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Game Day

Homes within reach of the stadium for three college football towns this fall: Tuscaloosa, Athens, and Boone.

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Adam Norko
Curator

Picked homes whose managers already sell the weekend: game day in the listing, the stadium named, parking mentioned. Not a ranking. Three towns to start.

Dates worth knowing

  • Oct 10, 2026Georgia at Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Same day: App State Homecoming, BooneSource
  • Oct 17, 2026Auburn at Georgia, AthensSource
  • Oct 22 to 25, 2026App State Family Weekend, Thursday night game, BooneSource
  • Oct 24, 2026Alabama Homecoming vs. Texas A&M, TuscaloosaSource
  • Nov 28, 2026Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa; Georgia Tech at Georgia, AthensSource

College football weekends are the one trip where the housing market already speaks the guest's language. In Tuscaloosa a manager calls itself Game Day Rentals and puts a garage game room with two televisions in the listing. In Athens a listing says football fans and Sanford Stadium in the first line. Boone is cabins twenty minutes out and a Thursday night game.

Ten homes, three towns, all professional managers with their own booking sites. Each links to the manager; you book with them. Big remaining home dates are under each town.

Browse here10 homes, 4 management companies, one reason to be on the same page.
Book with the managerEvery link goes to the company's own booking site. Prices, photos, and availability live there.
Or send your dates"Check dates" forwards your dates and party size to the manager and opens their page.

The homes

Tuscaloosa: Alabama

vs Georgia Oct 10; vs Auburn Nov 28, 2026Bryant-Denny StadiumEvent site

All four homes below are walkable to the stadium per their listings.

Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day RentalsPreview from Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals's listing

Big Al's Stadium Den at Enclave

Tuscaloosa, AL · Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals
Sleeps 6 to 105 BR
Listing: a three-minute walk to the West Gate, garage game room with two 75-inch TVs, built for game day.
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Found on Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day RentalsPreview from Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals's listing

The Ellen at Newton Condos

Tuscaloosa, AL · Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals
Sleeps up to 62 BR
Listing: blocks from the stadium, two parking spots on game-day weekends, outdoor TVs.
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Found on Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day RentalsPreview from Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals's listing

Game Day Chalet

Tuscaloosa, AL · Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals
Sleeps up to 83 BR
Listing: walkable to Bryant-Denny and Coleman Coliseum, three king bedrooms.
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Found on Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day RentalsPreview from Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals's listing

McCullough Place at Houndstooth

Tuscaloosa, AL · Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals
Sleeps up to 83 BR
Listing: less than a mile's walk to the stadium, pool and gym on site.
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Found on Tuscaloosa Luxury Game Day Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Athens: Georgia

vs Auburn Oct 17; vs Georgia Tech Nov 28, 2026Sanford StadiumEvent site
Guest Haus CompanyPreview from Guest Haus Company's listing

Classic City Getaway, Walk to Sanford Stadium

Athens, GA · Guest Haus Company
Sleeps 42 BR
Listing: a mile from Sanford Stadium, written for football fans on a game day weekend.
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Found on Guest Haus Company's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Athens Vacation RentalsPreview from Athens Vacation Rentals's listing

Gameday Getaway Close to Campus

Athens, GA · Athens Vacation Rentals
Sleeps 42 BR
Listing: steps from campus and a short distance from Sanford Stadium.
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Found on Athens Vacation Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Athens Vacation RentalsPreview from Athens Vacation Rentals's listing

Modern 4BR House, Normaltown

Athens, GA · Athens Vacation Rentals
Sleeps 84 BR
Four bedrooms, minutes from downtown per the listing. The group option.
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Found on Athens Vacation Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.

Boone: App State

vs James Madison Thu Oct 22; vs Georgia State Nov 7, 2026Kidd Brewer StadiumEvent site

Boone homes are cabins 10 to 20 minutes from campus, not walkable.

Blue Ridge Mountain RentalsPreview from Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals's listing

Welcome Home

Boone, NC · Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals
Sleeps 83 BR
Listing pitches guests coming for an App State football game; about 20 minutes to downtown.
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Found on Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Blue Ridge Mountain RentalsPreview from Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals's listing

The Dog House

Boone, NC · Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals
Sleeps 21 BR
About four miles from campus per the listing; a review cites a ten-minute drive. The couple's option.
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Found on Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
Blue Ridge Mountain RentalsPreview from Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals's listing

New River Ramble

Boone, NC · Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals
Sleeps 103 plus loft
Riverside with a downstairs game room; a review cites 15 minutes to campus.
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Found on Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals's site. Facts per the listing, September 2026.
The Note behind this club · September 5, 2026

The market that already speaks the guest's language

College football is the one trip where the housing market already sells the weekend. In Tuscaloosa there is a management company called Game Day Rentals, and its listings say three-minute walk to the West Gate and garage game room with two televisions. In Athens a listing says football fans and Sanford Stadium in the first sentence. In Boone the cabins are twenty minutes out and the Thursday night game is the point.

Nobody had put those listings on one page by the thing they are all about.

Three towns, ten homes

Tuscaloosa, Athens, and Boone, with the remaining big home dates under each: Alabama hosts Georgia October 10 and Auburn November 28, Georgia hosts Auburn October 17, App State hosts James Madison on a Thursday, October 22. Ten homes from four managers with their own booking sites. The Tuscaloosa four are walkable to the stadium per their listings. The Boone three are cabins, and the page says so instead of pretending.

Clemson and Oxford were checked and left off: one true direct-booking manager whose pages could not be read, and too few managers who are not the big platforms. When that changes, they go on.

Who should own this

An alumni association. A fan site. The town's visitors bureau. Anyone whose audience already travels to these games and needs a place to point them that is not a hotel block forty minutes out.

For the managers

Your home is here because your listing already sells the weekend. Every link carries a tag. Check dates sends the guest's dates and party size to you and opens your page. Changes: hello@stayclubs.com, same day.

The managers who name the weekend get the weekend.

Facts on the club page are what each manager's listing states, checked September 2026. Game dates per the schools' published schedules.

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