{"id":148405,"date":"2026-02-09T00:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/148405\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T00:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:06:07","slug":"community-gathers-at-fort-myers-gastropub-for-super-bowl-pregame-party-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/148405\/","title":{"rendered":"Community gathers at Fort Myers gastropub for Super Bowl pregame party | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. &#8211; The Super Bowl isn&#8217;t just about football; it&#8217;s also a major event for local businesses in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>Fans gathered early at the G-Spot Gastropub in downtown Fort Myers, where the parking lot transformed into a lively pregame party.<\/p>\n<p>Music, food, and games filled the outdoor space, drawing football enthusiasts hours before kickoff. The bar hosted a live DJ, fired up an outdoor grill and bar, and set up games to entertain the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re one of the only places downtown that has a parking lot. So we took advantage of that,&#8221; said Jeremy Christenson, the event planner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It brings in a big influx of people, locals, tourists. Everybody that wants to come in wants a good sports bar with great food, good drinks, awesome service to come experience the game in a very awesome environment,&#8221; said Christenson.<\/p>\n<p>Event organizers aimed to create a community atmosphere, offering a place for people to hang out, eat, drink, and build excitement before the Super Bowl. The pregame party ran all afternoon, with the celebration continuing inside for the big game&#8217;s kickoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. &#8211; The Super Bowl isn&#8217;t just about football; it&#8217;s also a major event for local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":{"0":"post-148405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","12":"tag-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}