Portland has no NFL or MLB team, so its game day scene runs on adopted loyalty. Bars here become the local home for Bills, Packers, Bears or Wisconsin fans, the Blazers fill rooms on a winter night, and the soccer bars open before they can legally pour for an overseas kickoff. The result is a city of specialist rooms rather than one big hall. These ten cover every sport and every kickoff time, including the early ones.
Screen-First Sports Halls
These are the rooms where every seat sees a screen, the tap list is long, and the kitchen runs from brunch through late night. Start here when your group follows more than one game.
01
The Independent
Downtown30+ screensAll sports
The downtown benchmark for watching, with more than 30 screens arrayed so you never have to crane your neck for the winning touchdown. It runs weekend brunch and weekday lunch alongside late night service, so it handles an early kickoff and a night game on the same day. The tap list mixes local brews with the domestics the format calls for.
Game day tip: Come for the weekend brunch window and stay through the early and late NFL games.
02
Spirit of 77
LloydProjection wallBlazers home
This warehouse sized bar above I-84 is the Rip City room, filling with red, white and black on Trail Blazers nights and showing the game on a wall to wall projection. It carries NFL Sunday Ticket and broad sports packages, so something is almost always on, and you can take real basketballs to the in house hoops range during commercial breaks. See our full Spirit of 77 profile.
Game day tip: Get there early on a Blazers night, when the projection room fills with the home crowd.
03
Satellite Tavern
OverlookWall of screensUFC PPV
A sister bar to The Independent in Overlook, with the same wall of flat screens, deep tap list and early weekend hours, plus a strong patio with cornhole and its own TVs. It is the reliable Portland home for combat sports, screening every pay per view UFC card, so it comes into its own on a fight night.
Game day tip: The room for UFC pay per view nights, with the patio screens for the undercard.
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Soccer, Women's Sports and Early Kickoffs
For an overseas football match, a Thorns or WNBA game, or a 10am start, these bars open early and put the right game's sound up.
04
Gol PDX
BuckmanSoccer barEarly kickoffs
On the corner of SE Hawthorne and 17th, Gol is the soccer hooligan's room, opening before it can legally serve so the most committed fans can catch an international match at dawn. The window lined corner fills with light for day games, and it regularly screens Timbers and Thorns alongside the European football, with jerseys and flags for decor.
Game day tip: Check the schedule for early European kickoffs, when Gol opens before most kitchens are awake.
05
The Sports Bra
Sullivan's GulchWomen's sportsSound on
Portland's most famous sports bar and the country's first devoted entirely to women's sports, on NE Broadway since 2022 and since copied across the country. The Thorns, the WNBA and Portland's own Fire play on screens with the sound up rather than as background, and the snacks and Freeland Spirits cocktails draw a crowd of every age and gender.
Game day tip: The one room in town where a women's game gets the main screen and the sound, every time.
06
Yur's Bar & Grill
NW District7am openBreakfast games
Owned by former Washington Commanders lineman Terry Hermeling, Yur's looks over I-405 with brick walls, leather booths and neon, half dive and half classic. It opens as early as 7am and as late as 2:30am, with breakfast specials built for the early kickoffs, and football leads while basketball and baseball fill their seasons.
Game day tip: The pick for a 10am kickoff, with a breakfast special to go with it.
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Adopted-Team Homes and a Bar With Sports
Portland's best trick is the room that adopts a team from somewhere else and fills with that fanbase on game day. These four show it best.
07
Jerry's Tavern
NorthwestChicago and WisconsinGame-day food
A 2024 arrival that already feels decades old, with leather booths, beer branded lampshades and Midwestern hospitality. It is the home for Packers and Brewers fans and especially the Cubs, Bulls and Bears crowd, and the wings rank among the city's best. Game day food specials follow whichever Midwest team is playing.
Game day tip: Come for a Bears or Packers game, when the room fills with transplanted Midwest fans.
08
Saraveza
HumboldtPackers homeBottle shop
A narrow brick walled bottle shop and taproom in Humboldt that Midwest expats flock to for Green Bay Packers games, with the room packing out in green and gold on a Sunday. Coolers of bottles, a deep tap list and heartland cooking of cheese curds, pasties and tavern pizzas back it up. See our full Saraveza profile.
Game day tip: Arrive early for a Packers game day, when the green and gold crowd takes every seat.
09
Tinker Tavern
MontavillaBills MafiaThemed specials
A cozy Montavilla bar that doubles as a Star Trek haven and a Buffalo Bills home, with food specials whipped up for each game, sometimes an Upstate New York dish and sometimes an homage to the opponent's city. Between Bills football it screens Timbers, Thorns and Blazers, and the Buffalo wings are worth an order regardless.
Game day tip: The Portland room for Bills Mafia, with a themed food special for every game.
10
Jackie's
BuckmanBar with sportsPatios and balconies
Opened in the old Century Bar space, Jackie's calls itself a bar with sports rather than a sports bar, with no neon beer signs but plenty of flat screens across a sprawling compound of balconies, patios and an arena shaped central room. Classic game day snacks and spicy mango margaritas suit a group that wants the game without the full sports bar look.
Game day tip: Good for a mixed group, with balcony and patio screens for a sunny afternoon game.
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Game Day Questions
Where can I watch the NFL in Portland?
The Independent runs more than 30 screens with NFL coverage and brunch for early games, and Spirit of 77 carries NFL Sunday Ticket. For a specific team, Saraveza is the Packers home, Tinker Tavern is the Bills home and Jerry's Tavern covers the Bears.
Which Portland bar opens earliest for European soccer?
Gol PDX opens before it can legally serve alcohol for the earliest international kickoffs, and Yur's Bar & Grill opens at 7am with breakfast specials for the early window.
Where do I watch women's sports in Portland?
The Sports Bra on NE Broadway is the country's first bar devoted to women's sports, putting Thorns, WNBA and Portland Fire games on the main screen with the sound up.
Where can I watch the Trail Blazers?
Spirit of 77 near the Oregon Convention Center is the Rip City room, showing Blazers games on a wall to wall projection with the home crowd in red, white and black.
Our Verdict on Game Day in Portland
Portland rewards knowing your team's room. For the NFL by franchise, Saraveza is Green Bay, Tinker Tavern is Buffalo and Jerry's Tavern is Chicago. For the Blazers, Spirit of 77 is Rip City. For an early European kickoff, Gol and Yur's open before anyone else, and The Sports Bra stands alone for women's sports. The common thread is that each room commits to its sport and its crowd, which is exactly why they fill on game day.
