The Arena Bar

Love this bar on our way home from Tombstone. Lovely bartenders and great food. Rosa is the sweetest!Love the pulled pork sandwiches.

A young woman wrote a review about the Arena on 4/21/21. I was there along with quite a few other people. She walked thru the door yelling it was her birthday (looking for free drinks?). Obviously drunk to many so customers were glad she moved on out the door. I go out for a drink about 3-4 times a year. Not a clicky bar but does have people willing to say hello when treated with respect.

Place is a dam joke I went there for a couple cocktails and they cut me off after one. I do not recommend! it's obviously a very clicky bar where everyone knows everyone and if your out of their group you don't belong! stay away if you can!

The Arena Bar has always been a favorite up until recently for my husband and I. We frequent the bar on a weekly basis, I feel like we are pretty good customers, don't start any crap, go home when we should etc. They had a roping and my husband was walking across the landing of the bleachers and he fell through a weak spot. A gal whose husband does maintenance for the bar's owner came over and asked if he was OK and went inside. I went inside and reported it to the bar's manager at the time and that gal that witnessed it backed me up. A little while later the gals husband came out with a board and repaired it, he mentions to me and my husband how he told the bar owner that she needed to replace that board before someone got hurt. Now if we were the suing kind, BAM there would have been a lawsuit. But we aren't. The whole thing that has upset us and still has us upset is Dantre was standing at the end of the stairs that night and did not have the descents to say hey I am sorry you got hurt, I hope you'll be OK or a month later when she seen me in at Walmart say Hey how's your husband? For that, I will NEVER give her a dime of my business again.

It doesn't matter where you are coming from, The Arena is worth the drive. What a refreshing and welcoming place. Be sure to stop by and make some new friends. Thank you for making our night and stay in Benson so great. Expect to see us again soon.

This is a great place to stop if i need of refreshment in Benson. The bar sits directly beside a rodeo arena. They had several events scheduled for the week from roping to a full rodeo, sadly we missed any action on the day we stopped in. The bar its self is clean enough despite being as old as the hills. There is a weathered looking pool table and two horrible televisions that seem to be showing QVC and ESPN... hard to tell with all the static. Homemade beef jerky available if your hungry and/or brave.The great news is that this place has an old school liquor license that allows for patrons to take their drink anywhere on 4+ acre property. Also, the prices here are good and they have a decent selection. No complaints on the service.

Bar has a friendly atmosphere. Some nights there's music. Sometimes there's barrel racing, rodeo roping, etc. There's also vendor bazaars or swap meets. You just never know what's going on without checking their facebook page but it's always fun. Oh and the drinks are great!

Every good food nice people music wasn't loud good atmosphere. And they have truck parking for 18 wheelers.

Great view and people. Tacos on Monday, and other munchies. This place has been a home away from home for many years!

Well... it's been awhile since I was here, but on this visit the place has gone way downhill. The bar glasses were dirty, no food or snacks offered, and absolutely no atmosphere. Won't be back!