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ARLINGTON- The closer the city gets to hosting the Super Bowl, the more expensive parking spaces around the stadium have become.
Some parking lots across from Cowboys Stadium sold out at $500 to $550 a spot.
The owner says he has a few spots in that same lot, but they are listed on the internet for $990 each starting Wednesday.
Hank Wendorf owns the parking lot and is also a ticket broker. He says the cost of seats is also soaring.
"It's about 26 to 27 hundred dollars right now to get into the game for an upper level seat," said Hank Wendorf.
Wendorf says the market has driven up ticket prices 20 to 30 percent in the last week alone.
Center Point Church, located 1.2 miles down Collins street, has canceled Sunday services due to increased traffic expectation. The church will subsidised missed tithes by selling parking spots for $82.50.
The biggest parking bargain is still right across from the stadium.
"We say ‘Free parking with a customer purchase’," said Pam Dawson, Lincoln Square Center Manager.
Business at Lincoln Square Shopping Center will give customers a space for a $75 purchase at any business located inside the center. Make the purchase, leave the receipt in the day and the parking is free. The center uses the same deal during the regular season, except you only had to spend $40 to park for free.
"We raised it because merchants expected that," Dawson said. "It is the Super Bowl."
The idea is to generate business for Arlington merchants who survived lean times and finally made it to the Super Bowl.
Some parking lots across from Cowboys Stadium sold out at $500 to $550 a spot.
The owner says he has a few spots in that same lot, but they are listed on the internet for $990 each starting Wednesday.
Hank Wendorf owns the parking lot and is also a ticket broker. He says the cost of seats is also soaring.
"It's about 26 to 27 hundred dollars right now to get into the game for an upper level seat," said Hank Wendorf.
Wendorf says the market has driven up ticket prices 20 to 30 percent in the last week alone.
Center Point Church, located 1.2 miles down Collins street, has canceled Sunday services due to increased traffic expectation. The church will subsidised missed tithes by selling parking spots for $82.50.
The biggest parking bargain is still right across from the stadium.
"We say ‘Free parking with a customer purchase’," said Pam Dawson, Lincoln Square Center Manager.
Business at Lincoln Square Shopping Center will give customers a space for a $75 purchase at any business located inside the center. Make the purchase, leave the receipt in the day and the parking is free. The center uses the same deal during the regular season, except you only had to spend $40 to park for free.
"We raised it because merchants expected that," Dawson said. "It is the Super Bowl."
The idea is to generate business for Arlington merchants who survived lean times and finally made it to the Super Bowl.
