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Where to Watch Live Sport in Chicago

Last updated 2026-08-16

655 venues in Chicago are on the Watch Party Radar, each one backed by a real public source for what it puts on the screen. Right now Chicago has coverage for Formula 1, Club Football, MLS, Olympics, NFL, College Football, Rugby, NBA, College Basketball, NHL, Fight Nights, Tennis, MLB, Golf, Horse Racing. The venues cluster around Naf Naf Grill, 1480 W Webster Ave and 3000 South River Road. Best known: Fanduel United Center, SPIN Chicago and Rivers Casino @ Des Plaines.

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Where to watch Formula 1 in Chicago

Grand Prix weekends do not wait for opening hours, so the venues that matter are the ones that switch the world feed on for lights out and keep it on to the podium. These 4 spots in Chicago carry a real signal that they show Formula 1.

The embassy

The embassy Shows Formula 1 frequently

1435 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607 · 4.8 stars (347 reviews)

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Soccer in Chicago

A venue that opens early for the European leagues is usually the one the local MLS supporters group calls home.

Club Football in Chicago · MLS in Chicago

Where to watch club football in Chicago

Premier League, Champions League, La Liga, Serie A and the local league: club football is the weekly reason people pick a pub. These 44 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the games.

The embassy

The embassy Official Celtic bar

1435 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607 · 4.8 stars (347 reviews)

Home bar of Chicago CSC, an official Celtic supporters club.

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Timothy Otooles

Timothy Otooles Shows Club Football frequently

622 N. Fairbanks, 60611 · 4.4 stars (5,953 reviews)

Shows club football regularly per Google reviews

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Kerryman

Kerryman Shows Club Football frequently

661 N Clark St, 60654 · 4.5 stars (1,736 reviews)

Shows club football regularly per Google reviews

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See all 44 Club Football venues in Chicago on the live map · The full Club Football guide for Chicago

Where to watch MLS in Chicago

American soccer runs on supporters groups, and a supporters group runs on one bar: the away-day home, the pre-match meeting point, the place the drums live. These 17 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the matches.

Cleos

Cleos Official Chicago Fire FC bar

1935 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 · 4.4 stars (1,066 reviews)

Official Chicago Fire FC Partner Pub billed as Chicago's home of soccer.

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See all 17 MLS venues in Chicago on the live map · The full MLS guide for Chicago

Where to watch the Olympics in Chicago

Olympic viewing is its own thing: long days, many screens, and a crowd that turns up for one country. These 4 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they put the Games on.

The Barn

The Barn Shows Olympics frequently

1659 W Ogden Ave, 60607 · 4.2 stars (371 reviews)

Shows the Olympics regularly per Google reviews

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American Football in Chicago

Sunday is the NFL and Saturday is college, and the bars that commit screens and sound to one usually do it for the other.

NFL in Chicago · College Football in Chicago

Where to watch the NFL in Chicago

NFL Sundays split a city into out-of-market fan bars and the local game-day headquarters. These 60 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the games.

See all 60 NFL venues in Chicago on the live map · The full NFL guide for Chicago

Where to watch college football in Chicago

College football sorts a crowd by school rather than by city: a Saturday bar belongs to an alumni chapter, and the wrong bar is simply the wrong room. These 33 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the games.

Gaslight

Gaslight Official Ohio State Buckeyes bar

2450 North Clark Street, 60614 · 4.7 stars (1,992 reviews)

Official Ohio State Alumni Association game watch bar (IL / Chicago Alumni Club).

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Bandit

Bandit Official Ohio State Buckeyes bar

841 West Randolph Street, 60607 · 4.4 stars (1,745 reviews)

Official Ohio State Alumni Association game watch bar (IL / Chicago Alumni Club).

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See all 33 College Football venues in Chicago on the live map · The full College Football guide for Chicago

Where to watch rugby in Chicago

League or union, finals or an autumn test, rugby fills a pub in a way little else does. These 3 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the footy.

The embassy

The embassy Shows Rugby frequently

1435 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607 · 4.8 stars (347 reviews)

Shows rugby regularly per Google reviews

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Basketball in Chicago

The same rooms carry the NBA season on a weeknight and the March Madness tournament all Saturday.

NBA in Chicago · College Basketball in Chicago

Where to watch the NBA in Chicago

NBA nights are late almost everywhere outside North America, which makes the venues that stay open for tip-off worth knowing. These 40 spots in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the games.

Federales

Federales Shows NBA frequently

180 North Morgan Street, 60607 · 4.5 stars (5,020 reviews)

Shows the NBA regularly per Google reviews

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Gyu-Kaku

Gyu-Kaku Shows NBA frequently

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, 1364 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607 · 4.5 stars (2,029 reviews)

Shows the NBA regularly per Google reviews

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See all 40 NBA venues in Chicago on the live map · The full NBA guide for Chicago

Where to watch college basketball in Chicago

The opening Thursday and Friday of March Madness are the two biggest bar-viewing days in American sport: dozens of games, most of them overlapping, and a room that needs every screen on a different one. These 26 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the tournament.

See all 26 College Basketball venues in Chicago on the live map · The full College Basketball guide for Chicago

Where to watch the NHL in Chicago

Hockey is a bar sport: one screen, one crowd, and a season long enough that the regulars know each other. These 27 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the games.

The Barn

The Barn Chicago Blackhawks game-day HQ

1659 W Ogden Ave, 60607 · 4.2 stars (371 reviews)

Hockey-themed bar near the West Loop calling itself the local Blackhawks bar

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See all 27 NHL venues in Chicago on the live map · The full NHL guide for Chicago

Where to watch the fights in Chicago

This is the one sport here with no fixture list: a handful of huge nights a year, and on each of them everybody wants the same screen. These 21 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they put the fights on.

Lassen's Tap

Lassen's Tap Shows Fight Nights frequently

2131 183rd St, 60430 · 4.5 stars (1,909 reviews)

Shows the fights regularly per Google reviews

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Theory

Theory Shows Fight Nights frequently

9 W Hubbard, 60654 · 4.5 stars (1,653 reviews)

Shows the fights regularly per Google reviews

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See all 21 Fight Nights venues in Chicago on the live map · The full Fight Nights guide for Chicago

Where to watch tennis in Chicago

Tennis is a Grand Slam sport in a bar: nobody fills a room for a Tuesday first-rounder, but a final does it on its own. These 5 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they put the tennis on.

Timothy Otooles

Timothy Otooles Shows Tennis frequently

622 N. Fairbanks, 60611 · 4.4 stars (5,953 reviews)

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Kerryman

Kerryman Shows Tennis frequently

661 N Clark St, 60654 · 4.5 stars (1,736 reviews)

Very friendly bartenders, solid Guinness draft pour, US Open playing on big screens. Can’t be beat...

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See all 5 Tennis venues in Chicago on the live map · The full Tennis guide for Chicago

Where to watch baseball in Chicago

Baseball is the long season: 162 games from spring into autumn, most of them on a weeknight, which makes it less about the one big occasion and more about which bar simply has it on. The other half of it is displacement, since the bar that matters to a transplanted fan is the one that carries their team a thousand miles from home. These 78 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the baseball.

See all 78 MLB venues in Chicago on the live map · The full MLB guide for Chicago

Where to watch the golf in Chicago

Golf in a bar is a four-weekends-a-year sport: the Masters in April, the PGA, the US Open and The Open through the summer, plus a Ryder Cup that turns into an all-day room filler. These 13 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the golf.

Beatnik

Beatnik Shows Golf frequently

Beatnik West Town, 1604 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 · 4.4 stars (1,972 reviews)

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Lotties Pub

Lotties Pub Shows Golf frequently

1925 W. Cortland Street, 60622 · 4.4 stars (1,691 reviews)

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See all 13 Golf venues in Chicago on the live map · The full Golf guide for Chicago

Where to watch the racing in Chicago

Racing fills a room a handful of times a year and does it completely: the Grand National, the Cheltenham Festival, Royal Ascot, and in Australia a Melbourne Cup that stops the country on a Tuesday afternoon. These 10 venues in Chicago carry a real signal that they show the racing.

Frontier

Frontier Shows Horse Racing frequently

1072 North Milwaukee Avenue, 60642 · 4.3 stars (1,602 reviews)

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Tuman's

Tuman's Hosted Horse Racing screenings

2159 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 · 4.7 stars (572 reviews)

Chicago bar hosting the big Kentucky Derby race with drink deals

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See all 10 Horse Racing venues in Chicago on the live map · The full Horse Racing guide for Chicago

World Cup 2026 in Chicago

The 2026 World Cup is over. These are the venues that showed it in Chicago, kept as an archive with the original posts, dates and sources still linked. They are also the places most likely to go big for the next tournament.

SPIN Chicago

SPIN Chicago Specific match event

344 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60654 · 4.7 stars (17,505 reviews)

Watch the World Cup like never before! Screens galore, optional packages, food & drink specials, communal seating, ping pong & table games!

Scheduled: 2026-06-12 SPIN Chicago: ping pong social club World Cup watch party

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Leña Brava

Leña Brava Specific match event

900 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60607 · 4.6 stars (1,467 reviews)

Experience the excitement of the World Cup live with Mexico vs. South Africa, great vibes, and pure soccer passion! ⚽

Scheduled: 2026-06-13 Spain vs Cape Verde World Cup watch party at Lena Brava, West Loop

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Downtown Islamic Center

Downtown Islamic Center Specific match event

231 South State Street #4, Chicago, IL 60604 · 4.9 stars (208 reviews)

Catch all the World Cup action live with community, good vibes, and plenty of cheers!

Scheduled: 2026-06-13 Qatar vs Switzerland watch party at the Downtown Islamic Center

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Lulu Lounge

Lulu Lounge Specific match event

3456 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60641 · 5 stars (25 reviews)

One week until Mexico takes the field, and we’re bringing the World Cup atmosphere to Chicago. La Emocion se Siente!

Scheduled: 2026-06-11 Mexico vs South Africa watch party at Lulu Lounge, Irving Park

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CHARRED | Wing Bar

CHARRED | Wing Bar Shows all matches

1150 S Michigan Ave · 3 stars (35 reviews)

Chicago is turning into Soccer Central on Tuesday, March 31, as Mexico takes on Belgium at Soldier Field. Don’t get caught in the stadium rush, kick off your match day with us! #T…

Scheduled: Mexico vs Belgium match-day pre-game

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World Cup 2026 archive: all 655 venues in Chicago

Frequently asked questions

Where can I watch live sport in Chicago?
655 venues are tracked in Chicago, each one backed by a real public source: the venue's own post or website, a fan-club or club listing, or local coverage. The sports covered in Chicago so far are Formula 1, Club Football, MLS, Olympics, NFL, College Football, Rugby, NBA, College Basketball, NHL, Fight Nights, Tennis, MLB, Golf and Horse Racing.
Which venues in Chicago show Formula 1, Club Football, MLS, Olympics, NFL, College Football, Rugby, NBA, College Basketball, NHL, Fight Nights, Tennis, MLB, Golf and Horse Racing?
Use the sections on this page, or open the live Chicago map filtered to a single sport. Each venue shows what the evidence actually says, whether it is a fan-club home, a place that shows a sport every week, or a venue that hosted a one-off screening.
Where did people watch the 2026 World Cup in Chicago?
The 2026 World Cup has finished. The 655 venues that showed it in Chicago are kept as an archive with the original posts, dates and source links, so you can still see which places go big for a tournament.
How is this list of Chicago venues put together?
Every venue on this page published something public we could check: its own post, its own website, a club or fan-group listing, or local press. We link back to that source, keep only real hospitality venues, and refresh the list as new evidence appears. Nothing is fabricated.

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