Anyone know where to watch The Game in Paris?
My wife and I have a long-planned trip to Paris over thanksgiving weekend to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Literally and metaphorically, sacre bleu!!
She has gracefully agreed to spend Saturday night watching The Game with me. Does anyone know where the heck you can watch college football in Paris? Ideally, a bar or restaurant that would have a big screen with the game on, maybe even sound? Bonus points if not overrun with Buckeyes, though I can’t imagine too many of them are in Paris; Marseille seems more like their scene.
Googling suggests a couple of Canadian bars; and I guess that’s fine if that’s where people go.
October 27th, 2022 at 5:04 PM ^
You just need really good binoculars.
October 27th, 2022 at 2:03 PM ^
This is a thirst trap, right?
October 27th, 2022 at 2:45 PM ^
I just spent 3 weeks in Poland. Through WiFi and Fox on Youtube with my laptop, my wife and I were able to watch the Maryland game in Krakow, the Iowa game in Zakopane, and the Indiana game in Gdansk. It rarely glitched up in any location. It is much further east from Paris, so the game was roughly on from 6 til 9pm? But as said by others, soccer was the big draw, and I didn't see a lot of sports bars with lots of TVs. For me, I didn't mind missing parts of the games to go out to dinner . . . however, obviously, none of those are anything like The Game.
I will say, the soccer hooligan thing is real. My daughter is working over there, and she and a half dozen co-workers went to a big rivalry soccer game in Krakow. They had on jerseys for one of the two major teams, Cracovia. One of the guys was attacked, and there is some heavy duty anti-Semitism attached to the other team against Cracovia. While in Krakow, we also saw a ton of Scots in kilts in town to go to a match with Ukraine. Just like fans in the states, some know how to have fun, but some take it way too seriously (and violently.)
October 27th, 2022 at 2:49 PM ^
I went to Caveau Montpensier for the Maryland game. Awesome spot to watch, plenty of alums, owner is great.
October 27th, 2022 at 11:28 PM ^
I think Caveau Montpensier is the regular alum club hangout and owned by an alum; watched the Iowa game there. Reasonably confident they will stick with it even with World Cup. They have 3 rooms I think they will let UM have at least one of them