Little help with Baton Rouge, please...

Look at hotels on Constitution Ave, that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

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what to do while in town

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Depends on what you like. There's the mall on Cortana, but I would very highly recommend going to Parrain's. I love that place for dinner. The fried crab fingers are awesome.

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best area to tailgate

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Pretty much anywhere around the stadium.

Are you looking to visiting for a particular game or just asking in general?

Everyone in this thread has been full of shite.

I think it's a real juvenile dick move to do this to a visiting fan.

Look at Hotel Indigo. It is downtown, brand new an they provide a bus to campus and back on gameday for $1 a person (you can bring your coolers on too!). The Hilton is right next door but is probably already sold out.

You didn't give your budget or what you like to do, but.............

The Mall of Louisiana has shopping, eating places, movies, and is safe.

Perkins Rowe has the same.

I-10 at Siegen, Bluebonnet, and College drive all have hotels, places to eat, are fairly close to the stadium, and safe.

We stay at the Holiday Inn across the river in Port Allen. Never had any issues. But we are coming in from the west.

Tailgating is anywhere. I haven't been able to do it the last few years because the band practice field is always taken and that's where we parked for the previous 10 years.

We have eaten at the Pastime a few times and thought it was good.

To WarBird : Do not , repeat - DO NOT - trust most of the BS you will see in this thread. MANY Rantards think they are cute comedians , and like nothing better than to BS visitors. Some of the "suggestions" here would prove to be close to dangerous. I will try to help you here:

1. Get a hotel near LSU, off College Drive or Acadian Thruway I-10 interchanges, or on Blubonnet Blvd. The Lod Cook Alumni Center Hotel on Campus would be great. Downtown Hilton is kinda fun, and nice, too.

2. Do not go out to Cortana Mall ( Fla. Blvd/Airline Hwy), or anyplace North of Government Street. All of North B.R. is virtual war zone... ..The Mall of Louisiana @ Bluebonnet Blvd @ I-10, and Towne Center Mall on Corporate Blvd @ Jefferson Hwy, and the Perkins Rowe Mall @ Bluebonnet and Perkins Rd are your best bets for shopping and restaurants of the "chain" type. All these areas are within 10-20 minutes of LSU, traffic permitting ( which can be formidable, ask anyone :-)

3. There is a fun shoppiing entertainment/eats and drinks area very close to LSU called "Old Perkins Rd Overpass" that runs along - what else - Perkins Rd. - that is near City Park Lakes/Golf Course and "Southdowns" neighborhood that has a lot of great "local" food and beverage places and lots of good restaurants. A few are "George's" ( burgers, poboys, specialty plates) , "Ivar's Sprts Bar", "Chelsea's" (right under the overpass with great food and music late night) , and "Duvic's" Martini Bar. Also a Thai food place "RAMA" is right there. This is one of my personal fav areas (Perkins Rd Overpass area ) to hang out in BR. All the joints are within walking distance of each other. Then , If you keep going a little further east ( 2-3, 4 miles maybe) along Perkins Rd and you will get to Perkins Rowe Shopping Mall area at Perkins and Bluebonnet. Also good bars, food, theatres, etc.

4. The Chimes, on Highland Rd. just outside LSU north entry gate - is a local icon/ institution . Great food, lotsa beers. Can't go wrong there. Just a few steps to LSU campus. On the other side of Campus on the south side is "Walk-On's" which is pretty good, and very close to campus.

These are good areas, great bars and food joints, and safe.

Hope this helps..

Lsugamedaycondos.com is the website to rent a condo about 6 hundred yards from Tiger Stadium. It's in Victory Commons. It's the only one available for nightly rental in the complex. Chicken stayed here last year