Preparing for the Super Bowl in Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay is home to the 2009 Super Bowl, or better stated Super Bowl XLIII. The game will be played at the home field of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccanneer's, Raymond James Stadium on February 1st 2009. Now that all of the formalities are out of the way, Travel Ape is here to offer a little bit of advice on what to do and see if you're lucky enough to be visiting the Tampa Bay area for this year's Super Bowl. 

Tampa is a great city to visit regardless if it is hosting a Super Bowl or not, but with all the fanfare that an event like this can offer, the city will truly be jumping the week of the Super Bowl. Ok for starters let's get to some tips about what to do for game day. Do yourself a favor and look up your seats and the complex parking lot to see what section best suits you for parking and will be available that day. The information is provided directly off of the official Raymond James Stadium Web Site. Now for the schedule of game day openings we have 9am the NFL controlled parking lots will allow cars to begin to park. This will allow visitors and ticket holders to be there for the 11am NFL Experience event. Then at 2pm the stadium will be open for seating.

There may be some very little help to find any number Tampa Bay Hotels at this point but here are some hotels that are still available. The La Quinta Inn and Suites Tampa has an incredible deal for $199 a night from January 30th to February 1st. The Howard Johnson Express Suites has room rates available for the same time period at $254.15 a night.

I can't say for how long that these rates or even availability will be around for long, so if you've decided to attend this year's Super Bowl jumping on the rates available now would be advisable.