- by foxnews
- 05 Apr 2025
As Super Bowl LIX nears, Americans are getting ready to root for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, with some traveling to "The Big Easy."
The championship game will take place at New Orleans' Caesars Superdome with a capacity of 83,000 spectators, according to Reuters.
A Motel 6 located in the downtown area of New Orleans is charging $505 to stay in a standard room on Feb. 8 - the night before Super Bowl Sunday - and $456 to stay the night of the Super Bowl, according to Hotels.com search results.
A limited number of rooms are available.
Nightly stays drop as low as $71 in the summer months.
Another Motel 6 in the New Orleans area is charging $300 per night to stay the day before and the day of the Super Bowl. Those prices drop to $54 on Feb. 10.
Other low-budget hotels also appear to be cashing in on the fandom - raising prices more than triple their normal daily rates.
Prices for rooms started at $782.67 per night for a room with two double beds, according to search results on Super 8 by Wyndham's website. Bookings for Feb. 8 through Feb. 10 are no longer available.
Fox News Digital reached out to Super 8 for comment.
The site also lists Quality Inn New Orleans I-10 East rooms with prices beginning at $724 per night.
Fox News Digital reached out to Red Roof Inn for comment.
The Super Bowl is scheduled to take place on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 6:30 p.m. ET.
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