{"id":406957,"date":"2025-11-26T22:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/406957\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:25:12","slug":"heres-the-crazy-amount-it-costs-to-see-the-thanksgiving-parade-from-restaurant-views-to-hotel-suites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/406957\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s the crazy amount it costs to see the Thanksgiving parade \u2013 from restaurant views to hotel suites"},"content":{"rendered":"

High-rolling Thanksgiving Day paradegoers are shelling out small fortunes for a glimpse at Gotham\u2019s annual spectacle on Sixth Avenue, with restaurant seats going for hundreds of dollars and even a $36,000-a-night room booked out for its aerial views.<\/p>\n

Space is already sold out at the Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center \u2014 where gawkers are forking over $2,500 per person for private tables with direct views of the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade through a 50-foot wall of glass. <\/p>\n

High-rolling Thanksgiving Day paradegoers are shelling out small fortunes for views of Gotham\u2019s annual spectacle on Sixth Avenue. AP<\/p>\n

Cheap seats at the glossy jazz room start at $1,000 per person \u2013 to share parade-viewing tables of up to 12 strangers.<\/p>\n

The \u201cpremium viewing experience\u201d will offer \u201cstate of the art audio\u00a0capture and broadcast through world class sound engineering,\u201d according to an event rep. The spectacular local comes with live music, brunch and an open bar. <\/p>\n

The JW Marriott Essex House overlooking Central Park. StandbildCA \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

The Central Park Room, of the iconic JW Marriott Essex House \u2014 another sold-out Thanksgiving parade viewing venue \u2014 is offering a \u201ctrue NYC-style\u201d experience with an early morning brunch buffet, unlimited cocktails and \u201cindoor streaming broadcast of the parade for added comfort and visibility,\u201d according to the website.<\/p>\n

Other sold-out venues include restaurants, art galleries and lofts, where individual window views, patio and terrace seating go for $300 to $1,000, according to big-ticket event organizer ThanksgivingParade.com. <\/p>\n

Quality Bistro will be showing the parade from its outdoor area on 55th Street. Quality Bistro \/ Facebook<\/p>\n

Seats going for $1,000 a pop at Marea Restaurant are already completely booked, while $500 seats at Quality Meats and $300 seats at Quality Bistro are still available. At each eatery, the food is included in the price.<\/p>\n

All three venues will be showing the parade from private outdoor terraces with the addition of boozy brunch, face painting and balloon artists at Marea.<\/p>\n

Five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel at Columbus Circle is peddling its own suites with aerial glimpses of the parade for an average $36,000 per night<\/a> on Nov. 26 and 27 \u2013 and a mandatory three-night stay.<\/p>\n

A rep for the hotel pointed out that cheaper rooms sold out quickly in advance, thus raising the average rate over the holiday to the \u201ctop signature accommodation,\u201d a lavish two-bedroom suite on the 50th floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur parade-facing rooms and suites sold out quickly with Suite 5000 as the final parade-view accommodation available until earlier this week, when it was booked as well,\u201d the rep said.<\/p>\n

Five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel at Columbus Circle is peddling suites with aerial glimpses of the parade for an average $36,000 per night. UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n

But even a room at the ritzy abode overlooking the parade route is small potatoes compared to The Mark Hotel\u2019s Thanksgiving Penthouse package \u2013 priced at a jaw-dropping $250,000, the luxe offering includes a \u201cprime viewing table\u201d of the parade at Columbus Circle\u2019s Nougatine by Jean-Georges restaurant.<\/p>\n

Aside from parade views, big spenders at The Mark will get an after-hours tour of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, private Black Friday shopping at Bergdorf Goodman, a four-course Thanksgiving feast and a holiday makeover at celebrity-favorite Frederic Fekkai Salon \u2013 all included for a stay at the hotel\u2019s 10,000-square-foot penthouse.<\/p>\n

Priced at a jaw-dropping $250,000, The Mark Hotel\u2019s luxe offering includes a \u201cprime viewing table\u201d of the parade at Columbus Circle\u2019s Nougatine by Jean-Georges restaurant.<\/p>\n

Other themed perks include access to a private terrace with a cold plunge and post-Thanksgiving in-suite massages, a rep for the hotel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPicture this: a grand four-course Thanksgiving feast, curated by none other than Michelin-starred Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, served in the privacy of the stunning penthouse dining room,\u201d a brochure for the experience coos. \u201cComplete with a full gourmet kitchen, this is Thanksgiving done The Mark way \u2014 with style and elegance.\u201d <\/p>\n

In the true spirit of giving, The Mark Hotel will be donating a \u201cpercentage\u201d of proceeds from the extravagant spend to the City Harvest food bank. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High-rolling Thanksgiving Day paradegoers are shelling out small fortunes for a glimpse at Gotham\u2019s annual spectacle on Sixth…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":406958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,13089,147987,5248,17833,405,403,7619,5226,5225,5228,5227,44599,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-406957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-luxury","10":"tag-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-midtown","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-city-life","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-thanksgiving","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115618350738691332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}