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Editor’s note: Este artículo está traducido al español.
Scooter’s Pub in Las Vegas has become the go-to viewing destination for Seattle Seahawks fans on game day.
The bar’s popularity is undeniable: When $20 tickets went on sale for Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup pitting the Seahawks against the New England Patriots, all 250 spots sold out within days.
“It’s pretty cool that we have one team that everybody supports here,” said bar owner J.M. Pohorsky. “We have a pretty good group of core people that come no matter what.”
Pohorsky adopted the Seahawks as the bar’s team about 15 years ago and has followed them closely ever since. “It’s definitely good for business when they’re winning,” he added.
Take Jan. 25, when Seattle beat the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship game to earn its spot in the Super Bowl. Like every Sunday during the season, every television in the bar was tuned to the game.
Fans dressed in combinations of light gray, dark blue and lime green packed the pub, their vibrantly colored scarves, and brought cowbells, helping to create a sea of team spirit. “Seahawks Country” flags and team memorabilia hung beneath the TV screens, which were displaying players celebrating Seattle’s narrow victory.
Chants of “Sea-Hawks! Sea-Hawks!” echoed through the crowd. One fan waved a blue flag emblazoned with the number “12” — a tribute to the Seahawks’ famous “12th Man,” the stadium crowd whose roaring support is thought of as an extra player on the field.
“Are we going to the Super Bowl?” a gray-haired man asked into a microphone. The bar seemed to shake with the crowd’s resounding “Yes!”
Pohorsky expects much of that same energy Sunday.
Scooter’s Pub Sports Bar and Grill opened nearly 16 years ago at 6200 S. Rainbow Blvd. and quickly became the home for local and visiting Seahawks fans.
Pohorsky, 49, was born and raised in Las Vegas — long before the city had Allegiant Stadium or the Raiders. He grew up with a love of sports, especially football, even though his hometown had no team he could call his own.
Opening a sports bar had always been a dream, so Pohorsky partnered with his brother to launch Scooter’s. Shortly after opening, they were approached by the Sea Hawkers Booster Club, the official booster club of the Seahawks, whose original meeting spot was closing.
Just like that, Pohorsky had found his team — and a loyal fan base to go with it.
Game days now bring crowds of supporters in Seahawks jerseys, all embodying the spirit of the “12th Man.”
Just as the Sea Hawkers adopted Scooter’s Pub, Pohorsky adopted the Seahawks.
The Sea Hawkers meetings started small, but attendance exploded after the Seahawks’ back-to-back Super Bowl appearances in 2013-14 and 2014-15, Pohorsky said.
Now, a core group of locals shows up for nearly every game, and fans traveling from Seattle often stop by to watch when they’re in town. No marketing was needed, Pohorsky stressed — it’s all been word of mouth.
Pohorsky isn’t involved with the Sea Hawkers, but he meets with club leadership before every season to coordinate events, whether that’s football games or fundraising events.
Pohorsky says he’s doing everything to accommodate as many fans as he can while still creating a fun, comfortable experience for attendees. He’s added at least 24 chairs and four tabletops to his layout in anticipation of Sunday’s game.
During the NFC Championship game, the bar’s doorman had to turn away 100 to 150 people, Pohorsky said.
“Man!! Scooters will beast quake the building when the Hawks win,” Mike Bubnis, a local who moved from Washington, commented under a Las Vegas Sea Hawkers Facebook post announcing that reservations were sold out. (Marshawn Lynch’s “Beast Quake” run remains one of the most iconic plays in NFL history. In the 2011 playoffs against the New Orleans Saints, Lynch broke through nine tackles on a 67-yard game-winning touchdown run so electrifying that the celebration of fans in Seattle’s Qwest Field registered on nearby seismographs).
Carlos De La Fuente and Genesis Michell Rodriguez Garcia, both Las Vegas locals, fell in love with the team through the camaraderie of fellow fans. Rodriguez discovered her passion for the Seahawks 15 years ago while working at T.G.I. Friday’s and later converted her partner, De La Fuente, originally a Houston Texans fan. The couple plans to watch Sunday’s game at Scooter’s, where Rodriguez first experienced the contagious energy of Seahawks fandom a decade ago.
Earlier in the week, she got a manicure in Seahawks’ design for the occasion.
“I love that now it’s come full circle,” said Rodriguez while reminiscing about her first time at Scooter’s. “I appreciate the community that (Scooter’s) has brought; very friendly, very nice. I like to be in a group and have, just, the ambiance of cheering, going for the same team and being with your community. We want to have a good time on Sunday.”
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