January 28, 2008
Super Bowl travel articles
3 years ago I wrote about traveling to the Super Bowl, concluding that the money would be better spent on a European vacation. Well maybe because I just got back from Europe (though it wasn't easy) or maybe because the New York Giants (my team) are in the Super Bowl, I'm not going to insist on saving your money for other travels this year.
I'm not spending my money on Super Bowl travel, but now I understand (well almost understand) people who do.
If you want to go, here is a bit of quick advice. It's pretty standard stuff (make sure your hotel exists, make sure you get to see the game from the inside the stadium and not just some Phoenix sports bar, etc.). Obviously you need to be careful - lots of scammers want to make money selling counterfeit tickets to the big game.
According to this article, 125,000 people will visit Phoenix for the Super Bowl and many of them will want to play golf. People have been requesting tee times since a year ago so maybe people are crazy about football and golf...
Here is an interesting article on the business side of things from the hotel / resort perspective. According to this article the Super Bowl won't make the hotels a whole lot of money, but it does give them a chance to impress new guests and hopefully win repeat business.
Posted by James Trotta at January 28, 2008 10:40 AM | TrackBack
We have two beautiful homes 2bed /2bath that we would love to rent for the Superbowl weekend.We are located 15 minutes from the Stadium in a Country Club/Golf Course Community. We are within 10 minutes from 7 different Golf Courses plus one of the houses are on the Corte Bella Golf Course, a Troon Managed Course. Make us an offer. 702-292-9913.
Posted by: Nina at January 29, 2008 5:27 PM