Le Players

Les Halles / Rivoli - 1er / 2eme, Paris –

A stadium-sized sports bar and club, Le Players specializes in soccer matches and themed soirées for university students, but has enough TVs available to lure any fan of rugby, basketball, and even baseball.

At three stories high, the venue can play host to close to one thousand revelers, from the massive dance floor downstairs to the long rows of simple modern tables and brown leather couches that make up most of the mezzanine and top floor.

During the day it’s all sports bar, attracting large groups of college kids and preppy young professionals with its thirty flat-screens tuned to every game imaginable. But come nighttime on Thursdays through Saturdays, the place buzzes with bustling packs of dolled-up twenty-somethings ready to mingle and dance under a glass ceiling lit by multicolored strobe lights.

The 80s and 90s Nights on Thursdays are a big hit with a regular clientele probably born in the 80s and 90s, while Tout Doit Disparaître! (Everything Must Go) night on Fridays promises some of the cheaper ways to get sauced in the area.

The basic menu of burgers and tapas won’t win any culinary awards, but two bars keep the crowds swimming in brews and sweet cocktails while bottle service areas allow folks to get a little spendy if the spirit moves.

Whether for a widely-viewed international soccer game or an unknown bout of basketball, or to club it up till dawn with a young crowd, Le Players makes it easy to get comfortable and stay le night.