THE SIDELINES : Super Rates for Super Bowl
- Share via
NEW ORLEANS — City officials, stymied over a shortage of hotel-motel rooms for the Super Bowl football game Jan. 28, want to make sure no similar problem arises the next time.
The shortage for the Denver-San Francisco game has driven up prices in the business and French Quarter areas. Rooms that might normally rent for $100 a night are going for three to five times that rate.
As a result, hotels and motels have been asked not to lease blocks of rooms to tour agencies in 1994--the next time officials hope the Super Bowl will be played in the Louisiana Superdome--Mayor Sidney Barthelemy said Tuesday.
Go beyond the scoreboard
Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
