Sports Bar Showdown — Championship Round

/ Thursday, March 10, 2011

Ticket is happy to announce the winner of the Sports Bar Showdown:

Gecko’s!

Congratulations to them, and to all of the sports bars that competed in this year’s tournament, through thick and thin, broken servers and robo-voting. All of the competitors showed they had loyal fans willing to put in the work and vote for their favorite spot.

Thanks to all of the bars, and all of the fans for participating in Ticket’s Sports Bar Showdown.

VOTING  ENDED AT NOON, MONDAY, APRIL 4.

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Fourth Round Voting Results
(Voting ended at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 25)

Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub vs. Bogey’s Sports Pub

Legacy Grille vs. Gecko’s

Third Round Voting Results
(Voting ended at Noon on Tuesday, March 22.)

Evie’s Taverns vs. Legacy Grille

Shaner’s vs. Gecko’s

Bogey’s Sports Pub vs. Outlook Pub

Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub vs. Wings N Things

Second Round Results
(Voting ended at Noon on Friday, March 18.)

Ellenton Suds Sports Grill vs. Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub

Scores Taproom and Grill vs. Wings N Things

Bogey’s Sports Pub vs. Faull Inn

Joe Cracker Sports Grille vs. Outlook Pub

Shaners vs. Ed’s Tavern

Gecko’s Grill & Pub vs. Wally’s Pour House

Bacalao vs. Evie’s Taverns

Legacy Grille vs. Sports Page

First Round Matchups
VOTING HAS ENDED IN THIS ROUND! CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO SEE THE RESULTS IN INDIVIDUAL MATCHUPS.

North:

Badda Bing Bar vs. Ellenton Suds Sports Grill
Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub vs. Lee Roy Selmon’s
Scores Taproom and Grill vs. Sporting News Grill
Wings N Things vs. Tequila Beach Sport Grille

South:
Bogey’s Sports Pub vs. End Zone
Faull Inn vs. Flanagan’s Pub
Joe Cracker Sports Grille vs. John Hall Goal Post
Norma Jean’s Bar and Grill vs. Outlook Pub

East:

Buffalo Wild Wings vs. Shaner’s
Ed’s Tavern vs. Miller’s Ale House
Linksters Tap Room vs. Gecko’s Grill & Pub
Beef O’ Brady’s vs. Wally’s Pour House

West:

Bacalao vs. Crusty’s Pizza
Evie’s Taverns vs. Findaddy’s Sports Bar
Legacy Grille vs. Monk’s Steamer Bar
Patrick’s vs. Sports Page

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OnlySweetAmor
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 5:32 pm

Bacalao has my vote!!!!!!!!!!!!

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David Hatch
Friday, April 1, 2011 at 2:02 am

Crazylegs, We will buy you na drink at Bogey’s any time! My foto is accurate!

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Ozprey
Friday, April 1, 2011 at 10:20 am

I feel that this contest has been skewered towards places that advertise in the paper from the beginning. The “computer problems” with the voting and now a discovery that someone had posted illegal votes, so Bogey’s is now down by around that margin? I may have missed something else in an explaination, but somehow Wings N Things defeated Clancy’s, yet Clancy’s advanced. I know Clancy’s advertises heavily in the Tribune. Might not be true, but very suspicious.

Here is the third round voting per the results on the page:
Wings N Things (51%, 893 Votes)
Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub (49%, 889 Votes)

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a-bartender
Friday, April 1, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Omg! Its a wings and weinies conspiracy. Somebody should notify the authorities…anyways Geckos is going to win because its better than bogeys. Its a bigger company, and are cleary smarter. I mean look how many votes they have. Bogeys was gaining 30 to 40 votes at 4 a.m. every 15 minutes, not likely. The only time bogeys was able to compete was when actual humans voting for Geckos were asleep. Okay bye

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Yummy
Friday, April 1, 2011 at 2:57 pm

“You got to want it more than them. When the ball got loose, I thought I might have gotten fouled but I am not going to look around, I am not going to complain. I am going to grab that ball and keep going until they call it. We had more of that tonight.” ~ Richard Jefferson: San Antonio Spurs

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a-bartender
Friday, April 1, 2011 at 9:19 pm

The only thing ale is good for is underage drinking

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sports fan
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:40 am

Yes A-Bartender we were voting that late at night or that early in the morning, however you look at it. Yes, voting while they were sleeping was the strategy because Geckos had the voting power and it was the only I thought Bogeys could win this GAME. Geckos has 4 stores in a more populated area. Bogeys recently acquired their second location with the main store in a less populated area. They need all the help they could. I am an overzealous fan who DIDN’T hack for votes. I simply refreshed every 15 minutes and voted with my computer and cell phone until 3am! And then had my family and friends voting on the Pacific Coast voting from 3am on. Seems crazy I know but it was fun and Bogeys deserved to win. I haven’t voted since Bogeys voted were stripped, in my eyes it was unjust and I see it as game over.

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David Hatch
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:10 pm

Okay, Brian, can’t vote again. Haven’t been able to do so for one half hour!

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a-bartender
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 9:07 pm

Wwwweeeee are the champions, weeeeeeeeee are the champions. Nnoooo time for losers cause we are the champions of the woorrl…..sarasota brandenton areaaaaaaa.