After graduating from the University of Oregon, a good friend of mine moved to Seattle to begin his career. An avid UO Duck football fan, he found it frustrating to find a local bar to watch his Alama Mater play on Saturday. He knew he couldn't be the only one, so he developed:
University of Oregon graduate Ryan Lewis '02 founder of www.FanSpan.com has a solution. www.FanSpan.com gives sports fans the opportunity to search for a local, fan-friendly sports environment to watch their favorite teams. The website locates and categorizes these bars/restaurants as watch sites, and identifies them by the teams and sports they associate themselves with.
Lewis says, "Our vision for FanSpan.com is to connect sports fans in both a virtual environment as well as a physical one. With FanSpan.com, people will be able to find a local fan-friendly atmosphere to watch a game, get a hold of old friends, and make some new ones. We want to help foster the community that sports create."
"Macadam's Bar & Grill (an Official UO Watch Party Location in Portland, OR) is one of many watch sites on FanSpan.com," said proprietor Ryan Steele. "FanSpan.com allows us to promote our establishment to sports fans looking to watch their favorite teams, but it also allows us to promote other events that are going on that will appeal to our patrons as well."
Membership on FanSpan.com is free; however, non-members will be allowed to use the watch site search function. Logged-in members have the ability to:
~ Search for watch sites
~ Review and critique watch sites based on different criteria
~ Upload personal photos and videos to their profile
~ Locate friends and fans in their community or around the nation
~ Post blogs
~ Create and join groups
The current watch site list covers over 2,500 bars and restaurants across the U.S. pertaining to the following sports: Football (NFL & NCAA), Soccer (MLS & English Premier), Mixed Martial Arts, NASCAR, Basketball (NBA & NCAA), Hockey (NHL & NCAA), Rugby and Baseball (MLB & NCAA).
To sign up, go to FanSpan.com.
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