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Milan Puskar Stadium at night, the stands full of fans in gold and the band in formation on the field

The band on the field before an opening game at Milan Puskar Stadium. Photo: John Duffy, CC BY 2.0

Big 12 · Morgantown, West Virginia

Where to stay for a West Virginia game Hotels near Milan Puskar Stadium, by time to the gate

Checked against 10 sources on November 10, 2026 · Editorial team · How we check

Stay by the stadium in Evansdale and Suncrest if you can get a room: four hotels are a 9–28 minute walk. If not, downtown is 6 minutes away, and Fairmont, on I-79, is next.

Four hotels sit around the medical center and Suncrest, north of the stadium, and are the only ones you can easily walk from. Downtown Morgantown is a 6 minute drive or a 34 minute walk, and the PRT is free on game days. The chain hotels on the west side by I-79 and on the east side are 10–12 minutes away with no traffic. When Morgantown is full, Fairmont is 32 minutes south on I-79; Uniontown and Bridgeport are 37–48 minutes out.

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Hotels in Evansdale →See the 2027 weekends

Stadium
Milan Puskar Stadium, 60,000 seats [7]
Lots and gates
Lots open at 7 a.m. on Saturday; gates 90 minutes before kickoff. No re-entry [4]
PRT
Free on game days, from 9:30 a.m. until an hour after the game [4]
Buses
MountainLine from the Mountaineer Mall, $3 round trip [4]
Rideshare
Lot at United Bank, 990 Elmer Prince Drive [4]

West Virginia weekends by the numbers

  • 2.0stadium seats for every resident of Morgantown: 60,000 seats (official capacity) [7] against 30,293 residents [8]
  • 9 minwalk from the closest hotel, the Residence Inn Morgantown Medical Center Area, to the stadium (0.4 mi) [9]
  • 5hotels we list within a 40 minute walk of the stadium [9]
  • 96 mindrive, with no traffic, from the furthest overflow town fans use when Morgantown is full [9]

West Virginia's 2027 home weekends, rated

All three non-conference games are at home and dated. The Big 12 set West Virginia's 2027 home opponents in its 2024-27 schedule matrix but has not published their dates. [2] Hardest so far: Southern Miss, Arizona State, BYU, Iowa State and UCF (Hard). How we rate weekends.

Aerial view of Milan Puskar Stadium and its gold-trimmed field among the hills of Morgantown
Milan Puskar Stadium from the air, July 2026. Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
West Virginia 2027 home games and how hard rooms will be
DateOpponentRoomsWhyBook
Sat, Aug 28, 2027Ohio
Non-conference
BusyNon-conference, no billed weekend
Season opener. [2]
Rooms Fri–Sun →
Sat, Sep 4, 2027Southern Miss
Non-conference
HardHoliday weekend
Labor Day weekend. [2]
Rooms Fri–Sun →
Sat, Sep 11, 2027VMI
Non-conference
BusyNon-conference, no billed weekend
The third home game in a row to open the season. [2]
Rooms Fri–Sun →
Date not yet setArizona State
Big 12
HardConference game [3]Rooms →
Date not yet setBYU
Big 12
HardConference game [3]Rooms →
Date not yet setIowa State
Big 12
HardConference game [3]Rooms →
Date not yet setUCF
Big 12
HardConference game [3]Rooms →

Kickoff times may not be set until a few weeks before the game. Book Friday and Saturday nights, and check the time before you travel.

Hotels closest to Milan Puskar Stadium

Of the 12 hotels we list, the closest is the Residence Inn Morgantown Medical Center Area at 1046 Willowdale Road: a 9 minute walk (0.4 mi) to the stadium. 5 are within a 40 minute walk. Times are routed on OpenStreetMap from each hotel to the stadium with no traffic [9]; on game day the drive takes longer and the lots fill early.

Hotels near Milan Puskar Stadium, closest first, with walk and drive times
HotelAreaOn footBy carGame-day bus
Residence Inn Morgantown Medical Center Area
1046 Willowdale Road, Morgantown
Evansdale9 min · 0.4 mi2 min · 0.4 miNone listed
Holiday Inn Morgantown - University Area
1188 Pine View Drive, Morgantown
Evansdale18 min · 0.9 mi3 min · 0.9 miNone listed
Hampton Inn Morgantown
1053 Van Voorhis Road, Morgantown
Evansdale19 min · 0.9 mi3 min · 0.8 miNone listed
Hilton Garden Inn Morgantown
150 Suncrest Town Centre Drive, Morgantown
Evansdale28 min · 1.3 mi4 min · 1.2 miNone listed
Scholar Hotel Morgantown
345 Chestnut Street, Morgantown
Downtown Morgantown34 min · 1.6 mi6 min · 1.7 miNone listed
Fairfield Inn & Suites Morgantown
161 Lewis Drive, Morgantown
West sideDrive10 min · 3.7 miNone listed
Super 8 by Wyndham Morgantown
603 Venture Drive, Morgantown
East sideDrive10 min · 4.7 miNone listed
SpringHill Suites Morgantown
1910 Hunter's Way, Morgantown
East sideDrive11 min · 4.8 miNone listed
La Quinta Inn & Suites Morgantown
5000 Gateway Drive, Morgantown
West sideDrive10 min · 4.1 miNone listed
Courtyard Morgantown
460 Courtyard Street, Morgantown
West sideDrive12 min · 5.3 miNone listed
Super 8 by Wyndham Fairmont
2208 Pleasant Valley Road, Fairmont
Fairmont (I-79)Drive32 min · 25.0 miNone listed
Holiday Inn Express Fairmont
2256 Landing Lane, Fairmont
Fairmont (I-79)Drive32 min · 25.1 miNone listed

Where to stay in Morgantown, by area

3 km10 km25 kmMilan Puskar StadiumPittsburgh96 min driveUniontown37 min driveEvansdale9 min walkWest side10 min driveDowntown Morgantown6 min driveEast side10 min driveFairmont (I-79)32 min driveBridgeport48 min drive
  1. Downtown Morgantown 6 min drive
  2. Evansdale 9 min walk
  3. West side 10 min drive
  4. East side 10 min drive
  5. Fairmont (I-79) 32 min drive
  6. Uniontown 37 min drive
  7. Bridgeport 48 min drive
  8. Pittsburgh 96 min drive
Walk to the gatesShort drive or shuttleOverflow townsPositions are to scale in direction; distance is compressed. Times are routed with no traffic.

Walk to the gates

Evansdale and Suncrest

Walk to the gatesFamilies

Four hotels around the medical center and the Suncrest Town Centre, just north of the stadium. A 9–28 minute walk, and the only hotels in town where you can leave the car.

  • 9 min Walk from the Residence Inn to the stadium (0.4 mi) [9]
  • 18 min Walk from the Holiday Inn (0.9 mi) [9]
  • 28 min Walk from the Hilton Garden Inn (1.3 mi) [9]

Hotels here

Hotels in Evansdale →

A short drive or shuttle

Downtown Morgantown

NightlifeFood and drink

High Street's restaurants and bars, on the downtown campus by the river. A 6 minute drive with no traffic or a 34 minute walk, and the free PRT runs on game days.

  • 6 min Drive from the Scholar Hotel, no traffic (1.7 mi) [9]
  • 34 min Walk from the Scholar Hotel (1.6 mi) [9]

Hotels here

Hotels in Downtown Morgantown →

West side and I-79

DriversEasy from I-79

Chain hotels on the west side towards I-79. A 10–12 minute drive with no traffic, and the easiest for fans coming up I-79.

  • 10 min Drive from the Fairfield Inn, no traffic (3.7 mi) [9]
  • 12 min Drive from the Courtyard, no traffic (5.3 mi) [9]

Hotels here

Hotels in West side →

East side

DriversEasy from I-68

Hotels east of the stadium towards I-68 and the Mileground. A 10–11 minute drive with no traffic.

  • 10 min Drive from the Super 8, no traffic (4.7 mi) [9]
  • 11 min Drive from SpringHill Suites, no traffic (4.8 mi) [9]

Hotels here

Hotels in East side →

When the town is full

Fairmont (I-79)

OverflowEasy from I-79

The next town south on I-79, with hotels at the Pleasant Valley exit. 32 minutes from the stadium with no traffic, and the first place to look when Morgantown is full.

  • 32 min Drive from the Fairmont hotels, no traffic (25.1 mi) [9]

Hotels here

Hotels in Fairmont (I-79) →

Uniontown, Bridgeport and Pittsburgh

Big weekendsMore choice

Past Fairmont, the next towns are Uniontown in Pennsylvania and Bridgeport further down I-79, 37–48 minutes away. Pittsburgh is an hour and a half.

  • 37 min Uniontown, Pennsylvania, no traffic (26.6 mi) [9]
  • 48 min Bridgeport, no traffic (39.0 mi) [9]
  • 96 min Downtown Pittsburgh, no traffic (72.9 mi) [9]
Hotels in Uniontown, Bridgeport →

Booking rules: when rooms open and what big weekends cost

Looking north up High Street in downtown Morgantown, with stone and brick buildings and parked cars on a sunny day
North High Street, downtown Morgantown, August 2026. Photo: Cutlass, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Only four hotels are a walk away

Of the hotels we list, only the four in Evansdale and Suncrest are a walk from the stadium, 9 to 28 minutes. Downtown is a 34 minute walk; everything else means a drive or the PRT. [9]

Bring a card: every lot is cashless

All parking lots are cashless, the Green Lot included, and so are the concession stands and seatback sales. [4]

RVs arrive on Friday

RV lots open on the Friday before a game: the Blue Lot RV areas and the Coliseum Lot at 8 a.m., the Red RV lot at the Law School at 3 p.m., the Green RV lot at 5 p.m. RVs must leave by noon the day after the game, with planks under every jack. [4]

Groups: bus parking is $100

Buses and limousines park in the Coliseum Lot for $100. They may not use the Gold or Green garage lots. [4]

Coming as a group or a family? Houses and apartments in and around Morgantown are on Vrbo: vacation rentals in Morgantown →

What we saw in the 2026 season

Our own readings of Booking.com search results: two nights, two adults, prices before taxes, one reading on one day. A record of last season, not a forecast for 2027, and not used in the rating.

  • 4 days before the Kansas game (Saturday 14 November), Booking.com showed 19 places with rooms in Morgantown for the nights of 13–15 November, at a median of $668 for two nights. In Fairmont, the overflow town, the same nights showed 6 places at a median of $315. [1]
  • 11 days before the Houston game (Saturday 21 November), Booking.com showed 22 places with rooms in Morgantown for the nights of 20–22 November, at a median of $538 for two nights. In Fairmont, the overflow town, the same nights showed 8 places at a median of $314. [1]
  • For a weekend with no home game, 4–6 December 2026, Booking.com showed 32 places with rooms in Morgantown, at a median of $252 for two nights. [1]

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Game day at Milan Puskar Stadium: parking, traffic and buses

Lot and gate times

All lots open at 7 a.m. on Saturday. Gates open 90 minutes before kickoff: 10:30 a.m. for the noon Arizona game in October 2026. There is no re-entry. [4]

Night games start early too

For the 7 p.m. Oklahoma State game in September 2026, the lots still opened at 7 a.m., and will call opened at 5 p.m. A night kickoff means a full day in the lots. [5]

PRT and buses

The PRT runs free on game days, from 9:30 a.m. until an hour after the game. MountainLine stadium buses run from the Mountaineer Mall from two hours before kickoff until at least an hour after the game, for $3 round trip. [4]

Rideshare lot

Uber, Lyft and taxis use a set lot at United Bank Suncrest, 990 Elmer Prince Drive. Elmer Prince Drive itself is open to buses only. [4]

Traffic

Coming on I-79, use the University Avenue or Pierpont Road exits off I-68; expect long delays around Star City. After the game Don Nehlen Drive is exit-only and closed to parking, and the advice is to take the Mileground and Route 705 to I-68 and I-79. [4]

Bag policy

One clear bag up to 12 x 6 x 12 inches or a one-gallon plastic bag per person, plus a small clutch up to 6 x 9 inches. Every gate has walk-through metal detectors. [6]

Accessible parking

Disabled parking is sold per game, $45, on a limited basis at the Law School (Brown Lot), with accessible vans to the stadium. Golf-cart shuttles circle the stadium for fans with disabilities. [4]

Getting back after the game

Primary routes get priority after the game and side roads are held until they clear. Staying in Evansdale or Suncrest, you can walk back in 9–28 minutes; otherwise the PRT runs until an hour after the game. [4]

Getting to Morgantown

Driving

Morgantown sits where I-79 meets I-68. Fairmont is 32 minutes south on I-79 and Pittsburgh about an hour and a half north, with no traffic. [9]

Game-day radio

Parking updates go out on game day on Monongalia County's radio notification station, 1610 AM. [4]

Flying in

Pittsburgh International (PIT) is 102 minutes' drive from the stadium with no traffic (77.5 mi). [9]

Travel news for the 2027 season

  • The Big 12 set its 2024-27 schedule matrix. West Virginia's 2027 home opponents are Arizona State, BYU, Iowa State and UCF. [3]

West Virginia game weekends: questions fans ask

What is the closest hotel to Milan Puskar Stadium?

The Residence Inn Morgantown Medical Center Area at 1046 Willowdale Road, a 9 minute walk (0.4 miles). The Holiday Inn and Hampton Inn are 18–19 minutes on foot. [9]

Where should I stay if Morgantown is sold out?

Fairmont first: its hotels at the I-79 exit are 32 minutes away with no traffic. After that, Uniontown is 37 minutes away and Bridgeport 48. [9]

When are West Virginia's 2027 home games?

Ohio on 28 August, Southern Miss on 4 September and VMI on 11 September. Arizona State, BYU, Iowa State and UCF also come to Morgantown; the Big 12 has not published their dates. [2]

How do I get to the stadium without a car?

Take the PRT, free on game days from 9:30 a.m. until an hour after the game, or a MountainLine stadium bus from the Mountaineer Mall for $3 round trip. [4]

Where do Uber and Lyft drop off at WVU games?

At the ride-share lot at United Bank Suncrest, 990 Elmer Prince Drive. [4]

Can I leave Milan Puskar Stadium and come back in?

No. Re-entry is not allowed. [4]

Sources

  1. Our reading of Booking.com search results (two nights, two adults, before taxes): searches for Morgantown, West Virginia, United States on booking.com, for the nights given with each reading, FootballStay (10 November 2026). Checked November 10, 2026.
  2. 2027 Football Schedule, West Virginia University Athletics. Checked November 10, 2026.
  3. Big 12 Announces Football Scheduling Matrix for 2024-27 Seasons, West Virginia University Athletics (1 November 2023). Checked November 10, 2026.
  4. Arizona Game Information, West Virginia University Athletics (6 October 2026). Checked November 10, 2026.
  5. Oklahoma State Game Information, West Virginia University Athletics (22 September 2026). Checked November 10, 2026.
  6. Clear Bag & Metal Detectors Policy, West Virginia University Athletics. Checked November 10, 2026.
  7. Milan Puskar Stadium, Wikipedia. Checked November 10, 2026.
  8. City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2025 (Vintage 2025), U.S. Census Bureau. Checked November 10, 2026.
  9. Routed walk and drive times (OSRM on OpenStreetMap, no traffic), FOSSGIS routing.openstreetmap.de. Checked November 10, 2026.
  10. Hotel positions and addresses, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Checked November 10, 2026.

Photos

  • The band on the field before an opening game at Milan Puskar Stadium. John Duffy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • Milan Puskar Stadium from the air, July 2026. Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • North High Street, downtown Morgantown, August 2026. Cutlass, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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