When it comes to major events, few cities in the U.S. are better suited to host than Las Vegas. There’s no shortage of hotels with a range across every class. You have bed bug-ridden dumps to multi-billion-dollar mega-resorts. The options in Vegas are seemingly endless.
But given the high demand for hotel rooms at this year’s Super Bowl, the NFL blocked off rooms for media at subsidized rates. And you’ll never guess the hotels that the league settled on for its esteemed contingent of reporters (OK, maybe you will).
According to Arash Markazi, the NFL selected the Luxor as the primary media hotel for the Super Bowl. Now, the Luxor has been around for 30-plus years, and it’s been plagued with issues. The giant Dorito should be a warning in its own. Plus, this past March Madness, the NCAA placed UConn at the Luxor for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. And the hotel was so subpar that the team packed up, left and made new arrangements at Resorts World.
The designated media hotel for the Super Bowl is the Luxor, which will look like a giant Doritos chip for the Super Bowl. pic.twitter.com/ECUNzbc7rb
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 29, 2024
And if you needed any additional proof that the league hates its media, the secondary media hotel will be Excalibur — a common choice for the worst hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
UPDATE: All media hotel rooms are sold out at the Luxor. The NFL has opened an additional block of media rooms at the Excalibur. https://t.co/qQsbUqmKm8 pic.twitter.com/HfC1o1s78W
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 30, 2024
Bed bugs might be going to the Super Bowl for free this year. No wonder NFL fans had jokes about those hotel selections.