Where in London for Superbowl?
 

We will be in London for Superbowl weekend, and our hotel does not offer coverage. Any recommendations of restaurants or locations for viewing this? I owe this to my husband for putting up with my opera and ballet concerts for the rest of the week!!!

Since the game is played in the wee small hours of the morning UK time your best bet is Sky Sports cable channel. Most hotels do have some cable or satellite channels - your hotel may not even know the super bowl is on that morning.<BR><BR>I haven't been in the UK on Super bowl weekend since the late 70's (before cable) but have seen several NFL playoff games over the years since then. They were always on my apartment or hotel room TV.<BR><BR>Most sports bars/pubs will be closed by the time the game starts. But there is a large sports bar on Haymarket you can check w/ then to see if they will be open.

Given the time difference between London and San Diego, most restaurants and pubs will probably be closed on Sunday when the game starts. If seeing the superbowl is very important, you may want to switch to a hotel that offers digital satellite tv.

Ask the hotel for local sports bars there is always one &quot;american&quot; style sports bar in most european cities. I know that 2 places here in Dublin stay open late tyo show the superbowl and sell tickets for admission and have permission to open late. I* am sure you will find one place just ask around or even call the U.S. embassy in London and ask them! :-)

Prepare yourself to miss it. I went through this exact dilemma last year -- and researched it quite hard -- and got nowhere. The larger sports bar on Haymarket didn't even show it. I checked the score on the internet...

The Superbowl is not an event that interests us Brits. ( I have seen it once on TV - never again. Cricket is faster).<BR><BR>As such the only places that may have coverage will be ex-pat places. There are quite a few US colleges in London, you could try them.<BR><BR>

Thanks for the heads up. I knew I&quot;d get good information here.

Gee, I'm surprised you don't just cancel the trip...talk about a hard decision, International travel vs. a game...(by the by, my friends in England refer to American football as &quot;rugby for wimps...&quot;

It isn't a hard decision. England will be there in February, so I would stay home and watch the game. This has been a great NFL season and any team in the playoffs can win ... except the Jets and Falcons.<BR><BR>As for rugby, those guys all have huge beer guts and are pathetically out of shape. NFL players follow strict regimens of diet and exercise.

This is such a funny post. I remember dating a British sports fan who dragged me out of bed at some crazy hour, and then drove us two hours into town in time to watch the F.A Cup at a British Pub in Santa Monica... Sports fans, gotta love 'em.

Dr Rog - but American footbal players need all those pads and helmets to protect their pretty (?) faces and only play Offense, or defense, or special teams. I am an AVID 49er fan - but rugby players are definitely tougher (as are soccer players)

Who cares? <BR>Miami is out!!!

Sorry, Janis. I have a brother and a cousin who played rugby and now have a American football-playing son. Rugby players are not tougher. But, without the protection that helmets provide, rugby players do stand a greater chance of permanent brain damage. Football players hit much harder than rugby players - from my brother. Soccer players aren't even contenders when it comes to &quot;toughness&quot;.

I have seen the Superbowl in London on satellite TV at a friend's house in 2000(and since it was 2 am London time, left before seeing the last 5 min of the game, one of the most incredible finishes in football history. oh well.). I feel certain that the Haymarket sports bar will be showing it - surprised by Kit's trouble - or, that in the alternative, contact the American Embassy to ask for their recommendations.<BR>Go Eagles!

Hi travelerA:<BR><BR>I will also be in England for the Superbowl. Although I will be in Bath on SuperBowl night, and don't have much hope of seeing the big game, we are hoping to watch the conference championships the weekend before at The Sports Cafe on Haymarket. This is probably what &quot;jhm&quot; is referring to. You can see their website at http://www.thesportscafe.com.<BR><BR>Good luck and have fun in London!<BR><BR>Karen

Personally I'm worried stiff that my travel plans are going to interfere with my watching the new edition of American Idol. (Gosh, I wonder if Justin Guarini can be a contestant again? Ooohhh, the very thought of it turns my knees to jelly!)<BR><BR>People (generally guys) who can't even travel without worrying about something so trivial as sports remeind me of pre-teen girls swooning over the BackStreet Boys. Stay home.

If you want to watch regular (and playoffs and Super Bowl) NFL games in London, try the Sports Cafe (Picadilly) or the Three Famous Kings pub (W Kensington). Additionally, the Hard Rock and others usually show the Super Bowl.