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Apart from the ironies in Governor Chris Christie's indirect involvement in a traffic website, this Super Bowl traffic website sucks. The interactive map looks like Web 1.0, it is difficult to get directions, and the FAQ is about important and relevant things such as which government department oversees insurance companies. Lousy effort, New Jersey.

Moral of the story? People who are really coming to the area to attend the Super Bowl should stay in New Jersey, where hotel rates are much cheaper. But, then they won't be as conveniently positioned to attend all of the hoopla in New York City.

As a rookie, New York Giants safety only makes around $405,000 per year so he and his girlfriend are looking to pick up a few extra bucks, $9,000 actually, by renting out their rented apartment for Super Bowl week. Quarterback Eli Manning's Hoboken, New Jersey digs aren't on the market for the week, as far as we know.

Super Bowl attendees will need more than this map to navigate the region's far from well-designed transit network. However, this and MTA's Weekender map show a slowly improving design sensibility within the transit agencies.

The 2014 Super Bowl will bring a huge bump in tourism to one of the regions most impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and raise awareness of the neighborhood offering picture-perfect views of Manhattan.

You have to admire the scrappiness of a small tourism board to jump on this high-profile platform to market themselves, come what may.

Hotels in New Orleans enjoy high occupancy rates almost year-old due to the destination’s abundance of events and conferences, but the combination of Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl is giving the city’s hotel industry an unprecedented boost.

A few travel companies can afford a Super Bowl ad at $3.8 million for 30 seconds, but is it really worth it? Perhaps, as they can be part of integrated, digital marketing campaigns, but no travel companies bit on that premise this year.

Mayor Bloomberg has been pushing NYC tourism hard since the start of his reign, and now as he goes out he wants to leave with a bang; with Superbowl 2014 in the city's backyard and the economic impact that it will have on the region.

The streetcar will mostly benefit tourist traveling downtown from the central train station, but do little to connect neighborhoods to the city center.