If you can't be in Arizona for Sunday's Super Bowl, New Jersey sports betting has you covered as Atlantic City casinos are hosting a variety of events and specials surrounding football's big day.
Just a mere 62 miles and a 65-minute drive from Philadelphia, it is a great way for Eagles, and even Kansas City Chiefs fans, to gather and root for their allegiances.
Below is a complete list of Big Game happenings, provided by The Casino Association of New Jersey (CANJ):
Bally's Atlantic City
Big Game Viewing Party at The Yard at Bally's: $60 gets you a guaranteed seat, halftime tailgate buffet and open bar from halftime to the end of the third quarter.
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Reserve your seat at BetMGM New Jersey Sportsbook & Bar at www.theborgata.com.
Premier Nightclub: Doors open at 5 p.m. with entertainment, music and drink specials, plus a betting window is located inside for any hunches or last-minute prop bets.
Located right on the casino floor, B Bar is offering special drinks, including First and 10 (bourbon mixed with maple syrup and bitters) and the Two-Point Conversion (vodka, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur and pomegranate juice topped with Prosecco). Even better, tables are first come, first serve.
Caesars Entertainment
At properties throughout the city, Caesars Big Game Party at The Wild Wild West (more than 15,200 square feet of sports betting space) comes with five Fan Caves (with game consoles, food/beverage service; must reserve), VIP areas, and a self-serve beer wall. Atlantic City Snack Shack and drink specials will be available for fans/bettors and a DJ takeover will take place at halftime and postgame.
Harrah’s Big Game Swimfest at The Pool After Dark
Starts at 3 p.m. with a Cowboy Boots and Swimsuits Country Tailgate Party featuring Chris Janson, followed by DJ entertainment. Fans can get general admission tickets for $40, which includes food only. VIP tables and bottle service is also offered. If you come before 4 p.m., you can receive free well-drinks compliments of Harrah's! And yes, swimming is also permitted with each ticket purchase.
Tropicana Atlantic City
Chickie's & Pete's Crab House & Sports Bar: All-you-can-eat menu and beer specials.
Gin Rickey's Live Music Bar: $39 bottomless food experience with St. Louis ribs, chicken wings, pulled pork, corn dogs, desserts, and more; $2 draft beers (more than 12 premium beers to choose from); and halftime giveaways and prizes. Tickets can be purchased at ginrickeys.com.
A'Dam Good Sports Bar and Hooters will be offering different wing packages.
Caesars New Jersey Sportsbook at Harrah’s Resort offers a stadium-style experience, including two private Fan Caves with Xbox and game consoles. Food service provided by A.C. Burger Co.
Caesars Sportsbook at Tropicana features elevated VIP areas with gameday favorites at Tropicana’s three sports bars: Pete’s Crab House & Sports Bar, A’Dam Good Sports Bar, and Hooters. The sportsbook also will offer a Mix & Match bucket special with beers and/or seltzers for only $40.
Golden Nugget
With more than 50 TVs, the Sportsbook at Golden Nugget will have drink specials, including buckets of beer for $24 and specialty cocktails for $12.
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hard Rock offers a special tailgate menu featuring Classic Nachos, wings, baby back ribs, All-American sliders, Buffalo-style sliders, Tupelo chicken tenders, onion ring tower and cheese fries. Enjoy two for $25, 3 for $35, or 4 for $45 (feeds 2-4 people); Hard Rock Cafe is also offering 5 bottled beers for $25 and 25 bottled beers for $100.
Ocean Casino Resort
The Gallery Bar, Book & Games presents The Big Game $10,000 Sweepstakes, where you could be one of five winners, including an overnight stay, Aaron Lewis tickets and free play. The more you wager, the more entries you will receive (one sports bet = one Sweepstakes entry).
Sunday Hotel Package includes an overnight stay in a king room, $30 food/beverage credit to The Gallery and Balcony Bar, and an Ocean swag bag.
Balcony Bar: Reserve now for a private table that includes snacks, beer buckets and Gallery swag while you get a VIP sportsbook experience: Tables are $300 (2-4 people).
Topgolf Swing Suite: Reserve a bay and enjoy game day munchies, beer buckets and Gallery Swag. Reservation: Semi-Private Bay ($500).
Villain & Saint: Beer bucket and wing specials start at 4 p.m.
Resorts Casino Hotel
DraftKings New Jersey Sportsbook Watch all the action on their 15-foot video wall; drink specials include $8 Jack Daniels fire shots, $10 domestic draft pitchers and $20 buckets of domestic bottles.
Margaritaville and Landshark Bar & Grill: $20 buckets of bottled beer and $3 off all appetizers.
XO Bar at Bar One (on casino floor): Valentine-inspired cocktail specials along with $8 Jack Daniels fire shots, $10 domestic draft pitchers, and $20 buckets of domestic bottles.
Dougherty’s Raw Bar: $1 raw clams and $1.25 shucked oysters. Discounted appetizers, $4 domestic drafts, $6 glasses of wine and $6 New Amsterdam vodka cocktails.
FanDuel Sportsbook at The Meadowlands
If you can't make it down to South Jersey and want to cheer on the Eagles and Chiefs in Giants and Jets country, go up the New Jersey Turnpike and get off at exit 16W to visit FanDuel New Jersey Sportsbook at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. One of the nation's largest sportsbooks, FanDuel has first come, first served seating in its Victory and the Simulcast Lounge.
Onsite retail promo: Bettors who place one or more parlay wagers of at least $50 will receive a $25 voucher for use on a single-game parlay wager (up to a maximum of $200), regardless of if their eligible wager wins or loses. The promo begins at 10 a.m. on Jan. 30 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12.
Fans also can watch the game with NY Giants 2007 Super Bowl champion Amani Toomer and PIX11/WFAN host Marc Malusis. A pregame Q&A with Toomer and drawings for New York Giants swag also will take place and guests will dine on a buffet complete with wings, hot dogs, burgers, fries, onion rings, mozzarella sticks and chicken fingers. The viewing party is just $60 and includes exclusive seating in the track’s newly redesigned Gallery.
The track’s Grandstand Lounge also will be taking reservations for $50 (single bar seat), $100 per two-person table and/or $200 for a four-person table. By making a reservation for the Lounge, guests are guaranteed dining. The $50, $100 or $200 is a food credit that must be used on Sunday, Feb. 12 only.
