Sometimes you want a sophisticated cocktail. Sometimes you want wings, a drink, 40 televisions and a room full of people losing their minds over the same fourth quarter. Atlanta does both. Our sports-bar rankings stretch from massive entertainment complexes and immersive New Atlanta experiences to full on Black sports bars, neighborhood wing joints, soccer pubs, Southside spots that turn into a party after the game and polished spaces where you can watch your team without sacrificing the date-night fit.

That variety is intentional. LIVE! at the Battery can give you the full Braves-country sports spectacle. 656 can give you a completely different five-fist Black Atlanta game-day experience. STATS is built for the person who needs to see every game happening at once. Atmosphere brings sports and Southside nightlife together. Cosm represents an entirely new way to watch the game.

Then there are the Atlanta classics. Wings. Beer. TVs. People arguing with referees who cannot hear them. We didn't rank twenty versions of the same upscale tavern, and we didn't turn this into a list exclusively for Black sports bars either. We ranked Atlanta sports experiences. From Downtown and Buckhead to Cascade, Camp Creek, College Park, Stone Mountain, Riverdale and The Battery, these are the places we'd send travelers when the game matters, but so does where you're watching it.