{"id":4675,"date":"2026-04-09T12:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/hundreds-queue-outside-local-bars-for-national-championship-game\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:49:09","slug":"hundreds-queue-outside-local-bars-for-national-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/hundreds-queue-outside-local-bars-for-national-championship-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds queue outside local bars for national championship game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Students began lining up to get into many Ann Arbor bars on Monday \u2014 some even camping out Sunday evening \u2014 to watch the University of Michigan <a href=\"https:\/\/mgoblue.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\">men\u2019s basketball team<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2026-04-05\/unstoppable-meets-unbeaten-michigans-force-set-collide-uconns-april-magic\"> <\/a>play in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/\">National Collegiate Athletic Association<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2026-04-05\/unstoppable-meets-unbeaten-michigans-force-set-collide-uconns-april-magic\"> National Championship<\/a> game against the University of Connecticut Monday evening. The University\u2019s team<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/no-1-seed-michigan-blows-by-no-1-seed-arizona-from-the-jump-91-73-in-final-four\/\"> secured<\/a> a spot in the final Saturday and ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/michigan-wins-national-championship-69-63-knocks-off-connecticut\/\">won<\/a> the national championship game, 69-63.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of students prepared to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2026-04-05\/unstoppable-meets-unbeaten-michigans-force-set-collide-uconns-april-magic\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/\">National Collegiate Athletic Association<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2026-04-05\/unstoppable-meets-unbeaten-michigans-force-set-collide-uconns-april-magic\"> National Championship<\/a> game after the University of Michigan <a href=\"https:\/\/mgoblue.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\">men\u2019s basketball team<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/no-1-seed-michigan-blows-by-no-1-seed-arizona-from-the-jump-91-73-in-final-four\/\">secured<\/a> a spot in the final. Students began lining up to get into many Ann Arbor bars on Monday, with some choosing to camp from Sunday evening until bars opened on game day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Queues extended from the entrances of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charleysannarbor.com\/\">Good Time Charley\u2019s<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/scorekeepersa2.com\/\">Scorekeepers Bar and Grill<\/a>, with both announcing they will be hosting watch parties for the game. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWw5qLyAOWL\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">post<\/a> to Instagram, Good Time Charley\u2019s wrote they would allow attendees to enter the bar at 5 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Engineering junior Nathan Clark said he began queuing at Good Time Charley\u2019s at 6 a.m. Monday before switching to the line at<a href=\"https:\/\/cantinaannarbor.com\/\"> Cantina<\/a>. Clark said the limited amount of space available in the venue made arriving early necessary.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI knew that it would be crazy,\u201d Clark said. \u201cI knew a lot of people would want to come here, so I decided I\u2019d get ahead of (the crowd) and I\u2019d do things the right way and wait in line. We just wanted to make sure we got a spot and potentially a table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark said he was forced to join the line at Cantina instead because Good Time Charley\u2019s reached capacity based on the number of people already in front of him in line. He said the bar\u2019s management failed to control how large the line was, including prohibiting people from skipping the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Management) just didn\u2019t watch the line at all,\u201d Clark said. \u201cThey came out of the door earlier in the day and they said they were gonna come out and stamp people, take names, so everybody would be guaranteed a spot that had been waiting in line \u2014 that just never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Engineering junior Ryan Archer joined the queue at Cantina at 10 a.m. Monday and told The Daily the amount of people who cut into line ahead of him was frustrating. He also said he was prevented from entering Good Time Charley\u2019s because the bar was full.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShoutout to all the people that cut in front of us today,\u201d Archer said. \u201cNow the bar\u2019s at full capacity. Shoutout to all the people that ruined our day. \u2026 To be honest, there hasn\u2019t been any positives.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Attendees wishing to go to Scorekeepers Bar and Grill and other bars \u2014 such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ricksamericancafe.com\/ann-arbor\">Rick\u2019s American Cafe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/garagebarannarbor.com\/\">The Garage Bar<\/a> \u2014 could avoid the uncertainty by purchasing a ticket granting them entry to the venue through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lineleap.com\/\">LineLeap<\/a>, a platform allowing users to buy passes to skip lines. At Good Time Charley\u2019s, for example, the price for one such ticket <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.lineleap.com\/venues\/PgvEQqEwMR29WS67TNKP\">reached<\/a> $500.<\/p>\n<p>LSA freshman Nevaeh Pruitt told The Daily she thought queuing for long hours at Cantina, despite the chaos, was a good example of how students can show their pride in the University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University of Michigan basketball team is the best thing I have in my life right now,\u201d Pruitt said. \u201cNo one believed me when I said they were going to be good this year, and now everyone\u2019s out here. \u2026 We are all very proud of the school, and I think that is why everyone is so hyped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Daily News Editor Quinn Mittlestat can be reached at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/news\/business\/hundreds-queue-outside-local-bars-for-national-championship-game\/mailto:qlouise@umich.edu\"><em>qlouise@umich.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students began lining up to get into many Ann Arbor bars on Monday \u2014 some even camping out Sunday evening \u2014 to watch the University of Michigan men\u2019s basketball team play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association National Championship game against the University of Connecticut Monday evening. 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