its amazing the money it brings in...
when i lived in Lakeland, FL, i worked at a hotel, when the Superbowl came to Tampa....Now Lakeland is about 30 minutes from Tampa, and Tampa has a ton of hotels, as does Sarasota, and Clearwater, both closer..
The hotel i worked at back then (early 90's), our rooms were 39.95, and 49.95 for the upgraded rooms...was a mid-class Quality Inn....For the week of the Superbowl, our rooms went for 169.95, and 199.95 for upgrade, with a minimum stay of 3 days, and paid in advance, no c/c holds, had to be billed to hold room, and we were sold out 4 months before the superbowl....
was amazing.....
These rooms are sold out before anyone knows who is in the game...So it isn't "local" fans taking them, just superbowl fans....
Was amazing....
when i lived in Lakeland, FL, i worked at a hotel, when the Superbowl came to Tampa....Now Lakeland is about 30 minutes from Tampa, and Tampa has a ton of hotels, as does Sarasota, and Clearwater, both closer..
The hotel i worked at back then (early 90's), our rooms were 39.95, and 49.95 for the upgraded rooms...was a mid-class Quality Inn....For the week of the Superbowl, our rooms went for 169.95, and 199.95 for upgrade, with a minimum stay of 3 days, and paid in advance, no c/c holds, had to be billed to hold room, and we were sold out 4 months before the superbowl....
was amazing.....
These rooms are sold out before anyone knows who is in the game...So it isn't "local" fans taking them, just superbowl fans....
Was amazing....
bucsfan67 said:
Bucs, a common thing seen every year are speculators booking rooms. Those prices are "cheap", they could turn around and sell them for $300/night and book the difference. Partially because the hotels are in on the scam. With things prepaid they couldn't care less who uses the room. Since tickets in hand are hard to come by up until about 10 days before the game, lots of scalpers have turned to hotel room scalping as a secondary or even main gig. Especially on hotels like the one you describe. If the customer says $300 is too high, he starts calling around closer to the city and finds that is the going rate. Not having any clue how far the stadium and sights are, the clueless guy decides to book it. Thing is start calling around Friday night. The prices plummet just like the tickets close to game time. The Motel 6 like properties that jack the rates up to $200/night suddenly are back to charging $60/night for the last 5 or 6 rooms they have because no one is coming to town anymore. The savvy regulars know the game, they know the proper range of where to stay, and they know all the tricks. This year is a little tougher since no one seems to know a thing about Jacksonville except the locals, but I am sure there are still tricks to use.
