Game On Happy Hour. Off-Strip

Game On is built for the group that wants to park in front of a wall of TVs and stay through a full game. Locals on Boulder Highway, casino regulars, friends splitting a table for a Sunday slate. It is a watch-the-game bar, not a place you pick for a quiet conversation or a careful cocktail.

The happy hour is the reason to circle it on a weekday. Monday through Friday, 3 to 6pm, you can do all-you-can-drink well cocktails and selected draft beer for $20 flat. Pace yourself and that twenty dollars stretches across a long afternoon, which is the kind of math that makes Boulder Station worth the drive over the Strip.

The setup is exactly what you would expect from a casino sports bar: lots of screens, predictable bar food, and a steady crowd of regulars who treat the place like a living room. Nobody is dressing up. Nobody is checking a velvet rope.

Find it inside Boulder Station at 4111 Boulder Hwy, which means free garage parking and none of the Strip premiums. Come for a game with people who drink at a similar speed, claim a table early on a busy day, and let the $20 deal carry the tab. As always, double-check the current pour list and deal with the bar before you commit your afternoon to it.