What Lands on Saturday 5 December
The Indiana Convention Center forecasts 70,000 attendees for the Big Ten Football Championship FAN FEST, which runs 5-6 December 2026 inside the building. The Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday 5 December at Lucas Oil Stadium next door, and the conference publishes that time on its championship page.
A second booking takes the same Saturday. The 38th Combat Aviation Brigade Ball sits in Meeting Rooms 107-110 with a venue forecast of 250.
The Room Base
Downtown Indianapolis holds 7,100 hotel rooms. The venue reports that 4,700 of them connect to the Convention Center by skywalk, and that more than half of downtown's rooms sit within blocks of the Convention Center and the stadium.
The venue's forecast of 70,000 attendees sits against that 7,100-room base. No source publishes a per-night rate for 5 December, so the number to set is your own.
The December Calendar
The venue publishes a forecast headcount for every event on its December calendar. Read the month as one list.
2 December: Economic Club of Indiana Luncheon, 300 forecast, Sagamore Ballroom 3-4.
5 December: Big Ten Football Championship FAN FEST, 70,000 forecast.
5 December: 38th Combat Aviation Brigade Ball, 250 forecast, Meeting Rooms 107-110.
16 December: IU School of Nursing Graduation, 2,100 forecast, Wabash Ballroom 1-3.
17 December: Dentons Bingham Greenebaum Legislative Conference, 400 forecast. Indiana Transportation Team Partnering Conference, 600 forecast.
24 to 28 December: NCNMO Platform 26, 2,000 forecast.
Those are forecast attendance figures. A buyer with flexible dates can place the same offer on 2 December or 17 December, where the venue forecasts 300 and 400.
The Walk-Away Number
On Saturday 5 December the buyer's position is weak. The venue forecast of 70,000 attendees sits near ten times the downtown room count, and every property within walking distance knows the date.
The walk-away number is your own ceiling. Pick the highest price you will pay for the night and submit at that price.
An offer costs nothing to submit. The platform adds no commission to the rate you agree, and you pay the property directly. Hotels respond within 24 to 72 hours, so submit with that window in mind.
Asks That Cost the Property Little
Price is one line in the conversation. Three asks carry no rate change on this weekend.
Late checkout on Sunday 6 December. The Fan Fest runs a second day and the title game starts at 8 p.m. ET on the Saturday, so a late checkout keeps the room usable well past the standard hour.
A skywalk-side room. The venue reports 4,700 rooms connected by skywalk, and it states that closing and opening times are event-dependent, with a rule of thumb of an 11 p.m. lockdown and a 6 a.m. reopening. A kickoff at 8 p.m. ET runs toward that hour, so ask the property to confirm the skywalk hours in force on 5 December.
Parking. Denison Parking operates every Convention Center and stadium lot, and downtown holds more than 70,000 parking spaces. The venue directs guests to a downtown map for lot pricing and hours, and its parking page publishes no lot pricing, so confirm any charge with the property.
What to Write in the Offer
Number of rooms. Check-in Saturday 5 December and check-out Sunday 6 December, or the nights you need. Your price a night. Property type. Skywalk preference. Parking. The late checkout request.
The platform sends one offer to more than 50 properties at the destination, and every accept, counter or decline lands in one dashboard. Read all three terms on a counter: room type, night count and cancellation term.
Where an Indianapolis Offer Sits
hotelhaggle lists 103,857 properties across 46 states. The brand does not process booking requests from residents of, or for travel to, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa and Washington, and that restriction applies across the hotelHuddle brands. Indiana is not on the list.
Set your number, attach the three asks, submit early, and walk away if no property accepts.
