New York City / Manchester City
Where to Watch Man City
in NYC
Five verified rooms, a 235-member official branch with a real members' discount, and the hours problem nobody else has noticed.
Amity Hall's happy hour runs Mon–Fri noon to 7pm; Rivercrest runs $6 drafts to 7pm.
- 5 verified rooms
- 235 Sky Blues members
- members save 10%
- earliest door 7am
The short version
- The homeAmity Hall Downtown — Sky Blues since 2018, every match, 10% off for members.
- The problemAmity Hall's published weekend door is 11am. For a 7:30am kickoff, call ahead or go to Legends.
- 7:30am kickoffThe Football Factory at Legends — 7am Saturday, in writing. No City group, but the door opens.
- Best dealRivercrest, Astoria — $6 drafts, $12 cocktails, weekdays to 7pm. Sound on.
- Membership math$25 early-bird, $30 from September, free under 16 — and 10% off your tab every matchday.
The place to watch Manchester City in NYC is Amity Hall Downtown at 80 W 3rd St in Greenwich Village, official home of the New York Sky Blues since 2018 — a 235-member branch founded in 2007, registered as a 501(c)(3), where a $25 membership gets you 10% off your tab on matchdays. Now the thing every other list repeats without checking: Amity Hall's published weekend opening is 11am, which does not cover a 7:30am or a 10am kickoff. The club says the venue opens early for morning games; nobody publishes a time. For a dawn kickoff, The Football Factory at Legends is the only Manhattan room with 7am in writing — and no City group meets there. Below: five verified rooms and the honest trade-off between allegiance and logistics across five Man City bars NYC can actually get into.
At a glance
The club's home first, then the rooms that solve its hours problem. Tap a number on the map.
| Bar | The deal | Days | Early kickoffs | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amity Hall Downtown | 10% off for members; HH window 12–7pm | Mon–Fri | Opens early — no published time | $$$ |
| The Football Factory at Legends | No published HH | Sat 7am–7pm; Sun 9am–7pm | The 7:30am answer | $$$ |
| Smithfield Hall | No published HH; pints $7.50–$12 | Not published | Not published — call | $$$ |
| Banter | No HH; breakfast to 11am | Daily 2pm, early for matches | Doors 15 min before kick-off | $$$ |
| Rivercrest | $6 drafts, $12 cocktails, $7 wine, $5 Jäger | Mon–Fri (+ late night Mon–Thu) | No — 11am weekend door | $$$ |
Map: where these 5 bars are
One in the Village, two in Midtown, one in Williamsburg, one in Astoria.
Pins are numbered to match the table above – tap any pin for the details and directions.
The Sky Blues' home
The official Manchester City supporters club in New York, founded 2007, watches here. More rooms in our guide to the best soccer bars in NYC.
Amity Hall Downtown On now
The Verdict: the rare case where the bar and the supporters club both say it out loud. Amity Hall calls itself the official home of the New York City branch of the Manchester City Supporters Club, showing every match, no exceptions; the Sky Blues say the same from their side. They have been here since 2018, after the Mad Hatter in Kips Bay. Ten-plus TVs and two of the biggest projector screens in the Village. The Local Move: membership is $25 early-bird or $30 from September, and it gets you 10% off your tab on matchdays — it pays for itself in about three visits. The Honest Caveat: the published weekend door is 11am. The club's FAQ says the venue opens at least half an hour before kickoff and closer to kickoff for early morning matches, but nobody publishes a number. For a 7:30am game, ring 212-677-2290 first.
downtown.amityhallnyc.com · See our Greenwich Village happy hours
Midtown, and the early-kickoff problem
Two big Midtown rooms. Neither hosts a City group, and one of them solves the 7:30am problem. See also the best sports bars in NYC.
The Football Factory at Legends
The Verdict: the answer to the one problem the Sky Blues' home room cannot solve. Amity Hall opens at 11am on paper; Legends publishes 7am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday. If City draw the dawn slot and you cannot get a straight answer on the phone, this is where you go. The Why it is worth stating plainly: we read the full supporters-group roster here — around thirty clubs, Chelsea and Newcastle and Palace and Fulham and Villa among them — and Manchester City is not on it. So you get the early door and twenty big screens, and no City crowd. The Honest Caveat: closes 7pm at weekends, and it is 21+.
legendsffnyc.com · See our best sports bars in NYC
Smithfield Hall
The Verdict: the biggest screen count on this page and the most honest warning label. Twenty-six TVs and two bars inside, twenty-seven tables, eight more screens and nine heated tables outside — all from their own site. Nine supporters clubs meet here and City is not one of them, so this is a room to watch the match in, not a room to sing in. The Honest Caveat, straight from Smithfield's own football page: the fixtures listing does not guarantee a TV for all games. On a crowded Saturday with three clubs in, a City game can lose the room. Email hello@smithfieldnyc.com and reserve. They publish no hours and no happy hour, whatever you have read elsewhere.
smithfieldnyc.com · See our Chelsea happy hours
Brooklyn and Queens
Two outer-borough rooms worth the trip. More in our Brooklyn and Queens guides.
Banter
The Verdict: if you live in Brooklyn, this beats crossing the river. Banter publishes the most useful sentence of any bar in this research — open early for all English Premier League and international soccer, doors fifteen minutes before kick-off — and it means it, despite posted hours of 2pm to midnight. Breakfast until 11am at $8 a sandwich, $12 Bloody Marys, twenty-four taps, CNN top-ten by their own citation. The Honest Caveat: it is small, about eighty standing, no phone published, and it is Brooklyn Spurs' home room. On a City–Spurs day you are outnumbered and the beer is still good.
banterbrooklyn.com · See our Williamsburg happy hours
Rivercrest On now
The Verdict: the best value on this page by a distance, and the only room in this whole research that states in writing that it shows matches with the sound on. Six-dollar sixteen-ounce drafts, $12 cocktails on tap, $7 wine and $5 Jäger shots, from open until 7pm Monday to Friday, then again 10pm to 2am Monday to Thursday. Monday is a burger, fries and a draft for $18. Three thousand square feet, indoors and out, reservations accepted. The Honest Caveat and it is unavoidable: the happy hour is weekdays only and the weekend door is 11am. This is your midweek Champions League room, not your Saturday morning one.
rivercrestny.com · See our Astoria happy hours
Watching Manchester City in NYC: FAQ
Where is the official Manchester City supporters club bar in NYC?
Amity Hall Downtown at 80 W 3rd St in Greenwich Village, home of the New York Sky Blues since 2018. The branch was founded in 2007, has 235 members on Manchester City's own directory, and is a registered 501(c)(3) that has raised over $155,000 for charity. The bar states on its own site that it is the official home of the NYC branch and shows every match, no exceptions.
What does New York Sky Blues membership cost and what do you get?
$25 early-bird or $30 from September for adults, $20–$25 for ages 17–21 and over-60s, and free for under-16s. The most useful benefit is 10% off your tab at Amity Hall on matchdays. Membership also brings Etihad ticket applications, priority seating for finals, members-only events and player meet-and-greets, and it is tax-deductible.
Does Amity Hall open early for Manchester City morning kickoffs?
It does, but no time is published. Amity Hall's posted weekend hours are 11am on both Saturday and Sunday, which does not cover a 7:30am or 10am kickoff. The Sky Blues' own FAQ says the venue opens at least half an hour before kickoff and “closer to kickoff” for early morning matches. Call 212-677-2290 to confirm before a dawn game. No reservations are required.
Which NYC bar opens earliest for a Premier League kickoff?
The Football Factory at Legends at 6 W 33rd St, which publishes 7am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday — the only early door in Manhattan stated in writing. It closes at 7pm on both weekend days. Note that City is not among the roughly thirty supporters groups that meet there, so you get the early opening and the screens without a City crowd. In Brooklyn, Banter opens 15 minutes before any kick-off.
Can you drink at 7:30am in New York for an early kickoff?
Not right away. New York State licenses on-premises alcohol from 8am Monday through Saturday and not until 10am on Sunday, in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens alike. A 7:30am Saturday kickoff therefore starts with coffee and the taps open at 8am, and a 7:30am Sunday kickoff means no alcohol until the second half. It is why bars with early doors build breakfast menus.
Last updated: August 2026. Kickoff times, opening hours and deals change – confirm with the venue before you go. Spot something out of date? Let us know.
