Baton Rouge is Louisiana’s Capital City, conveniently situated just an hour from New Orleans and well connected to major hubs like Houston, Dallas, Washington D.C., and Atlanta through the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. Known as the Sports Capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge is home to championship-winning programs at both Louisiana State University and Southern University, bringing a built-in culture of passionate sports fandom to every event it hosts.
Baton Rouge at a Glance
- Hotel Rooms
- 8,500
- Hotel Tax Rate
- 15.45 percent
- Major Facilities
- LSU’s Tiger Stadium is a 102,321-seat venue
- Stacks Pickleball has 12 indoor courts
- Raising Cane’s River Center’s main exhibition hall spans 70,000 square feet and can be combined with other areas, like the arena, to create over 100,000 square feet of contiguous space
- LSU’s Alex Box Stadium is a 10,326-seat ballpark
- Traction Sports Performance Complex has 12 outdoor fields
- Contact
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