a long game.

Backyard opened at Desert Ridge in 2024 as an indoor-outdoor entertainment space built around watching the game, with screens inside and across the patio. The north-Valley location fills a gap for fans up that way who want a newer room with outdoor seating and the full slate on, rather than driving downtown for kickoff.

Game-day tip: The northeast Valley option; the covered patio works for evening games once the heat drops.