Sugar Bowl 2027 Hotels: Two of 13 Downtown Hotels Sold January 15 as a Single Night
By Matt Spaulding · November 10, 2026
Photo: Glimmergloss, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Two of 13 downtown New Orleans hotels would sell Friday 15 January 2027, the night of the Sugar Bowl, as a single night when we asked on 10 November 2026 for two adults: the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel and the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. The Sheraton sold every night in January. The other 11 refused. Four hotels on Hilton's site said "Sold out", and The Windsor Court said "We Cannot Accept Arrivals On January 15, 2027." Rooms open and close by the day, so check again before you book.
On Thursday the 14th, parade day, the Sheraton, Hilton New Orleans Riverside and NOPSI Hotel New Orleans sold and ten hotels didn't.
The Hyatt is the closest of the 13, an 8-minute walk from the Superdome, and the next four closest all refused game night. The Sheraton is a 21-minute walk. All 13 are in the CBD and Warehouse District.
The game
The 93rd Allstate Sugar Bowl is a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Caesars Superdome on Friday 15 January 2027. Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. Central (7:30 Eastern) on ABC and ESPN, per the Sugar Bowl's own release and ESPN's press room. The other semifinal is the Orange Bowl on Thursday 14 January, and the championship is Monday 25 January 2027 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Limited public tickets went on sale 1 September through Ticketmaster, per NewOrleans.com on 31 August.
The 13 hotels, closest walk first
Walk times are to the east side of the Superdome, except the Renaissance, Embassy Suites and the Higgins, which are to the south side. Our Superdome hotels guide timed 41 hotels and lists walks for the 26 within 30 minutes of the dome.
The Hyatt Regency sold Friday with four rates on the screen. For Thursday, Hyatt's search said "Unfortunately, this hotel is not available during those dates." The booking screen adds a $30 a day destination fee.
Le Pavillon is 13 minutes from the dome on foot. Marriott's calendar for it read "Not available for check-in" on the 14th and the 15th, and on every other date in January 2027. A month of refusals looks like something other than demand, and we couldn't find out what. NOPSI, a 14-minute walk, sold Thursday. For Friday its screen said the check-in/check-out combination was not available on 15 January. Its destination charge is $35 a night and covers Wi-Fi, bottled water, two drink vouchers, a welcome amenity, the gym and the rooftop pool. It doesn't publish a parking rate.
The Roosevelt, a Waldorf Astoria, said "Sold out" for all three nights. It's 17 minutes away. Two minutes farther out, the Renaissance New Orleans Arts Warehouse District Hotel refused the 14th and 15th on Marriott's calendar and had rooms on the 16th. At International House Hotel, 20 minutes out, the booking engine said "we are closed on january 14, 2027." and the same for the 15th, followed by "Please select alternate dates." That's the engine's wording for those dates, and we aren't reading it as the hotel shutting.
The JW Marriott New Orleans matched the Renaissance: closed to check-in on the 14th and 15th, selling the 16th. Le Méridien New Orleans refused all three nights. Both are 21-minute walks, the same as the Sheraton.
Marriott's calendar for the Sheraton carries the footer "All rates include 30 USD per night Destination Fee", so its $30 destination fee is already inside the rate on the screen.
Embassy Suites by Hilton New Orleans Convention Center, a 22-minute walk, showed 13 to 16 January sold out on its calendar. The Windsor Court, 23 minutes out, answered the 14th with "Your Check-In/Check-Out Combination Is Not Available On January 14, 2027." and refused arrivals on the 15th. The Higgins Hotel New Orleans is also 23 minutes away and was sold out on every night we read.
Hilton New Orleans Riverside sold Thursday. Its calendar had 15, 16, 17 and 21 January sold out. At 25 minutes it's the longest walk of the 13, and every stay carries a $30 a night destination charge, plus tax.
We have no read for The Eliza Jane. It left Hyatt for Marriott's Autograph Collection in March 2026, and the only screen we tried was Hyatt's, which didn't list it.
If the two that sold are gone, search two nights
Search Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 January as one two-night stay. Every refusal above came on a one-night search, and we haven't run the two-night one ourselves.
Start with the Sheraton, which sold all three nights one at a time. NOPSI and the Windsor Court rejected the dates as a check-in and check-out combination, and neither said sold out, so try both.
The Hyatt, the JW, the Renaissance, Le Méridien, Le Pavillon and International House all turned down a check-in on the 14th, which is where that stay starts, though the Hyatt did sell Friday on its own. The Roosevelt, Embassy Suites, the Higgins and Hilton Riverside had Friday sold out. Any of those ten is a long shot for a two-night stay.
Thursday's parade and the rest of the week
The Sugar Bowl parade rolls through the French Quarter on Thursday 14 January. Sugar Bowl Fest follows at Audubon Aquarium Plaza, per NewOrleans.com on 31 August 2026, and the Sugar Bowl's own Fest page puts it at 1 Canal Street. Tailgate Town is in Champions Square, and its 2027 times aren't posted yet.
The Pelicans play the Spurs in Paris on Thursday 14 January and in Manchester on Sunday 17 January, so they can't be home on the 15th or 16th. We found no home game on the 13th either. Fan Expo New Orleans runs 8 to 10 January at the Morial Convention Center, and the GCSAA conference opens there on 18 January. We found nothing else on the 14th or 15th competing with the game for downtown rooms.
Parking
The Sugar Bowl's parking page says Superdome garages are sold in advance through JustPark and other lots through ParkWhiz, with some first-come parking sold on the day. For the January 2026 game the garages opened at 2 p.m. The page was last updated for that game.
Three of the 13 publish a self-park rate we could read, and all three were sold out on the 15th. Hilton Riverside charges $50 a night for covered self-parking and $58 a night for valet. Embassy Suites is $50 a day either way, self-park or valet. The Higgins is $45 a day plus tax, in the WWII Museum garage.
Of the two that sold game night, the Sheraton is valet only, $55 a day or $62.15 with tax. We couldn't confirm a rate at the Hyatt, so ask the hotel for the valet price. More on garages and valet is in our New Orleans hotel parking guide.
