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It’s Time for Sports Bars to Score with Fantasy Baseball
Pitchers and catchers are about to report, which means two things – we still have a month and a half left of winter (ugh) and baseball is around the corner (yay!). And that means another [...]
How Sports Bars Can Prep for March Madness
Every year as March approaches, we field inquiries about the schedule for the NCAA March Madness Tournament and how to best prepare for it. Unfortunately, every year we respond by explaining, it’s really just the [...]
7 March Madness Promotion Ideas for Sports Bars
March Madness is a huge opportunity for bars and restaurants to seize every year. With several games on almost daily, owners and managers can leverage the madness with promotions and deals for dine-in or take-out [...]
What to Know About the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang
With the 2018 Winter Olympics starting this week, we peeked around to find some interesting stats surrounding the Winter Games. This year’s Olympiad is being held in PyeongChang, South Korea. Sure, it’s in the shadow [...]
A Look Into America’s Unofficial Holiday — the Super Bowl
When Super Bowl LII is kicked off on Sunday, February 4, more than a hundred million Americans will be watching. Can Tom Brady carry his Patriots to yet another victory or will the Philadelphia Eagles [...]
Download the 2018 Winter Olympics TV Schedule Here!
The Winter Olympics officially begin on February 9th from PyeonChang, South Korea. During each Olympiad we try to offer you some insights on how to leverage them to your best advantage. To that end, there [...]
7 Reasons to Watch the NFL Playoffs in a Sports Bar
1. Because your mom would look silly in a referee uniform. 2. Because you won’t have to clean up after your incredibly sloppy friends. You can host that party at a sports bar and they’ll do [...]
It’s Not the NFL’s Fault
When the founder of Papa John’s decided to blame the NFL for his sagging sales, he was met with some pretty heavy hits from other pizza players in the market. Both Domino’s and Pizza Hut [...]
3 Steps to Making Wings a Centerpiece of Your Tailgating Menu
The NCAA Bowl Season is a time when folks gather to watch their favorite university duke it out for bowl supremacy. We already know that wings and football just make sense and that’s why we [...]
Using Modern Restaurant Technology for Sports Bar Marketing
Modern technology has made life simple in almost every way. Many industries have been able to take advantage of technology in order to reduce the dependency on staff or enhance the offerings for a customer. [...]
5 Alternative Sports TV Content Sports Bars Should Show
Football. Basketball. Baseball. Hockey. Soccer. Every sports bar worth its salt shows these games. Your loyal patrons and irregular guests expect you to be showing these sports on the regular every day and night of [...]
Sports Bars Aren’t Dead, But They May Be On Life Support
If bad news comes in waves, then our industry -- and specifically the sports themed segment -- is getting rolled over by one mother of an ocean storm. For the past year, we have covered [...]
Yahoo, The NFL, and You!
The first streaming game of the NFL season is this Sunday at 9:30am ET/6:30am PT and we, at The Rail, couldn’t be more excited. Why? Because that means we can debut our first entry onto [...]
Are You Making These Three Social Media Mistakes?
The basics of social media marketing is easy. You create some content, load it to your preferred social media platform, hit publish, and let the hits come on in. Right? Right. Also, not right. While [...]
Refer the SportsTV Guide & Get Cash Back
The sports bar segment of the hospitality industry is a small community. Many of you have worked at multiple places that are sports-themed and a few of you have graciously brought our service with you [...]
