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.
This was how Twitter reacted
NFL is giving the media all the best hotels on the strip. 😂 https://t.co/AQEtvu0oTC
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) January 30, 2024
Imagine being a credentialed media member, about to cover the biggest assignment of your life, and they're forcing you to live in the toy castle for 2 weeks. https://t.co/Ku1rIN1rVy
— Jon Benne (@LordBenne) January 30, 2024
Of the myriad threats to what’s left of sports journalism, I never before considered giving bedbugs to working media https://t.co/r0MPoX3CUL
— CSTB (@cstbtweet) January 30, 2024
this is going to be the funniest Super Bowl week of all time https://t.co/BUBpmTRY47
— dan rangers roman numerals (@Danno2430) January 30, 2024
When that runs out they'll hand out sleeping bags and direct you to your corner of the street https://t.co/BtB18tpVIn
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) January 30, 2024
Super Bowl press box is gonna reek of cigs 🤪 https://t.co/QhQaQ5NcO4
— Alexandra Francisco (@ByAlFrancisco) January 30, 2024
Whew the NFL hates its media baby, the Luxor is like sleeping inside a lit cigarette https://t.co/CRgAiollCi
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) January 29, 2024
……the LUXOR? Really? The motel 6 of MGM properties on the strip. Excalibur is only worse and I would say they have an upper hand because of their food court lol https://t.co/vUkrmgoz5s pic.twitter.com/I57hrnZnT7
— Troy Hermo (@TroyHermo) January 29, 2024
It looks like a pyramid that is the gate to hell https://t.co/9L25ByPfBY
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) January 29, 2024
I wouldn’t wish staying in the Luxor on my worst enemy and they got the Super Bowl media staying there😭 https://t.co/LOhubMdlUT
— Mari (@ohhhthatsMari) January 29, 2024
If you want to scare your kids away from a career in journalism, show them this. https://t.co/YBkNRULZTJ
— kang (@jaycaspiankang) January 29, 2024
The Luxor: an entire hotel that smells like vanilla body spray. https://t.co/qHeOFAaL9O
— Nate Pentz (@natepentz) January 29, 2024
