{"id":350472,"date":"2025-09-08T02:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/350472\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T02:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:33:11","slug":"sacramento-bars-welcome-nfl-sundays-with-packed-crowds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/350472\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento bars welcome NFL Sundays with packed crowds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDOWN THOSE SUSPECTS. IT IS SUNDAY AND FOOTBALL IS BACK. OF COURSE, THERE\u2019S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, ESPECIALLY AT BARS AND RESTAURANTS ACROSS OUR AREA. THEY\u2019RE WELCOMING FANS FOR THE NEW SEASON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE AT SIX. I\u2019M ANDREA FLORES AND I\u2019M CECIL HANNIBAL, THE SAN FRANCISCO 40 NINERS SECURING THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AFTER BEATING THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 17 TO 13. KCRA 3\u2019S DENTON CORTEZ IS LIVE IN MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO. OKAY, WHAT\u2019S THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE TODAY? SO WE\u2019RE HERE AT BAR WEST AND WE HAVE SOME EXCITED FANS HERE EARLIER. IT WAS PRETTY PACKED. YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME FANS CATCHING SOME SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL BETWEEN THE BILLS AND THE RAVENS, BUT FANS ARE EXCITED THAT THE NFL SEASON IS COMING. BUT NOT ONLY THEM, BUSINESSES HERE ARE EXCITED THAT THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS RETURNING BACK HERE IN SACRAMENTO. SOUND OF CLINKING GLASSES AND ROWDY FANS. IT\u2019S GAME DAY IN SACRAMENTO. NFL SUNDAYS ARE BACK, WHICH MEANS MORE FOOTBALL AND MORE BUSINESS. OH, WE\u2019RE JUST AMPED UP. WE LOVE IT. WE WAIT FOR IT ALL YEAR. EVERYBODY\u2019S YAY FOOTBALL STARTS. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT\u2019S IT\u2019S REALLY EXCITING FOR US. BARS ACROSS SACRAMENTO EXCITED FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WELCOMING CUSTOMERS THANKS TO FOOTBALL. IT WAS KIND OF A REALLY SLOW SUMMER. SO WE WERE SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE FOOTBALL BACK. IT TRIPLES. I MEAN IT\u2019S IT\u2019S JUST PACKED AND THE LIKE I SAID, THE BACK GETS PACKED. PEOPLE COME IN AN HOUR EARLY TO GET A SEAT. FANS EXCITED. THE SEASON IS UNDERWAY. YOU CAN WATCH FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME, BUT YOU\u2019RE HERE. WHY IS THAT? THE AMBIANCE DEFINITELY. I LIKE BEING OUT AMONGST THE PEOPLE. MAYBE NOT THOSE PEOPLE, BUT THE PEOPLE. RIVALRIES ARE BACK. BUT TO FANS COMING TO SUPPORT BUSINESS GOES BEYOND THE JERSEYS. THAT\u2019S WHAT IT\u2019S ABOUT. IT\u2019S ABOUT THE CONTINUITY. IT\u2019S WHAT I FEEL. FOOTBALL BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER. I REALLY DO. YOU SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES, SO MANY DIFFERENT AGES. IT ALL MESHES. MY PARENTS OPENED THIS PLACE 33 YEARS AGO AND IT\u2019S WE\u2019RE STILL HANGING ON, YOU KNOW, WE\u2019RE NOT A CORPORATE PLACE. AND EVERYBODY NEEDS A PLACE LIKE THAT. THIS YEAR. YEAH, WE SAW ALL THOSE RIVALRIES HERE EARLIER TODAY. AND SOME OF THOSE FANS STILL CATCHING SOME SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. THE 40 NINERS TOOK THE WIN. SO A LOT OF 40 NINERS FANS HERE EXCITED. BUT BUSINESSES REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NFL SEASON COMING BACK. JUST REMEMBER TO DRINK\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Sacramento bars welcome NFL Sundays with packed crowds<\/p>\n

NFL football returns, and has Sacramento bars preparing for the new season<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 7:17 PM PDT Sep 7, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNFL Sundays have returned to Sacramento, bringing excitement to local bars as they welcome enthusiastic fans and enjoy a boost in business. “That’s what it’s all about. You know, you’ve got to support all the small businesses in town,” said 49er fan Jessica Vasquez, sporting her white jersey with friends at Stingers Sports Pub.Elizabeth Pelletier from The Zebra Club expressed her excitement, saying, “We’re just amped up. We love it. Oh, we love it. We wait for it all year.”Alex Hughes, owner of Stingers, noted the positive impact on business, stating, “It was kind of a really slow summer, so we were super happy to have football back.”Hughes reflected on the longevity of her family-owned business, saying, “My parents opened this place 33 years ago, and we’re still hanging on. You know, we’re not a corporate place. And everybody needs a place like that.”Pelletier said that with football season returning, revenue triples more than before, and creates an even more packed atmosphere. Mark Pimenteo, a Raider fan at Barwest, emphasized the community aspect of football, saying, “That’s what it’s about. It’s about the community. That’s how I know football brings everybody together. I really do.”\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NFL Sundays have returned to Sacramento, bringing excitement to local bars as they welcome enthusiastic fans and enjoy a boost in business. <\/p>\n

“That’s what it’s all about. You know, you’ve got to support all the small businesses in town,” said 49er fan Jessica Vasquez, sporting her white jersey with friends at Stingers Sports Pub.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Pelletier from The Zebra Club expressed her excitement, saying, “We’re just amped up. We love it. Oh, we love it. We wait for it all year.”<\/p>\n

Alex Hughes, owner of Stingers, noted the positive impact on business, stating, “It was kind of a really slow summer, so we were super happy to have football back.”<\/p>\n

Hughes reflected on the longevity of her family-owned business, saying, “My parents opened this place 33 years ago, and we’re still hanging on. You know, we’re not a corporate place. And everybody needs a place like that.”<\/p>\n

Pelletier said that with football season returning, revenue triples more than before, and creates an even more packed atmosphere. <\/p>\n

Mark Pimenteo, a Raider fan at Barwest, emphasized the community aspect of football, saying, “That’s what it’s about. It’s about the community. That’s how I know football brings everybody together. I really do.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWN THOSE SUSPECTS. IT IS SUNDAY AND FOOTBALL IS BACK. OF COURSE, THERE\u2019S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, ESPECIALLY…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[220,62946,62941,62945,62947,7,62940,6,498,525,62944,62943,62942],"class_list":{"0":"post-350472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-alex-hughes","10":"tag-barwest","11":"tag-denzen-cortez","12":"tag-elizabeth-pelletier","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-football-szn","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-football","17":"tag-raiders","18":"tag-sports-and-pub","19":"tag-stingers","20":"tag-the-zebra-club"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115166341099180098","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}