Despite NFC win, Bay Area tourism losing benefit of two visiting teams
Lloyd Sowers reports
TAMPA, Fla. - Workers are racing to finish the new Aloft/Element Marriott hotels at Tampa Midtown scheduled to open Thursday. It’s less than two weeks until the Super Bowl at Raymond James Stadium 10 minutes away.
"You can call now. We definitely have rooms to sell," says Trish O’Sullivan, the hotel’s chief marketing officer.
This year’s big game threatens to be a big winner for Bucs fans, but a loser for businesses that were hit first by the pandemic, then a historic NFC championship for the Bucs.