CDAGRIZ said:
Why not just grab a sixer, order takeout from a few places, and watch it in the hotel room with the shades closed? With any luck, it could feel like you're not even in Billings.
Well... no hotel room either. I'm actually in Hardin visiting my parents (in their 70s) who will both be going with me. They have appointments in Billings in the morning, so it just works out that I'll be there for game time. Neither of my parents watch sports of any kind but they're willing to try to get through this for me so the more comfortable they are the more likely I can stay for the entire game. Last Saturday right after I landed we went to Tiny's and I got lucky with the game being on. We stayed until about halftime and as soon as we got out my dad was complaining about how loud it was in there, if that's any indication of how my parents are (I thought it was fine).
I brought up Hooligans as a place to go, but one of their friends told them it's "very loud" so they're not wanting to go there. Instead, my parents are pulling very hard for "Fiddlers Green" but I don't trust their judgement for this sort of of thing. I can't find any info on Fiddlers Green online, is this a decent option? Is Hooligans going to be terribly loud for my elderly, non-sports, parents?
I should just try to steal one of their vehicles tomorrow and go scout locations for myself. The other option I'm thinking is send them off to do whatever they need to do and I'll uber to one of the recommendations given here.