Where to Watch the NFL Season Kickoff, Sep 9

Beijing football fans eager for this season's kickoff are in luck: a few local bars will be screening the big game so you can watch while enjoying a raucous atmosphere.

The game that marks the new 2016 season, beginning at September 9 at 8.30am Beijing time, will be an epic showdown between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers. Sports junkies will no doubt delight in once again seeing Panthers quarterback Cam Newton's on field antics, but above all they'll be itching to see a rematch between the Carolina and Denver teams, who squared off for Super Bowl 50, where the Broncos triumphed. Associated Press says that game was Denver linebacker Von Miller's "coming-out party" who played so well that he "made life miserable for ... Newton and the Panthers."

Fans can catch every tackle and touchdown at a few local establishments. Beixinqiao sports stalwart Cuju might very well be the hottest spot in town to watch the game live on the morning of September 9, not only because the venue has an esteemed reputation for screening athletics from around the world around the clock, but also because it will mark the bar's last such screening before undergoes numerous exciting changes and embarks in a new direction (more on that here).

White-hot sports bar Paddy O'Shea's will also be screening the kickoff live on the morning of September 9. See comment below. Lido favorite the Irish Volunteer will not be screening the game live, but it will begin showing a replay of the prior week's hottest NFL game every Tuesday night starting September 13. There will be a special chicken wing special for those Tuesday replays, along with a picks pool that anyone can join for RMB 30.

Do you know of other sports bars or venues screening the big game? Be sure to let us know in the Comments section below.

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