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Super Bowl 2025 flights, hotels see major price hike ahead of big game
Southwest, Delta and more major airlines have scheduled additional flights for fans traveling for Super Bowl LIX, as the costs of airfare and hotel stays rise in the game’s host city of New Orleans.
Southwest recently announced 31 new flights from Kansas City and Philadelphia to New Orleans.
The cost of Southwest’s flights vary, depending on the arrival date, but 15 flights to the Super Bowl city from the Chiefs’ and Eagles’ home base have been added, along with 16 return flights from New Orleans to Kansas City and Philadelphia, according to Southwest.com.
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The highest-priced tickets to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport include a nonstop flight from Kansas City, costing $798, and another business class ticket with a layover in Dallas, Texas, for $848 on Saturday, according to Southwest’s website.
Southwest has high-price tickets to New Orleans for the Super Bowl with prices as high as over $800. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Delta also added flights in time for the NFL’s championship game with first-class tickets exceeding $4,000.
Delta’s additional flights will cater to more than 1,300 passengers, officials with the airline announced on Delta’s website. Prices range from $400 to $700 or more, depending on departure dates.
Fox News Digital reached out to Delta for comment.
Prices will dip 50% or more for most flight dates after the game, according to Delta’s and Southwest’s online fare calendars for 2025.
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Other flights from Kansas City to New Orleans on Feb. 9, Super Bowl Sunday, are priced around $300 to nearly $700, for those hoping to make it to the game just in time for kick off.
“Last year alone, Southwest added 341 extra flights, supporting a whopping 61 events, such as the Kentucky Derby and college football games,” The Points Guy, a New York-based travel blog, reported.
Southwest was able to use historical data from the past several Super Bowl appearances by the Chiefs to predict how many flights to add. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
A Southwest spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the airline is “excited to welcome Philadelphia and Kansas City fans on our extra flights as they travel to and from New Orleans.”
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“Additionally, some of our flight numbers have Easter eggs such as Flight #3 from Kansas City to New Orleans (potential for a three-peat), Flights 15 and 87 for Chiefs players, and we have some from Philly too with the same numbers of their players including flights #1, #26, and #11.”
United and American Airlines have also added additional flights, and are including “Easter eggs for Chiefs and Eagles fans,” according to Nola.com.
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Airlines have added new flights heading to New Orleans from Kansas City or Philadelphia, but last-minute airline tickets can come with hefty prices. (iStock; Getty Images)
As for overnight bookings, motel and hotel prices range from $550 to $4,700 or more for a two-night stay during Super Bowl weekend.
More than two dozen hotels are booked from Feb. 8 to Feb. 10, according to Hotels.com search results. Prices will decrease, and availability appears to return to normal towards the end of February.
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For travelers who are looking for the full experience, ticket packages that include hotel accommodations are listed for sale through the Chiefs’ and Eagles’ partnership with On Location, the Official Hospitality Provider of the NFL.
One package, which includes an official game ticket and “pregame hospitality,” is currently sold out online.
Other options with a starting price of $7,005 per person are still available.
Fox News Digital reached out to On Location for comment.
Dallas, TX
Mailbag: Is Lawrence expected to start?
Kurt: The situation does seem a bit odd, doesn’t it? How often is a first-round pick seemingly overlooked? But because the fanfare surrounding Downs has been so overwhelming, Lawrence has sort of gone about his business under the radar.
We fully expect the former to step in at safety and be an impact player. Of course, he will. But what about the latter?
Well, Lawrence indeed should be a starter in 2026 as well. In today’s NFL, teams don’t use that kind of draft capital on players they hope to develop. They are looking for studs who can make their presence known right away despite their lack of professional experience. Meaning, the Cowboys want, or more importantly need, the Central Florida product to contribute from the get-go.
What will be interesting to see at training camp is whether Lawrence will be lining up on the edge when the first-teamers take the field. On our Hangin’ With the Boys podcast, Nate Newton has repeatedly said that first-round picks need to get first-team reps immediately. None of this ramping up or giving courtesy to the veterans. You drafted him in the first round, you expect him to play like a first-rounder, so the more reps he gets in practice, the better.
Regardless, he may be in the perfect situation. Most of the pressure that comes with that draft status will likely fall on the shoulders of Downs, which will allow Lawrence to keep doing his thing without the added glare of the spotlight.
Still, he’s a first-round pick. He’s got to produce. Now.
Miami, FL
Naked man burglarized Miami Beach apartment and battered detective, cops say
A suspected burglar found naked inside a Miami Beach apartment attacked a detective before he was taken into custody, police said.
Cristian Diazmore, 21, was arrested Monday on charges including battery of a police officer, resisting an officer with violence, and burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to an arrest report, the incident happened Monday at the building at 7610 Harding Avenue, where detectives were following up on a burglary case that happened Sunday.
While there, the detectives were alerted by housekeeping that a man had been looking through the window of the unit minutes before the detectives arrived.
A detective went into the unit, which appeared to have been ransacked, and saw Diazmore at the end of the hallway completely nude, before Diazmore fled into a room and closed the door then fled through a backdoor, the report said.
A short time later the detectives were flagged down by a security officer for the nearby Temple Menorah, who said a man who was barefoot and wearing only shorts was trying to get into their school.
One of the detectives found Diazmore in the alley of the school but he fled again, the report said.
The detectives chased him and when one caught up to him, Diazmore elbowed him in the face, causing an abrasion and swelling and causing the detective to fall to the ground and injure his elbow, the report said.
Diazmore continued to flee and jumped a fence but was cornered by the detectives and took a fighting stance, the report said.
The injured detective then punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground, before he was taken into custody, the report said.
Diazmore was booked into jail and expected to appear in bond court on Tuesday.
Atlanta, GA
The World Cup is coming to Atlanta. Small businesses hope it pays off.
Cyrei Daniel had been trying to get the city’s attention for months — not just for her bakery, Sweet Me Good, but for the entire block.
When the city announced Atlanta would host eight FIFA World Cup matches, Daniel was ready to capture the economic bump from the extra visitors this summer. She applied for grants to make improvements to her storefront and marketing ahead of the tournament and received two. She also showed up to city council meetings to push for how the city planned to support small businesses during the games.
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Daniel’s bakery sits on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn corridor, one block from the King Center, on the streetcar line that runs straight to downtown. A million people visit the King Center every year. Two weeks before the World Cup, there were no banners, no flags, nothing on the street to signal the tournament was weeks away.
Economists and city officials have pointed to the tournament as a once-in-a-generation economic opportunity for the entire country. But for the small business owners who make up the backbone of Atlanta’s neighborhoods, the question isn’t whether money is coming — it’s whether any of it will reach the ground where they’re standing.
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The World Cup is a great economic opportunity for local businesses
Atlanta is one of 16 host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with eight matches running from June 15 through July 15. The Metro Atlanta Chamber estimates 65,000 spectators per match, with at least 520,000 people expected across all eight games.
Ona Utuama started planning a year ago. Her eyewear brand, Tribal Eyes, is carried in Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s, and she’s designed flag-printed sunglasses representing each country competing in the tournament, planning to vend at a brand activation near Mercedes-Benz Stadium during the first qualifier round, June 15 through June 27.
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She’s also a physician. She built CollabMD Direct Primary Care specifically for international visitors who won’t carry American insurance — a cash-pay clinic with QR codes distributed through hotels, Airbnbs, taxi drivers, and Uber hosts, directing visitors to same-day appointments and telemedicine options in multiple languages.
Between the eyewear and the clinic, Utuama is projecting $50,000 to $90,000 in revenue from the tournament — and she’s built two separate businesses specifically designed to capture it.
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The clinic’s World Cup page will offer language selection, IV hydration services, and same-day appointment availability throughout the summer. The clinic is designed to serve as an on-call doctor for hotel guests who have forgotten their medications or need care for minor medical issues, without having to navigate the American healthcare system. She approached the Marriott Marquis, which told her they love the idea and will follow up, and submitted a capability statement to Hartsfield-Jackson airport, which has been exploring a potential on-site clinic.
Between the eyewear and the clinic, Utuama is projecting $50,000 to $90,000 in revenue from the tournament.
Local businesses are going after tourists
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Brian Lee started planning in late 2024. His company, Scratch Food Group, makes plant-based food products sold at Walmart, and he saw the World Cup as an opportunity to introduce his brand to a global audience — and hit a revenue goal of $30,000 during the tournament.
He attended the city meetings, then built his own strategy rather than wait for the city to hand him one. By spring, he had secured a spot at a corporate FIFA partner’s watch party, lined up pop-ups with Atlanta Breakfast Club and the Belt Hub at Ponce City Market, and won a Beltline Business Ventures grant to launch a mobile Scratch Cafe cart. He invested $15,000 in preparation — mobile carts, a commercial doughnut machine, mobile proofers, smallwares, and access to a new commercial kitchen — and brought on additional staff.
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For Lee, the World Cup is as much about the long game as it is about the summer bump. The Scratch Cafe cart concept he’s launching through the Beltline Business Ventures grant isn’t just a World Cup play. He’s building it to operate at Atlanta Breakfast Club, the Belt Hub, and other venues in the city long after the tournament ends.
“I wish someone had told me to stop waiting on the city to figure out the World Cup plan for small businesses,” Lee told Business Insider. “I should have just plowed ahead.”
He’s honest about the risk. When asked if zero benefit from the whole thing would surprise him, he didn’t hesitate. “It wouldn’t surprise me,” he said. “There are so many unknown variables.”
Some businesses have been struggling to stay open
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Seven minutes from the airport, Vanetta Roy has been doing it herself. The owner of Eat My Biscuits in East Point launched World Cup merchandise, redesigned her staff uniforms — clean white shirts, bow ties, everyone crisp — and added a limited-edition lobster biscuit called the “Gold Getter” to the menu for the summer. She’s not thinking about whether East Point foot traffic will find her. She’s thinking about what she wants the world to know about her brand when it walks through the door.
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If the World Cup doesn’t deliver the boost she’s hoping for, Roy isn’t panicking. “Business as usual,” she said. In the meantime, she’s focused on making sure international visitors can find her — optimizing her Google Business Profile so Eat My Biscuits shows up when tourists search for food near the airport corridor.
Small businesses in Atlanta were struggling even before World Cup planning began, and that’s why so many are hoping for a bump in revenue during the monthlong tournament.
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According to a September 2025 CBS News Atlanta report, Roy lost approximately $200,000 compared to the prior year after East Point began a beautification project in February that placed a fence directly in front of her restaurant, cutting off street visibility. She laid off staff and took on multiple roles herself to keep the business open, and her rent is behind.
Atlanta last hosted an event of this scale in 1996. Lee, who has closely tracked World Cup preparations, noted that small businesses largely missed the financial wave from the Olympics — and said Mayor Dickens has publicly vowed that the World Cup will be different.
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