{"id":293194,"date":"2019-02-05T06:06:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=293194"},"modified":"2019-02-05T06:06:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:06:19","slug":"saipan-fans-join-super-bowl-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-fans-join-super-bowl-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan fans join Super Bowl party"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-293194 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-fans-join-super-bowl-party\/superbowlpix1\/'>superbowlpix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293195'>\n\t\t\t\tNew England Patriots fans celebrate after their team scored a touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams during the Super Bowl LIII party Charley\u2019s Cabaret of Pacific Islands Club Saipan hosted yesterday. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-fans-join-super-bowl-party\/superbowlpix2\/'>superbowlpix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293196'>\n\t\t\t\tA group of Patriots fans poses for a photo at Joe\u2019s Bar during the halftime break of Super Bowl LIII. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-fans-join-super-bowl-party\/superbowlpix3\/'>superbowlpix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293197'>\n\t\t\t\tJoseph Deleon Guerrero, right, poses with his friends as they watch Super Bowl LIII at the Charley\u2019s Cabaret of Pacific Islands Club Saipan. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-fans-join-super-bowl-party\/superbowlpix4\/'>superbowlpix4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293198'>\n\t\t\t\tSpectators at Amari\u2019s Tavern are glued on the TV screens during the third quarter of the game between the Patriots and Rams. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-fans-join-super-bowl-party\/superbowlpix5\/'>superbowlpix5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293199'>\n\t\t\t\tRams fans Carl Hocog, left, and Guam transplant Benjie Pangelinan at Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan\u2019s The End Zone. (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-fans-join-super-bowl-party\/superbowlpix6\/'>superbowlpix6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-293200'>\n\t\t\t\tRams and Patriots fans react to a play during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIII. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Good game (at least, defensively), good food, good company. What\u2019s not to like in Super Bowl LIII party hosted by various hotels and restaurants on island yesterday?<\/p>\n<p>At Joe\u2019s Bar in Beach Road, around 40 enjoyed drinks, breakfast, and lunch for $25. Hyatt Regecy Saipan, Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan, Amari\u2019s Tavern, and Pacific Islands Club Saipan also offered free-flowing food and drinks and raffle prizes. Spectators got freebies\/Super Bowl merchandise, too from event sponsors plus some cash to New England Patriots fans who won in friendly bets against their friends who rooted for the underdogs Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always go to Super Bowl Party, especially if my Patriots are the ones playing,\u201d said Vince Terry, who came to watch the Pats historic feat wearing the team\u2019s hat and shirt. \u201cSix championship, one quarterback. Who would not watch history unfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over at Amari\u2019s Tavern, a mixed of Pats and Rams fans enjoyed the defense-oriented game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth teams are doing well on defense, I just hope that the underdogs will win (the match was tied at 3-all by the end of the third when he was interviewed) . I always go for the underdogs every time I watched Super Bowl and I am tired of Brady,\u201d said Ray Cepeda, who was seated next to his friend, Jason Fejeran\u2014a Pats fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to watch the Super Bowl with your buddies even though we support different teams. We have a friendly competition here,\u201d Fejeran said.<\/p>\n<p>Joyce Cabrera also enjoyed the company of her husband, Peter John, and their friends, and the festive atmosphere at Amari\u2019s Tavern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a particular team, but since my husband supports the Rams, I go for the Rams, too,\u201d Cabrera said.<\/p>\n<p>At Charley\u2019s Cabaret of Pacific Islands Club Saipan, former House Speaker Joseph Deleon Guerrero was with his golf buddies and since his Seattle Seahawks did not make it to Super Bowl, he rooted for the Rams\u2014his son\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son is an avid Rams fan and to support him, I am wearing the jersey of his favorite player\u2014running back Todd Gurley,\u201d Deleon Guerrero said.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams are also close to Jay Santos\u2019 heart so even though things were not looking good for his team, he is sticking with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was born and raised in Los Angeles. I always come here at PIC to watch Super Bowl because they always host a great party and this year, of course, I will not miss the show, as my Rams are in it,\u201d Santos said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 150 packed Hyatt Regency Saipan\u2019s ballroom with Patriots fans easily outnumbering Rams\u2019 supporters at the Garapan landmark\u2019s Super Bowl Watch Party.<\/p>\n<p>Hyatt executive chef Gabrielle Colombo said he estimates that New England fans outnumber Los Angeles\u2019 with 60 percent of them in the venue bleeding blue, red, and white. <\/p>\n<p>One fan, Jason A. Lizama, said he\u2019s been a New England follower ever since he remembers\u2014or at least since Tom Brady replaced Drew Bledsoe under center. <\/p>\n<p>He said the Patriots dynasty will surely continue with a win in Super Bowl LIII even though at the time of the interview they were just ahead, 3-0, in the third quarter. <\/p>\n<p>Mary Anne Lizama and her husband rooted for the Rams because like most of those not supporting the Patriots, they just want another team to go home with the Lombardi Trophy. <\/p>\n<p>At Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan\u2019s The End Zone at the Chambre, former representative Absalon Waki and Rams supporters didn\u2019t mind being outnumbered by Pats fans. <\/p>\n<p>While really a Cowboys fan, Waki said he wants the Rams to win because it\u2019s time for change in the NFL and for the younger generation to take the mantle from Brady and Patriots coach Bill Belichick. <\/p>\n<p>Waki shared the table with fellow Rams fans Carl Hocog and Guam native Benjie Pangelinan.  Hocog jokingly said he wants Los Angeles to beat New England because LA is closer to Saipan than Boston. <\/p>\n<p>Pangelinan, who is a baseball legend in Guam, said he was expecting a higher scoring game at 3-3 at the end of the three quarters, but was hopeful that the fireworks would happen in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a defensive game that was played well by both teams. Bill Belichick knows how to prepare for defense. They dominated the defensive line and controlled the game,\u201d he said, while adding that Brady just did enough to win and Rams quarterback Jared Goff showed his inexperience.<\/p>\n<p>Fiesta\u2019s Socorro Huliganga said more than 60 viewers showed up at their Super Bowl party with majority of them indeed rooting for the eventual Super Bowl champions New England Patriots. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good game (at least, defensively), good food, good company. 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