Spurs fans in Austin

[withcheese]

i dont have cable because im poor. i sure as shit dont have any nba package that would allow me to watch all spurs games.

does anyone know of a place in austin open to the public that is not only spurs-friendly, but will show ALL regular season spurs games on big tvs over other bullshit sporting events like baseball? cheap beers would be a plus, but not a necessity.

[Pop OFits]

You might check with Fox & Hound and make the request ahead of time.

Guadalupe and 4th.

[withcheese]

You might check with Fox & Hound and make the request ahead of time.

Guadalupe and 4th.

:td

got a friend who works there and its closing down and moving up to the arboretum. it might be more accessible once its up there, but can you imagine how hellish it would be to try to watch a west coast away game on a thursday or friday night in a bar that close to 6th? i hate fucking undergrads too, and they litter that place

[mrose31]

I think several fans from this board meet up at fast eddy's on 35. I prefer to go to RC fowlers on 620 though. They have about 20 large plasma screens set up all over the restraunt. Owner is really cool and waitresses are usually pretty nice with their service and looks.

[withcheese]

I think several fans from this board meet up at fast eddy's on 35. I prefer to go to RC fowlers on 620 though. They have about 20 large plasma screens set up all over the restraunt. Owner is really cool and waitresses are usually pretty nice with their service and looks.

:tu

[ChumpDumper]

It'll be nice to have a another sports bar here in the Arboretum. Legends is dragging their feet updating their TVs.

[ATX Spur]

I saw about 30 games last season at the Double Dave's on Duval north of San Jac. Cheap beer and good pepperoni rolls. They have all the stations except for NBAtv, you just have to ask them to put it on. Make sure though, that you ask them before you buy food or drink.

[ATX Spur]

Oh and I should add, they have one projection tv and one big flat screen, as well as many smaller sets.

[Louae]

It's been a year since I've moved from Austin. And I would always go to Legends b/c they had the projection screen and sound. But the food was awful and the beer prices were nothing special. But when pluckers finally provided sound to the projection screen. Burnet and 183 was where i'd go. With the cheep big beers and the food, I coudn't go wrong.

[ChumpDumper]

I'll have to check if Pluckers has the NBA package this season. I can't think of a more overpriced wing joint though. Luckily, they give us free wings whenever the Toros win, so that would mitigate things.

[guzmangm]

I like Wings-N-Things on North Lamar, in the Wal-Mart shopping center. Small, friendly wait staff, cheap (and good) wings, and beer. Plenty of Plasmas, plus you don't have to travel to downtown if you don't want too, which is good cause I live north.

[ATX Spur]

I like Wings-N-Things on North Lamar, in the Wal-Mart shopping center. Small, friendly wait staff, cheap (and good) wings, and beer. Plenty of Plasmas, plus you don't have to travel to downtown if you don't want too, which is good cause I live north.

Where on N Lamar is that?

[Lebowski Brickowski]

Rhinos & Jocks on 183 and Anderson Mill. Small - unpretentious bar with 3 big ass tv's and nice service. Not always good for a big Spurs fanbase, though. People mainly got there to drink and eat wings. As I do neither, I don't know how the prices are. But the TV's are big and there's always a good seat.

[Louae]

I'll have to check if Pluckers has the NBA package this season. I can't think of a more overpriced wing joint though. Luckily, they give us free wings whenever the Toros win, so that would mitigate things.

yeah, they were overpriced on the wings. But I'd go more for the beer specials than anything.

[Geezerballer]

I tried Sugar's Strip club once for their Steak supper. Hard to concentrate on the game though ,and I kind of lost my appetite what with the smell of ass and catfood.

[Budkin]

I like Wings-N-Things on North Lamar, in the Wal-Mart shopping center. Small, friendly wait staff, cheap (and good) wings, and beer. Plenty of Plasmas, plus you don't have to travel to downtown if you don't want too, which is good cause I live north.

I tried that place and didn't think the wings were very good (I'm a wing snob though from upstate NY). My favorite wing place (and a decent place to watch games) is Wings and More, located right across from there at I-35 and Howard Lane (heading northbound).

[TDMVPDPOY]

koris fuckn house freeloader!!!

[leemajors]

not to mention i heard that FOXSW in austin is going to be showing mavs games as well as spurs games, which is totally weak.

[ChumpDumper]

Don't tell sickdsm.

[austinfan]

not to mention i heard that FOXSW in austin is going to be showing mavs games as well as spurs games, which is totally weak.

Ugh. I assume their NBA programming is a zero-sum game, and that for every Mavs game they add to their broadcasting schedule, means one less Spurs game they'll show. Did you hear anything about how many Mavs games they intend to add?

Bandwagoners.

[Samr]

This is so weird....

I am now a freshman at St. Edward's University, which is right on South Congress and is probably very close to some good sports bars. We have cable in our dorm room so I'm sure we get a lot of games, but if anyone has any good suggestions for bars that allow 18+ and are around the S. Congress/I-35 area, let me know.

It is going to be really weird going through my first basketball season in a new city.

[withcheese]

This is so weird....

I am now a freshman at St. Edward's University, which is right on South Congress and is probably very close to some good sports bars. We have cable in our dorm room so I'm sure we get a lot of games, but if anyone has any good suggestions for bars that allow 18+ and are around the S. Congress/I-35 area, let me know.

It is going to be really weird going through my first basketball season in a new city.

it's going to suck...not having the hometown fans everywhere you go, not seeing the go spurs go banners everywhere, not having local media coverage. it sucks. it sucks even worse here in austin because there are tons of people from all around texas who love the rockets and mavs.

words of advice: rockets fans are cool until you start talking about '95. mavs fans are never cool under any circumstances, no matter what. find some friends from san antonio and stick with them exclusively from october to june.

[ATX Spur]

It is going to be really weird going through my first basketball season in a new city.

It will be weird, but it won't be too bad. I lived in SA for 17 years and then moved to UT in 2001. You can still catch a ton of games. And yes, you'll run into alot of Mavs and Rockets fans...but also you'll make alot of friends among Spurs fans. And when you all go out in big groups to watch games and cheer your team, you won't feel much of a difference than when you were in SA. At least I didn't. I'm sure you'll put lots of Spurs crap up in your dorm/apartment just like I did, so I'm sure you'll feel right at home.

[ATX Spur]

the city not the poster

ha, thanks for the clarification.

[Samr]

Ironically, my roommate is a HUGE Mavs fan, though fortunately we share a mutual dislike for Mark Cuban, agreeing to the terms that "it's not what he does, but HOW he does it." His side of the dorm room is decorated with Mavs and Dirk posters. I have Spurs poster and the knowledge that the Spurs have three championships. The Mavs have none.

Staying true to myself, however, I have already begun to walk out on conversations upon hearing someone is a crying Mavs or Lakers fan. Some people just don't get it.

[cornbread]

The Backroom was my favorite bar in Austin to catch Spurs games at. I watched most of the 2005 Playoffs and Finals there. The bar had a very "San Antonio" feel to it and the crowd was great too. Unfortunately it closed recently.

[leemajors]

The Backroom was my favorite bar in Austin to catch Spurs games at. I watched most of the 2005 Playoffs and Finals there. The bar had a very "San Antonio" feel to it and the crowd was great too. Unfortunately it closed recently.

people must not have been coming out to see bad metal shows anymore. they used to have 25 cent pitchers of busch light back 98.

[ponky]

I'm not a Spurs fan BUT if you want to see any NBA game on any night then go over to The Tavern on N. Lamar and 12th or somewhere right around there. It's not really north, more like central Austin. They have NBA league pass, Directv and flat screens everywhere. I have the same at home but every once in awhile I go there to watch a game and I've never had a problem getting to see the game I want...plus, you can sit a couple of feet away from a 42" flat screen while you eat and drink and cheer on your team!

[ponky]

it's going to suck...not having the hometown fans everywhere you go, not seeing the go spurs go banners everywhere, not having local media coverage. it sucks. it sucks even worse here in austin because there are tons of people from all around texas who love the rockets and mavs.

words of advice: rockets fans are cool until you start talking about '95. mavs fans are never cool under any circumstances, no matter what. find some friends from san antonio and stick with them exclusively from october to june.


*hometown fans* in austin = spurs fans for probably 80% of the nba watching austin population....there are more mavs fans the closer you get to the u.t. area and of course there are some old-schoolers who still think the rockets are the only team in texas who have won a championship but for the most part, austin is pretty much a spurs colony

[ATX Spur]

*hometown fans* in austin = spurs fans for probably 80% of the nba watching austin population....there are more mavs fans the closer you get to the u.t. area and of course there are some old-schoolers who still think the rockets are the only team in texas who have won a championship but for the most part, austin is pretty much a spurs colony

Yeah, outside of the university, spurs colony is a good way to describe austin

[withcheese]

Yeah, outside of the university, spurs colony is a good way to describe austin

that's true outside ut...its just that most of the fuckers in my area of town (north campus) ARE students, so all the bars within walking/biking distance are either packed to the gills with stupid undergrads or full or asshole mavs fans or both. i've been to the tavern to watch baseball and have enjoyed it, so i'll probably go there for the spurs...they also have hold 'em tournies there that are fun too

[ATX Spur]

Plus, you go to enough of these places to watch Spurs games, and you meet cool people who also watch the games in their houses. So if you can't find a bar or restaurant that's showing the game, there's your other option. And actually, you can make friends with die-hard fans by wearing a Spurs shirt every once in a while. Other die-hard fans (who live outside of SA) are bound to comment.

[Mark in Austin]

Pluckers is a little on the pricey side, but I always get good service and the grub is top notch - and I don't mind paying a little more since we're there for at least 3/4 of a game. We always tip big when we take a table out of commission for that long. I stay away from the one next to campus though when school is in session.

Rinos & Jocks is pretty decent. BW3 on sixth can be fun (if it's still open - didn't go there last season but had a hell of a time watching the Lakers get thumped by the Pistons there).

Agree on the Mavs fans. Generally, they're bandwagoners, they don't understand the game, and they don't even know the history of their own team. They talk big but get soooo pissed off when you give it back to them. At times I've found almost equal numbers of Spurs/Mavs fans in a restaurant, but have never been outnumbered. And for some reason they all seem to look like they belong to the same frat.

[withcheese]

Pluckers is a little on the pricey side, but I always get good service and the grub is top notch - and I don't mind paying a little more since we're there for at least 3/4 of a game. We always tip big when we take a table out of commission for that long. I stay away from the one next to campus though when school is in session.

Rinos & Jocks is pretty decent. BW3 on sixth can be fun (if it's still open - didn't go there last season but had a hell of a time watching the Lakers get thumped by the Pistons there).

Agree on the Mavs fans. Generally, they're bandwagoners, they don't understand the game, and they don't even know the history of their own team. They talk big but get soooo pissed off when you give it back to them. At times I've found almost equal numbers of Spurs/Mavs fans in a restaurant, but have never been outnumbered. And for some reason they all seem to look like they belong to the same frat.


yeah i dont want to bitch too much about mavs fans, cause in general i like them okay, but the college aged mavs fans lick sweaty donkey chode and your right dont know shit about the game.

i watched games 2, 3, and 4 of the spurs mavs series at Austin's Pizza on the drag and it was about half an dhalf. the bar is nice, the pizza is good, but it was a miserable experience. unfortunately, i had to watch game 7 in a bar in dallas texas filled to the brim with about 150 screaming mavs fans. my dad and i were the only spurs fans. when manu made that three near the end of regulation, we were screaming so hard and the entire place was dead quiet except for us. imagine how awful it was to make the walk of shame past all those mavs fans on the way out the bar. worse than .4

[whottt]

This is so weird....

I am now a freshman at St. Edward's University, which is right on South Congress and is probably very close to some good sports bars. .

Well you are close to a bar but it's not really considered a sports bar...but they do show sports there, just be ready for a cover charge. There's also plenty of crack and hookers right there as well.