Super Bowl in ATL, 2/3/19
Jan 31, 2019, 1:07 pm
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Just did a look see on hotels for this weekend. Still lots under $200 a night. And some with insane prices of $700 to over $1000
Jan 31, 2019, 1:10 pm
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Interesting. Last year there was hardly a bed to be found in the Twin Cities at any price. Limited service establishments in places like St Cloud were asking $400-800 per night for basic rooms, although some of the private jets were using the St Cloud airport and IIRC the community organized some chartered bus service for SuperBowl.
Jan 31, 2019, 1:17 pm
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Interesting. Last year there was hardly a bed to be found in the Twin Cities at any price. Limited service establishments in places like St Cloud were asking $400-800 per night for basic rooms, although some of the private jets were using the St Cloud airport and IIRC the community organized some chartered bus service for SuperBowl.
Jan 31, 2019, 2:49 pm
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Interesting. Last year there was hardly a bed to be found in the Twin Cities at any price. Limited service establishments in places like St Cloud were asking $400-800 per night for basic rooms, although some of the private jets were using the St Cloud airport and IIRC the community organized some chartered bus service for SuperBowl.
Jan 31, 2019, 4:27 pm
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There seems to be less hype here given the 2 teams. NE has been in almost every year and LA has a new fan base and is across the country. If NO had made it I suspect a ton of Saints fans would have driven in and taken up a large number of hotel rooms.
Feb 2, 2019, 8:34 am
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A notable amount of bored looking "ATL" volunteers standing around combined with, at least in my experience, not full flights. Very relaxing actually.
I did see a BOS flight about to arrive that was greeted by a fleet of Porsches.
I did see a BOS flight about to arrive that was greeted by a fleet of Porsches.
Feb 2, 2019, 8:46 am
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Flightaware is showing pretty reliable ops at ATL:
On Thursday DL cancelled only eight mainline ATL flights (WN cancelled 16).
On Friday, it was ten for DL mainline. Only 22 cancellations across all carriers.
On Thursday DL cancelled only eight mainline ATL flights (WN cancelled 16).
On Friday, it was ten for DL mainline. Only 22 cancellations across all carriers.
Feb 2, 2019, 9:29 am
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Most of the people traveling for the Super Bowl are NOT going to the game. They are media, sponsors and their guests. They came last weekend and during the week.
The ones traveling today probably are going to the game, and that should not be much different than the day before a Final Four or college bowl game in Atlanta that involves two teams whose fan bases would need to fly here. So today should be busy for a Saturday but that is about it.
One thing both groups have in common is that most will want to leave on Monday. Which is why Monday is projected to be the busiest day in ATL origination traffic by a comfortable margin.
The ones traveling today probably are going to the game, and that should not be much different than the day before a Final Four or college bowl game in Atlanta that involves two teams whose fan bases would need to fly here. So today should be busy for a Saturday but that is about it.
One thing both groups have in common is that most will want to leave on Monday. Which is why Monday is projected to be the busiest day in ATL origination traffic by a comfortable margin.
Feb 4, 2019, 7:37 am
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Is anyone in ATL this morning? There's a report that CLEAR is shut down and the pictures look like an enormous mess, much worse than ATL usually is.
Feb 4, 2019, 7:53 am
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Curious myself. The north/south checkpoints as of five minutes ago were still listed as "over an hour" for waits. Someone said Precheck was "really long" but I don't know how it compares to other Monday mornings, which I've had take up to half an hour in Precheck on bad days.
Feb 4, 2019, 8:22 am
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The day after the Super Bowl in Minneapolis last year was the busiest day ever recorded at MSP, around 60,000 passengers departing. However, it went remarkably smoothly. Passengers arrived early for their flights and were patient with the lines. There were airport and Super Bowl volunteers out in full force, including airport administrative staff who left their offices to help “out front.” TSA had sent extra officers from other cities; Delta had done the same (lots of Delta ground staff from ATL). TSA allowed passengers with Monday departures to clear security on Sunday night and spend the night in the airport. There weren’t hordes of people who did this, but that was another factor making Monday manageable.
I hope ATL can do as well today.
I hope ATL can do as well today.
Feb 4, 2019, 9:03 am
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I'm headed to ATL in a couple hours. Still debating what side of the airport to go to, but it's looking like I may be better served using int'l as I'll be there after Pre re-opens for the afternoon.
Any update on the CLEAR situation at domestic? If it's shut, that seals the deal for me.
Any update on the CLEAR situation at domestic? If it's shut, that seals the deal for me.
Feb 4, 2019, 10:00 am
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I would definitely use Terminal F today. I doubt busloads of folks are getting dropped off at F curbside from their hotels. And I am a Clear member.
Predictions are today will be the busiest day for originating traffic in ATL by a large margin (10-15%) over the next busiest day in history.
Predictions are today will be the busiest day for originating traffic in ATL by a large margin (10-15%) over the next busiest day in history.