Hotel recommendations for next year?

Staring deluxe suites on Staring lane.

I stayed in denham for like $89


The room smelled like middle earth but I was drunk so I didn't much care

Downtown (tons of options) or the Staybridge suites by campus

As someone said, you shouldn't have a problem finding a place for less than $400/night.

I would recommend any of the downtown hotels (Hilton, Hampton Inn, Indigo) if you want to go to bars. There are a bunch within walking distance as well as good restaurants. Everything else and you will probably have to drive to get dinner/drinks. Its also a short Uber drive down Nicholson to get to the stadium. I think they might have a shuttle on game day as well.

If you want to gamble, the Belle of Baton Rouge is downtown and has a hotel connected to it (but the casino is kind of terrible). Lauberge is a much better option for gambling but its way down River Road and gets really crowded on game weekends.

There's also a Staybridge Suites at the south gates of LSU that has really convenient access to the stadium and tailgating and a few restaurants/bars near it.

Outside of those options, the Renaissance is definitely the nicest, has a bar/restaurant, and is close to the mall and a short to bars/restaurants.

Plenty of options for you since you're booking this far in advance and really just depends on what your group is.

Baton Rouge is a little different from most SEC town in that there are a (relatively) large number of hotels in the area, so its not going to be that crazy for crappy hotels.

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We tend to skip the tailgating at away games, and instead hit the bars. It gives us a chance to experience the town. Also, we're all on airplanes so it's difficult to pack everything we need - although I keep telling my dad that one day I'm going to check my Smokey Mountain Cooker on Southwest. Maybe 2016 will be the year.

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You would be making a huge mistake doing this for an LSU game. You absolutely have no need to bring tailgate equipment. Start on one end of campus and work your way across stopping at any tailgate that seems friendly (there will be a lot). Since we don't have any rivalry with Mizzou, people will be super nice and want to make a good impression. You'll get great food and plenty of booze.

Also, I've never been downtown on game days but I imagine its fairly dead because everyone tailgates. Just don't do it.

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My group will include people from their 20s up through their 60s. We try to do a quasi-family reunion once a year for an away game. We all like to drink so we prefer to pay the premium to stay close by, as opposed to staying out of town.

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Definitely go with the downtown hotels or Staybridge. Downtown will have more entertainment for the older parts of the group but downtown is walking distance to campus. Just depends on what you want more.

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We tend to skip the tailgating at away games, and instead hit the bars. It gives us a chance to experience the town.

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I get this, but tailgating is our thing here. It would be a mistake to not tailgate before an LSU game. Seeing as if you aren't a team we play every year, and we have no reason to dislike you, you will be treated very well in BR.

I would suggest staying downtown. It will give you a chance to experience the restaurants and bars within walking distance. BR is in the middle of a downtown redevelopment which is really making it alot better. I wouldn't go to any of the casinos downtown if I were you. Yes you will be able to walk to them, but the Uber to Lauberge would not be terribly expensive, and its a significant upgrade to the casinos downtown.... Or you can just stay at L'auberge and go explore downtown/campus/other areas of town as you feel fit.

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Alamo is always a fun experience

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I had to look it up. I love this online review:

".... the sheets were covered in stains. Not only of the bowel variety but stains that can only come from a male. ( if you get my point) if you don't because your a little blunt, SEMEN. Now I have lived in some terrible places being a Marine Veteran and this is worse than sleeping outside."

Right now I'm leaning toward Hotel Indigo.

I just did the Hampton Inn Downtown off of Lafayette Street. Really nice, free breakfast, easy to get in and out of.

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Right now I'm leaning toward Hotel Indigo.

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I've stayed at Hotel Indigo before and its not bad at all. Perfect location for the bars and restaurants downtown.

I want to stress this again. Do not skip the tailgating. You will be doing yourself a great disservice. If your family insists on going to a restaurant, go to Chimes and leave your family there. They will be able to drink all day there or it has a few other bars around there that they can crawl to if that's what they're into.

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We won't totally skip it. We'll drink for awhile in the bars, then wander though the tailgating as we head to the game. It's what we always do at away games.

I'm just saying that when we all travel via air, bringing our own tailgating stuff is not usually feasible.

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That's fine, to each his own. Just know that my recommendation (and probably everyone on this board) would be to leave your tailgate stuff at home and make friends with some of the 150,000 people that will be on campus that day.

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And I can't imagine that the bars are dead in any town on the Saturday of an SEC game. T-Town bars overflow all Saturday despite the tailgating, as do the bars in Oxford.

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The south gates at Nicholson and north gates at Highland will be busy, but downtown I doubt will be until right before game time since its not walking distance. North gates has Chimes, Barcadia, Mahoneys, and some chains that serve alcohol if you consider that a bar. South gates has Walk-On's and a bunch of college bars around Tigerland, but those are a pretty good walk.

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Mizzou has a pretty nice tailgating tradition, but it is concentrated in various donor lots, which are really spread out. Which brings me to another question: is it possible for a visiting fan to tailgate within a reasonable distance of the stadium?

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There are plenty of spots in free lots that are within walking distance of the stadium, but they will be in big open fields or the law school/uhigh if you get there early enough (before 11 for a late game). You can also buy a parking pass for around the parade grounds for $40 the day of the game (usually sell out around 12ish depending on the game).