Footy in The D

June 30, 2012 6:09 PM

Where can we watch tomorrow's Euro Cup final in Detroit?

Visiting from Toronto for the weekend and we haven't had much luck with google searches and phone calls. We've tried calling a few Italian restaurants without much luck so far. What about some of the Irish bars in corktown? Or one of the spots bars downtown? Problem is the Tigers have a day game tomorrow and I suspect that will be dominating the TVs wherever we go.

posted by Fred Wesley to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (4 answers total)

I was just looking for info about this. It's being broadcast in the US on ESPN, so I'd imagine almost any sports bar would have at least one TV. Here's info about its broadcast in North America: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=1590265.html
posted by dfriedman at 6:19 PM on June 30, 2012

Whoops, lemme format that link.
posted by dfriedman at 6:19 PM on June 30, 2012

Detroit City FC is playing a match tomorrow at 4 at Cass Tech HS. The pregame spot is Harry's Bar on the corner of Clifford and Park. I expect they will be playing the UEFA championship.
posted by wikipedia brown boy detective at 7:06 PM on June 30, 2012

Do you have a car? If you're willing to travel afield a little bit relative to downtown (yes, the Tigers game is basically running concurrently with the Euro Cup final, so downtown is going to tend to focus on the baseball), consider the Blarney Stone Pub or maybe Duggan's (both on Woodward Ave, but in the northern suburbs -- about 20 mins drive from downtown). O'Toole's Tavern in Royal Oak has a bazillion TVs, so I'm sure at least one will be tuned to soccer.

In the downtown area I'd bet a brewpub is more likely to draw a few people interested in soccer, maybe Motor City Brewing or Detroit Beer Co.

In any case I'd phone first to see what they say about soccer.
posted by axiom at 7:21 PM on June 30, 2012