Best Sports Bars Near State Farm Stadium Glendale

The West Valley's Best Spots for Cardinals Fans

State Farm Stadium in Glendale is one of the NFL's most impressive venues, but not every game is a home game — and even when it is, sometimes you want to watch from a barstool instead of a parking lot. The West Valley has a growing number of sports bars and entertainment complexes that deliver a great game-day atmosphere whether the Cardinals are hosting or away.

Westgate City Center — The Obvious Choice

Westgate City Center is the closest entertainment district to State Farm Stadium and the logical first stop for any Cardinals game day. The open-air plaza anchors a cluster of restaurants and bars with wall-to-wall TVs and a crowd that is built around the sports calendar.

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• Yard House at Westgate — 100-plus beers on draft, massive screens on every wall, and a menu deep enough to hold you through a full NFL doubleheader. The beer towers make it easy to keep the table stocked without leaving your seat. It gets loud on big games, which is half the point.
• Dave and Busters at Westgate — Better than it sounds for sports watching. The bar side has a full NFL Sunday Ticket setup and plenty of seating. The arcade games are a bonus if you are bringing a group with different levels of football interest.

Topgolf — Glendale

Topgolf at the Westgate complex has become a legitimate sports bar alternative in the West Valley. You can reserve a bay, order food and drinks, and watch multiple games on the screens inside each bay while you hit. On Cardinals home game days, the venue fills up fast with fans who want to tailgate in a slightly more upscale setting. Book ahead — walk-in waits on Sundays are long.

Beyond Westgate: Watching Away Games in Glendale

For away games when you want a neighborhood bar vibe rather than the arena-district energy, the Glendale and Peoria corridors have several solid options. Look along 75th and 83rd Avenues in Glendale for local bars that run NFL Sunday Ticket and get loud during Cardinals games.

The ZonaHaps happy hour guide covers West Valley bar specials worth stacking with an early kickoff — a lot of these places run game-day pricing from open through halftime.

Planning a Full Cardinals Game Day

Whether you are headed into the stadium or watching from a bar, a good Cardinals game day in Glendale follows a familiar arc. Arrive at Westgate two hours before kickoff, grab food and a drink at Yard House or Topgolf, walk to the stadium, and return to Westgate after the final whistle to decompress before the lots clear out.

Check the ZonaHaps weekend events calendar for Cardinals game day watch parties and bar events across the West Valley. We track NFL Sundays, watch party specials, and sports events throughout Arizona so you can plan around the schedule.

Also worth bookmarking: the best happy hours in the West Valley for all the weeks between home games.