California Building
Full apartment kitchens for a family game weekend
About this hotel
California Building offers apartment-style rooms with a full kitchen, including a dishwasher and oven rather than just a microwave, making it one of the more self-sufficient options for a family managing a multi-night Saints trip. The terrace and outdoor seating area give a place to relax between the tailgate and kickoff without needing to book a rooftop bar elsewhere downtown. Private check-in keeps arrival simple for a family with kids and luggage, and the thirteen-minute walk to the Superdome runs through quiet CBD streets rather than the busier Poydras corridor closer to the stadium gates themselves. That combination is worth knowing about before booking rather than discovering it only after arrival with bags in hand. Guests who plan around that detail tend to get more out of the stay than those who book on price alone.
- Full apartment kitchen
- 13-minute walk to Dome
- Terrace access
- Family-friendly
Our take
This suits a family who wants to cook real meals during a multi-night trip rather than eating out for every breakfast and dinner near a crowded stadium. Guests wanting the shortest possible walk to the gates should compare this thirteen-minute distance against closer Poydras Street hotels nearer the Dome itself. Guests expecting a five-star finish at this rate should adjust expectations, but the location and basics both hold up well.
- Cook dinner in the full kitchen at least once, the dishwasher and oven make it more practical than a typical hotel kitchenette.
- Use the terrace for breakfast before the thirteen-minute walk to the Dome rather than rushing out the door on game morning.
- Book early for a multi-night Sugar Bowl trip, apartment-style units like this tend to sell out faster than standard rooms.
Why we love it
- Full kitchen with dishwasher and oven
- Terrace and outdoor seating
- Private check-in
- Quiet CBD side streets
Why guests love itWe cooked a proper dinner in the full kitchen the night before the game, oven and all, which none of the other CBD hotels we looked at could offer at this rate. The thirteen-minute walk to the Dome the next afternoon was easy with the kids, and the terrace gave us somewhere to sit outside before heading toward the gates that morning.