{"id":8470,"date":"2025-10-28T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?p=8470"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:20:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:20:38","slug":"olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"582\">The most dedicated Rytas Vilnius fans will soon have a new place to gather and watch the team\u2019s away games together. On October 30, the <em>OlyBar<\/em>\u00a0sports bar will host the official opening of the Rytas Fan Embassy, featuring appearances by players and coaches, along with games, gifts, and special surprises for supporters.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"930\">Rytas started the 2025\u201326 season strongly, winning 5 of their first 6 games in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and 2 of 3 in the Basketball Champions League (BCL). While the team splits its home games between two arenas in Vilnius, this week the club is also introducing a space where fans can unite and support the team during road games.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"1202\">The official Rytas Fan Embassy will be hosted at <em data-start=\"985\" data-end=\"993\">OlyBar<\/em> \u2014 a well-known sports bar located on Konstitucijos Avenue, operating since 2013. The venue is popular among sports fans for its large screens and regular live broadcasts of basketball and other sports events.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"1202\">\u201cWe always aim to stay close to our community, and it\u2019s important that our fans have a place where they can share emotions, feel part of the club, and support Rytas even when the team is playing away,\u201d said Rytas general manager Jaroslav Latu\u0161inskij. \u201cThe Fan Embassy is another step to bring Rytas closer to people, their everyday life, and the city\u2019s community atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1587\" data-end=\"1900\">The official opening event on Thursday, October 30, will feature Rytas players and coaches, as well as interactive games, club merchandise giveaways, contests, cheerleaders, DJ music, and other surprises for fans. The event will take place at <em data-start=\"1834\" data-end=\"1842\">OlyBar<\/em> (Konstitucijos pr. 20, Vilnius) starting at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1587\" data-end=\"1900\">\u201cOur fans have always been more than spectators \u2013 they are part of Rytas,\u201d added Latu\u0161inskij. \u201cWe want the Fan Embassy to be a place where that community spirit continues, whether it\u2019s watching away games or just spending time with fellow supporters. Every such place in Vilnius is a small part of Rytas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2371\">The bar\u2019s menu will now include a special Rytas snack set, and the venue will display team trophies and signed jerseys to highlight the club\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2371\">\u201cThe Rytas fan community sets an example for Lithuanian sports with their passion and unity,\u201d said <em data-start=\"2474\" data-end=\"2482\">OlyBar<\/em> manager Algirdas Mulevi\u010dius. \u201cWe love sports and want to share that enthusiasm with as many people as possible. We invite everyone to join us and enjoy top-level sports broadcasts together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most dedicated Rytas Vilnius fans will soon have a new place to gather and watch the team\u2019s away games together. On October 30, the OlyBar\u00a0sports bar will host the official opening of the Rytas Fan Embassy, featuring appearances by players and coaches, along with games, gifts, and special surprises for supporters. Rytas started the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rytas","category-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The most dedicated Rytas Vilnius fans will soon have a new place to gather and watch the team\u2019s away games together. On October 30, the OlyBar\u00a0sports bar will host the official opening of the Rytas Fan Embassy, featuring appearances by players and coaches, along with games, gifts, and special surprises for supporters. Rytas started the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T10:16:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-05T12:20:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/olybet.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"714\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/olybet.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-28T10:16:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-05T12:20:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/olybet.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/olybet.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":714},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"bcvilnius.lt\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rytas\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/category\/rytas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/\",\"name\":\"BC \u201eRytas\u201c\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","og_description":"The most dedicated Rytas Vilnius fans will soon have a new place to gather and watch the team\u2019s away games together. On October 30, the OlyBar\u00a0sports bar will host the official opening of the Rytas Fan Embassy, featuring appearances by players and coaches, along with games, gifts, and special surprises for supporters. Rytas started the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/","og_site_name":"Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","article_published_time":"2025-10-28T10:16:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-05T12:20:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":714,"url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/olybet.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/","name":"\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/olybet.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-28T10:16:12+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-05T12:20:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/olybet.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/olybet.jpg","width":1500,"height":714},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/olybar-sports-bar-becomes-the-official-rytas-vilnius-fan-embassy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"bcvilnius.lt","item":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rytas","item":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/category\/rytas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"\u201cOlyBar\u201d Sports Bar Becomes the Official Rytas Vilnius Fan Embassy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/","name":"BC \u201eRytas\u201c","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt"],"url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8565,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470\/revisions\/8565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}