Auburn has plenty of hotels and six weekends a year when none of them are available. Home football at Jordan-Hare fills the town completely, and two of the biggest weekends people assume are home games are not. Get the schedule right and booking here is easy; get it wrong and you are driving in from Opelika or further.
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The 2026 home games
These are the dates that matter: 12 September (Southern Miss), 19 September (Florida), 26 September (Vanderbilt, homecoming), 24 October (LSU), 7 November (Arkansas) and 21 November (Samford). Florida and LSU are the hardest.
The counterintuitive part: the season opener on 5 September is in Atlanta, and the Iron Bowl on 28 November is away at Tuscaloosa. Those two weekends are not Auburn peaks, whatever you might assume from the calendar.
Graduation also matters: Fall 2026 commencement is 12 December, and Spring 2027 runs 1 to 4 May, which is several nights of pressure rather than one.
Hotels in Auburn
- The Hotel at Auburn University, 241 South College Street, Auburn, AL 36830. Phone 334-821-8200. On campus, and the closest bed to the stadium.
- Graduate by Hilton Auburn, 202 West Magnolia Avenue, AL 36830. Phone 334-752-4100. Older listings call it simply Graduate Auburn; Hilton acquired the brand.
- Hampton Inn Auburn, 2430 South College Street, AL 36832. Phone 334-821-4111.
- Tru by Hilton Auburn, 2411 West Pace Boulevard, AL 36830. Phone 334-521-0400.
- Hilton Garden Inn Auburn/Opelika, 2555 Hilton Garden Drive, AL 36830. Phone 334-502-3500. Despite the dual name this is in Auburn, not Opelika.
- Quality Inn Auburn Campus Area I-85, 2283 South College Street, AL 36832. Phone 334-466-4407.
- Quality Inn University Area, 1212 Mall Parkway, AL 36831. Phone 334-591-1183.
- Four IHG properties sit on South College Street and East Glenn Avenue: Holiday Inn Express & Suites at 2013 South College, avid hotels at 2082 South College, Staybridge Suites at 2061 South College and Candlewood Suites at 2510 East Glenn. IHG does not publish direct numbers for these, so book through IHG.
Opelika is the overflow
About ten minutes east on I-85. On football weekends this is where you will end up if you book late: Hampton Inn & Suites Opelika, Home2 Suites Opelika Auburn, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Opelika at 1801 Capps Landing, and Comfort Inn Opelika at 811 Fox Run Parkway.
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