Parramatta and Las Vegas may be worlds apart, but that won’t stop us from celebrating the biggest event on the American sporting calendar.
Restaurants, pubs and clubs all over town will switch over their television sets to the Super Bowl next Monday, February 12 as football fans come together to cheer on this year’s opponents Kansas City and San Francisco.
Travis Kelce and the Chiefs will be aiming for back-to-back NFL titles, while the 49ers will be searching for their first Super Bowl victory since 1994.
The NFL’s popularity continues to soar in Australia and locations in Parramatta and surrounding suburbs will be cashing in on that very hype next week.
One of the biggest parties will be happening in nearby Seven Hills when Matty Johns and his son Cooper headline a Super Bowl party at Hudson Hotel from 9.30am. Fans can catch all the action live and loud on big screens while enjoying $19 beer jugs, American-style food and the Fire & Brimstone food truck. During half-time Matty and Cooper will be doing a Q&A session as well as hosting the Quarter Back Cornhole Competition with great prizes up for grabs.
Up the road in Wentworthville, Wenty Leagues Club will be showing the Chiefs versus 49ers game live and loud in The Magpie Bar. Chug down Budweisers and tuck into some delicious wings all while cheering on your favourite team to victory.
Over in the Parramatta CBD, numerous pubs will be going Super Bowl-crazy on Monday.
The historic General Bourke Hotel on Church Street will be showing the game of the year on their jumbo screens, while the Collector Hotel on George Street will be serving $1 wings, $10 loaded hot dogs, $10 burgers, and buckets of Bud for $25.
At the legendary Albion Hotel, also on George Street, catch the Super Bowl from Viva Las Vegas on their big projector screen whilst enjoying a bucket of beers, classic bacon and egg burgers, and a whole lot more.
And finally… he was the ‘quarterback’ for the Eels back in the ‘80s and now the venue named after him will be screening the Super Bowl in all its glory.
Sterlo’s Sports Bar inside Parramatta Leagues Club will be back with football-loving fans when the Chiefs and Niners do battle. Not only will they have incredible food and drink on offer, but you won’t miss a minute of the action on their incredible live and loud screen.
Plenty of people will also be hosting Super Bowl parties at home or at work on Monday, so make sure you channel your inner Taylor Swift and get in the spirit.
Nathan Taylor is Parra News' sports journalist. He also compiles the weekly Chatter on the Box TV column. Nathan is an award-winning journalist, who has worked in western Sydney media for more than a decade.