Shreveport Hotel Info

The hotel situation in Shreveport is just like any other midsize southern city, with the notable exceptions of the riverboat casinos.  All of the brand name, midscale business hotels have an outpost in Shreveport.  If you're looking to gamble, the casinos are the best choice.  They're nice and have built in dining and drinking.  I know Sam's Town has a significant block of rooms reserved for Georgia fans at about $180 a night.  Of course, you don't have to gamble, but you can.

Every hotel likely has some sort of I Bowl discount.  Mention that you're coming in for the game and see if they offer a discount.  The bowl website has a feature that allows you to book hotel rooms through it, presumably with a bowl discount.

Here are some other recommendations:

• The Downtown Hilton - The nicest non-casino hotel in town.  It's brand new and attached to the Shreveport Convention Center.  It's where your wife wants to stay.  I'm pretty sure it's the A&M team hotel.
  
• The Best Western Chateau Suites - Another downtown option that I'd recommend over the Holiday Inn downtown (of which I do not have a good impression).  There should be an I Bowl discount, but you'll have to contact them directly instead of going through the I Bowl hotel website.
• The Clarion Hotel - This is the UGA team hotel, I think, but you shouldn't stay there.  It's average at best.
• Don't forget Bossier City.  There are a couple of the national brands across the river from Shreveport.  Additionally, the Horseshoe hotel is probably the best casino hotel.  Boomtown casino has a nice hotel on the Bossier side of the Red River, too.

Don't be too intimidated by distance.  Shreveport is easy to get around by car and has lots of interstate highway.  It might take you twenty minutes to get somewhere at the other end of town.  In Atlanta, it takes twenty minutes to get out of your driveway. I'll also say that downtown nightlife is fairly diffused.  My recommended nightlife area isn't within walking distance of a hotel.  Bring along cab fare if your want to get sloshy.

Quinton