Mississippi State is charging $829 for the Hampton Inn Saturday Night

57stratdawg · 2026-09-02T14:23:23-0500

against ULM. There is no way pricing out 90% of the families wanting to attend a game is in long term interest of the University.

BTW, there are plenty of rooms available. I can book 10 right now. So, it’s only about 60% occupied. Maybe less.

Chesusdog · 2026-09-02T14:29:31-0500

**** like this is why we almost always get rooms in Columbus when we come up for the weekend.

Predestined · 2026-09-02T14:40:47-0500

Damn. went up ten bucks before you clicked post!

karlchilders.sixpack · 2026-09-02T14:45:58-0500

I Watch television...what is the price on Trivago?

shat

RocketDawg · 2026-09-02T14:46:10-0500

57stratdawg said:
against ULM. There is no way pricing out 90% of the families wanting to attend a game is in long term interest of the University.

BTW, there are plenty of rooms available. I can book 10 right now. So, it’s only about 60% occupied. Maybe less.

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Is it the University or the hotel that's charging such an exorbitant rate?

Surprising that anybody has reserved a room.

Dawgzilla2 · 2026-09-02T14:48:45-0500

Book them. Sell them for $1000

The Peeper · 2026-09-02T14:49:45-0500

Somethings not right. I put in the exact same info (1 night 1 guest) and it says no rooms available. The guy I share an office with put it in and it says $549 per night. These were both on the Hampton Inn website.

Hilton Honors website says "Sold Out" for Starkville. West Point shows $345/nt and Columbus shows $285/nt

karlchilders.sixpack · 2026-09-02T14:52:54-0500

The Peeper said:
Somethings not right. I put in the exact same info (1 night 1 guest) and it says no rooms available. The guy I share an office with put it in and it says $549 per night. These were both on the Hampton Inn website.

Hilton Honors website says "Sold Out" for Starkville. West Point shows $345/nt and Columbus shows $285/nt

Is that for a two night stay? Think I have seen before that Friday and Saturday were required...??

$altyDawg · 2026-09-02T14:54:19-0500

Can you imagine what the rooms in Oxnard will be when LUS comes to town? Most will probably have a 2 night minimum on top of it all.

Willow Grove Dawg · 2026-09-02T14:56:21-0500

RocketDawg said:
Is it the University or the hotel that's charging such an exorbitant rate?

Surprising that anybody has reserved a room.

The University owns that hotel doesn't it?

The Peeper · 2026-09-02T14:56:36-0500

karlchilders.sixpack said:
Is that for a two night stay? Think I have seen before that Friday and Saturday were required...??

Nope, specifically says check in on the 5th, checkout on the 6tttttt

QuadrupleOption · 2026-09-02T14:57:42-0500

OG Goat Holder · 2026-09-02T15:06:00-0500

Fake outrage. Looks like they want a 2-night minimum, which is pretty standard. But price $540 or so a night. Can't get one for 1 night.

I mean, it's just the state of things. It's like this everywhere. It's not Mississippi State like you're trying to portray.

Maroon Eagle · 2026-09-02T15:48:45-0500

It’s $364 there the following Friday night.

I’m considering where to stay for the Leslie Odom Jr. Lyceum show, and let’s just say it’s not on the list…

Lyceum Series: Leslie Odom Jr.

Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway star Leslie Odom Jr. will pack Mississippi State’s Bettersworth Auditorium for the first performance of the university’s 2026-2027 Lyceum Series. Odom Jr., best known for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Hamilton,” makes...

www.msstate.edu

His show at the Riley in Meridian last year was great

horshack.sixpack · 2026-09-02T15:51:16-0500

57stratdawg said:
against ULM. There is no way pricing out 90% of the families wanting to attend a game is in long term interest of the University.

BTW, there are plenty of rooms available. I can book 10 right now. So, it’s only about 60% occupied. Maybe less.

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I would never.

Wesson Bulldog · 2026-09-02T15:56:56-0500

If you are headed south after the game, book a room in Louisville. The most I've paid was $109 for one night in the hotel next to the Mexican restaurant on the right.

57stratdawg · 2026-09-02T16:32:15-0500

The Peeper said:
Somethings not right. I put in the exact same info (1 night 1 guest) and it says no rooms available. The guy I share an office with put it in and it says $549 per night. These were both on the Hampton Inn website.

Hilton Honors website says "Sold Out" for Starkville. West Point shows $345/nt and Columbus shows $285/nt

I have the ability to rent 1 night when others do not.

57stratdawg · 2026-09-02T16:32:57-0500

RocketDawg said:
Is it the University or the hotel that's charging such an exorbitant rate?

Surprising that anybody has reserved a room.

Mississippi State operates that hotel as they do several others in town now.

57stratdawg · 2026-09-02T16:37:19-0500

For the record, it’s all in like $1,300 for 2 nights (check in Friday and leave Sunday) depending on your selections.

Friday alone is around $500

DoggieDaddy13 · 2026-09-02T16:37:20-0500

It's the free market.

Supply and Demand.

The Invisible Hand spanking your po'asss!

Either you got money for these kind of expenses or you don't. Might not want to telegraph it.

Let's just remember we're all Bulldogs.

Some of have little and some of us have plenty enough. Blessed be the American economy!

Pars · 2026-09-02T17:19:18-0500

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we stayed out here in Crawford during the weiny dog races
Good drive out there but neat spot

Baddog11 · 2026-09-02T17:22:06-0500

don’t worry, The gas stations down there gouged us on the gas prices on our way to the game back during Katrina and later on every single one of them went to jail for it. We didn’t see any reimbursements though.

Xenomorph · 2026-09-02T17:24:40-0500

RocketDawg · 2026-09-02T17:37:01-0500

57stratdawg said:
Mississippi State operates that hotel as they do several others in town now.

I suppose that sort of makes sense, since there's not a lot of reasons to have a wide variety of hotels beyond university-sponsored events, like sports, graduations, etc.

HotelSuttle · 2026-09-02T18:14:40-0500

Try the Far Out Motel on 182. Showing a king room for under $300 per night. Stayed here last year and enjoyed it.

DawgNsuds · 2026-09-02T18:18:01-0500

Willow Grove Dawg said:
The University owns that hotel doesn't it?

Splitting hairs but, AI says

Ownership of Hampton Inn Starkville
No, Mississippi State University does not operate the Hampton Inn Starkville.

Management Structure
The hotel is owned by a for-profit arm of the MSU Foundation.
This entity was created to generate revenue that supports the university.
Purpose of Ownership
The profits from the hotel operations are intended to benefit the university's endowment.
This structure allows the university to maintain its tax-exempt status while engaging in for-profit activities.
In summary, while the hotel is closely associated with the university, it is not directly operated by Mississippi State University.

BulldogBlitz · 2026-09-02T18:21:12-0500

We did Airbnb last year at a cool house a little south of town. I dont think we are making it back for foosball this season since mama said its da debil.

We currently shopping for a good basketball weekend to catch both men and women.

85Bears · 2026-09-02T19:49:03-0500

Crap hotel, this kind of gouging should be illegal. Should be a cap on holiday or event season. I’ve stayed at other college venues and it is normal to hike prices but 250-350 is usually what you see , not 839 dollars.

SoJxnVol · 2026-09-02T20:18:11-0500

We’re coming up for the ULM game. Ended up in Columbus at the La Quinta… the one next to walk on’s is absurd compared to what we paid for the Auburn series game 1. Why in the hell is it so high for a ****** game? 10 or more so years ago, this game altogether would’ve been no more than $120. I mean hello, this isn’t a big sec game.

Beretta.sixpack · 2026-09-02T20:19:46-0500

85Bears said:
Crap hotel, this kind of gouging should be illegal. Should be a cap on holiday or event season. I’ve stayed at other college venues and it is normal to hike prices but 250-350 is usually what you see , not 839 dollars.

heck yeah!!! screw them....we need price controls.....rent controls....a price lock on eggs and milk....17 these Capitalist pigs!!!

patdog · 2026-09-02T20:35:03-0500

Well they’re sold out. So I guess the price was reasonable.

ll Martain ll · 2026-09-02T20:38:37-0500

Someone should buy it and rebrand to the SixPackSpeak hotel. 2 night and 10 drink minimum in the hotel bar.

She Mate Me · 2026-09-02T20:46:44-0500

I know many will disagree, but I find that pricing to be flat out gouging of your lifeblood (alumni and fans) and I think it’s reprehensible.

Charge something well above a normal weekend rate, let the hotel fill up and move on.

MagicDawg · 2026-09-02T21:09:20-0500

$altyDawg said:
Can you imagine what the rooms in Oxnard will be when LUS comes to town? Most will probably have a 2 night minimum on top of it all.

I was at a conference recently and had dinner at a table with an OM woman. She said people are renting their homes out for serious money during that week/weekend. They have season tickets and she told her husband they could rent the house out, sell the tickets as part of the package, and make a huge profit. He refused.

It was a conversation that hit a lot of the OM stereotypes -- all about how expensive everything has gotten since the football team was so competitive, and how expensive and inconvenient the playoff game was, and what the tickets cost then and now, and how much they had to pay for parking, etc. etc. etc. I think the woman is excellent at what she does, but that night she certainly checked all the boxes without realizing it.

Dawg Raid · 2026-09-02T21:17:13-0500

My bed is free (well other than the mortgage and the electricity bill)

leeinator · 2026-09-02T23:23:36-0500

85Bears said:
Crap hotel, this kind of gouging should be illegal. Should be a cap on holiday or event season. I’ve stayed at other college venues and it is normal to hike prices but 250-350 is usually what you see , not 839 dollars.

Just confirms to me that MSU should go ahead and fully chairback every seat in the Davis Wade house.....student section too. Drop the stadium capacity down to 40K and cancel the SEZ expansion plans. The Liberty Bowl has gone from about 60K down to now 45K with their renovation and they didn't even chairback the whole stadium. If hotels are gonna cost upwards toward a 1000 bucks, won't need many seats anyway.

TPIPER36 · 2026-09-03T01:08:43-0500

Back in the day like 2000 - 2006ish my parents used to book a room at Herbert hall for like cheap as hell. Maybe like 50 bucks a night. That’s probably not a thing anymore lol

olblue · 2026-09-03T01:13:23-0500

She Mate Me said:
I know many will disagree, but I find that pricing to be flat out gouging of your lifeblood (alumni and fans) and I think it’s reprehensible.

Charge something well above a normal weekend rate, let the hotel fill up and move on.

Mississippi State is charging $829 for the Hampton Inn Saturday Night

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