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Beijing Boyce's roundup of Super Bowl watching parties

Tuesday, 3rd February 2009 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

Jim Boyce, aka Beijing Boyce, is Beijing's best-known English-language eating and drinking blogger. Unlike this CST editor, who enjoyed the entire game from the same bar stool at the Goose & Duck, Boyce scoured the city for Beijing's best Super Bowl watching experience. Luckily for me, he decided that the Goose & Duck was the best spot in town for watching the Steelers win their sixth Super Bowl.

Boyce writes that he noticed an overall decline in numbers at Beijing's sports bars for the big game. He blames the matchup (last year's game featured the NY Giants and the New England Patriots, teams with bigger Beijing fan bases) and the fact that "there are fewer people around," in 2009. Beijing has seen a decline in its American expat population, which spiked in the Olympic year and has taken an additional hit with the slumping world economy.

Beijing Boyce's full account can be read here.

Tags: Beijing, football, NFL, sports bars, Super Bowl