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Sports Fans Flock to Phoenix Where Even a Super 8 Motel Runs $450 a Night

Fans are booking tickets to Arizona at a time when travel is already more expensive and it’s high season for tourists in the desert.

State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. — State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Photographer: Christian Petersen/Getty Images

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Paulina Cachero and

January 30, 2023, 8:45 PM UTC

It’s high season for tourists in the Arizona desert, and that means football fans and business travelers will have to pony up to attend this year’s Super Bowl.

Kerry Lofton, a 30-year-old video producer from Dallas, will be in town the week of the game and is paying about $400 a night to stay at a Residence Inn not far from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, where the game is being hosted.