Die Hards & Dive Bars: Chicago Bears fans in downtown Tampa

Fans always know how to throw a party, and today on FOX 13, Die Harts and Die Bars is absolutely no exception. I'm Sean Perry. We've got our producer, Kaylee Emery, in the DJ booth right now, because Kaylee... I'm on the ones and twos, because today we're hanging out with a bunch of Die Harts who are rooting for... Da Bears! When a breeze blows in from the Windy City, there's a good chance you'll find it at a Chicago Bears watch party just like this one. A lot of friendly people. You got a lot of people walking around. It feels really homey. And this home belongs to some diehards known as the Bears fans of Tampa Bay. And about three years ago, Chicago native Mike Wells wanted to gather some like-minded football fans from around the Tampa Bay area and started this club to bring Bears fans out of a slumber. Well, you know, it's one of those things, I think we were all in hibernation. To be honest with you, Bears fans were just waiting for a moment to really come out of the woodwork. It's a Bears joke for you, by the way. It is, yeah. Now, these Bears fans are asleep no more, with Mike and his crew hosting watch parties every game day here at 511 Franklin in downtown Tampa and across the Bay Area. We're going for about three years, four locations, so we have Trouble Waters in Safety Harbor, Wrigley's Pizza in St. Pete, 511 Franklin here in Tampa, and then Outkast Brewing down in south St. Pete. Four locations for, according to Mike, more than $5,000. Hungry Bears fans. You've got 5,300 people. That's why we have four locations and maybe a fifth on the way. These Bears fans here say they're happy to party with any and all fans. So to test that, we put our resident Vikings fan, Kaylee, to the test. I got to ask, what do you think of the Vikings this year? Here. After what happened, you have the nerve to ask me that. What do you think about the Vikings this year? They suck. Good luck. I'm a Vikings fan, so, you know. Sorry. Well, what's a game day without a little trash talk anyway? We welcome everybody, you know, but at the same time, you know, they don't do it like we do it. And how these fans do it each game day is something they're proud to show off. We go to the next level. All of our locations are a different vibe, different energy, but 5-11, our goal here is to really turn it up. Turning up for a team that, right now, is turning out win after win. These diehards are proud to stake their claim here in Tampa Bay.