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Why go to a bar on game weekends when you can tailgate?
To see people outside of your normal circle?
To hit on women who aren't close friends or relatives?
To visit old haunts from our college days and marvel at what has/hasn't changed?
To let someone else do the cooking?
To see catch up with people I worked with in college who are now bar owners themselves?
Lots of reasons.
Not to mention that tailgating wasn't always as big as it is now. For some of us of a certain vintage, the bars are part of long standing game weekend routines.