In Tampa, we had a place booked but it was nearly an hour away. When we arrived at the airport, my buddy calls a Tampa hotel that was advertised on the airport wall. No chance, I'm thinking...day before the SB. The woman says they have plenty of rooms, but we need to register at some odd website. Sounds like a scam, but we break out the laptop in the airport and book a room for 3 nights. It was $160 or $180 a night.

Some guy had bought up every room and was looking to make some money. But his website must not have attracted many hits, because the hotel was almost completely empty. People were paying over $500/night in that area and this place was a ghost town. And a short walk to the Press Box