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re: Little help with Baton Rouge, please...
Posted on 7/18/12 at 8:21 am to WarBird1
Posted on 7/18/12 at 8:21 am to WarBird1
Warbird, most poeple have given you bullshite.
(Cortana is ghetto, north of florida is ghetto, plank road is ghettto)
For actual answers, There are some great places to stay for games but you must book early. Look into the new casino that is opening up in August, should be perfect for gamedays with a lot of things to do there.
While in town you should try and see mike the tiger, eat as much as possible (chimes, Parrains, Mike Andersons, Sammys), check out campus before gameday if you can (its really beautiful), and go for a run around the LSU lakes (coeds wow).
Walkons the night before the game would be very fun as well as on gameday after the game.
Tailgating is all over campus, some great places to check out are the parade grounds, the lots on Nicholson, or near the quad.
It is safe to drink anywhere on campus on gameday. As long as you are of age. Just dont bring glass, noone likes broken glass.
As for other useful information, be understanding of people "tigerbaiting" you and just go along with it. If you laugh, they will probably offer you a beer. Be fun and cool and no trouble will go your way.
Have a great trip.
(Cortana is ghetto, north of florida is ghetto, plank road is ghettto)
For actual answers, There are some great places to stay for games but you must book early. Look into the new casino that is opening up in August, should be perfect for gamedays with a lot of things to do there.
While in town you should try and see mike the tiger, eat as much as possible (chimes, Parrains, Mike Andersons, Sammys), check out campus before gameday if you can (its really beautiful), and go for a run around the LSU lakes (coeds wow).
Walkons the night before the game would be very fun as well as on gameday after the game.
Tailgating is all over campus, some great places to check out are the parade grounds, the lots on Nicholson, or near the quad.
It is safe to drink anywhere on campus on gameday. As long as you are of age. Just dont bring glass, noone likes broken glass.
As for other useful information, be understanding of people "tigerbaiting" you and just go along with it. If you laugh, they will probably offer you a beer. Be fun and cool and no trouble will go your way.
Have a great trip.
This post was edited on 7/18/12 at 8:23 am
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Posted on 7/18/12 at 8:26 am to SouthOfSouth
^^^I endorse this. 
Posted on 7/18/12 at 9:09 am to SouthOfSouth
I'd add that in the last 10 years or so, condos have popped up all around campus and some people rent theirs out on game days. Gets you closer to the action than any of the hotels, save the Cook (which won't have rooms, I'd guess) and the Staybridge Suites, which is right there across from the athletic facilities.
I'd look for a condo and if you are arriving on Friday and plan on staying near campus, there are some decent places at the North Gates (Chimes is popular). Mike Anderson's is near campus and is pretty good. If you rent a condo, the Northgate places will be walking distance.
Go down Burkbank (street that takes you into town from the baseball stadium) then left up Bluebonnet and you'll pass two shopping areas you may like: Perkins Rowe (outdoors, has a Barnes and Noble, Z Gallery, J Crew...tends to lean upscale though it's hard to call any development with an Applebees truly "upscale"). Past that you'll run into the Mall of Louisiana, biggest mall in the state. Probably the newest too. Think it was built in the late 1990s (not many malls getting built any more anywhere. Concept is getting outdated). Across from Perkins Rowe on Perkins Road is Louisiana Lagniappe, which is really good, but a bit pricy.
How much is a condo? I've never done it, so not sure. I'm sure it won't be free for the Alabama game, but if you are coming for Idaho, Towson or North Texas, you might get a decent rate.
If not a condo, downtown hotels are nice and close (a Hilton, a couple of boutique places, a casino hotel).
If you have to go into town for a hotel, stay on I-10. I-12 hotels can be a little iffy. Florida Blvd. is a street you don't want to cross going north. Anything north has declined (this includes that aforementioned Cortana Mall, which was "The" mall before Mall of Louisiana was built).
One other shopping area to mention is Towne Center near the College Drive exit. Get off at college drive, turn left, then right on Corporate Blvd. Towne Center is on the corner of Corporate and Jefferson Hwy. and has some decent shopping, though not as much as the Mall/Perkins Rowe area, and higher-end chain restaurants like Flemings, Carraba's, Bonefish Grill and Zeas. Also has more casual places like Mugshots, Qdoba and Zoe's. Also has a big Whole Foods.
On the way to Towne Center going down Corporate are a ton of decent hotels, including the Marriott Tower. If you go right off the freeway onto College, then a quick left on Constitution, you'll pass a ton of nice hotels like a Crowne Plaza, Embassy Suites and a new Holiday Inn.
One other option is the outlet mall in Gonzales, a subarb east of BR on I-10 leading to New Orleans. It's a typical outlet mall, not shabby, but not as nice as some others I've seen. Decent shopping. A couple of hotels and if you take the road that runs in front of the all back towards Baton Rouge, it turns into Nicholson, the street with Tiger Stadium on it. It's a secret "back roads" route to the game that some New Orleans people use.
That about covers it.
I'd look for a condo and if you are arriving on Friday and plan on staying near campus, there are some decent places at the North Gates (Chimes is popular). Mike Anderson's is near campus and is pretty good. If you rent a condo, the Northgate places will be walking distance.
Go down Burkbank (street that takes you into town from the baseball stadium) then left up Bluebonnet and you'll pass two shopping areas you may like: Perkins Rowe (outdoors, has a Barnes and Noble, Z Gallery, J Crew...tends to lean upscale though it's hard to call any development with an Applebees truly "upscale"). Past that you'll run into the Mall of Louisiana, biggest mall in the state. Probably the newest too. Think it was built in the late 1990s (not many malls getting built any more anywhere. Concept is getting outdated). Across from Perkins Rowe on Perkins Road is Louisiana Lagniappe, which is really good, but a bit pricy.
How much is a condo? I've never done it, so not sure. I'm sure it won't be free for the Alabama game, but if you are coming for Idaho, Towson or North Texas, you might get a decent rate.
If not a condo, downtown hotels are nice and close (a Hilton, a couple of boutique places, a casino hotel).
If you have to go into town for a hotel, stay on I-10. I-12 hotels can be a little iffy. Florida Blvd. is a street you don't want to cross going north. Anything north has declined (this includes that aforementioned Cortana Mall, which was "The" mall before Mall of Louisiana was built).
One other shopping area to mention is Towne Center near the College Drive exit. Get off at college drive, turn left, then right on Corporate Blvd. Towne Center is on the corner of Corporate and Jefferson Hwy. and has some decent shopping, though not as much as the Mall/Perkins Rowe area, and higher-end chain restaurants like Flemings, Carraba's, Bonefish Grill and Zeas. Also has more casual places like Mugshots, Qdoba and Zoe's. Also has a big Whole Foods.
On the way to Towne Center going down Corporate are a ton of decent hotels, including the Marriott Tower. If you go right off the freeway onto College, then a quick left on Constitution, you'll pass a ton of nice hotels like a Crowne Plaza, Embassy Suites and a new Holiday Inn.
One other option is the outlet mall in Gonzales, a subarb east of BR on I-10 leading to New Orleans. It's a typical outlet mall, not shabby, but not as nice as some others I've seen. Decent shopping. A couple of hotels and if you take the road that runs in front of the all back towards Baton Rouge, it turns into Nicholson, the street with Tiger Stadium on it. It's a secret "back roads" route to the game that some New Orleans people use.
That about covers it.
This post was edited on 7/18/12 at 9:54 am
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