Drink and food specials galore for football season in Las Vegas

Football season arrives in Las Vegas with fans ready to wager on big games, college and professional alike. And with any good pigskin matchup comes food and drink specials up and down the Strip.

Here are five ways to grab the best game-day specials in Las Vegas:

Head over to the Pub at Monte Carlo for an all-you-can-eat brunch, with limitless alcohol included, for $45 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Nab Bud and Bud Light draughts for $4 and beer buckets for five for $20 during all college and pro games.

Michael Mina’s Pub 1842 keeps fans buzzed with a bottomless Bloody Mary bar for $25, 12-ounce draughts of Goose Island for $5 and raffles every Monday night at the MGM Grand. Buy a featured drink and get one raffle ticket for prizes such as helmets, jerseys and hats.

Chef Laurent Tourondel’s BLT Burger at the Mirage serves up $5 draughts of featured craft beers, including Brooklyn Brown, Firestone Easy Jack IPA and Fat Tire. Go big or go home with mixed beer buckets of Modelo Especial and Corona for five for $20.

Tap Sports Bar at the MGM Grand leans on featured cocktails for $8 that include the Jack Daniels Tennessee Betty with a little lemon sour, ginger liqueur and lavender syrup.

The very new Vice Versa Patio & Lounge inside Vdara dishes out buckets of Stella Artois, Goose Island and Bud Light at five for $25 or an Absolut vodka Bloody Mary for $10. Hungry? The nachos are $18.