Four events in nine days at the stadium
The stadium's own dated feed returns four events between 7 and 15 November 2026. The ISSMA State Marching Band Finals take November 7, a Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. The Colts host the Dallas Cowboys on November 8 from 1:00 p.m. The Bands of America Grand National Championship runs November 12 to 14. The Colts host the Miami Dolphins on November 15 from 1:00 p.m.
Grand Nationals carries its own clock. The South Parking Lot opens at 6:00 a.m., the ticket office at 6:45 a.m., the East Gate at 7:00 a.m., and competition begins at 7:00 a.m. The feed lists the event to 11:59 p.m.
The band load behind the daytime hours
The organiser's participating list carries a 24 September 2026 stamp and names 96 bands from 22 states. Ohio sends 26, Indiana 17, Kentucky 10, Texas 7, Michigan 6 and Tennessee 5. Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky together account for 53 of the 96 bands.
The organiser's enrollment table rows Grand Nationals at a capacity of 112 bands and 99 enrolled, with space available as of the table's stamp. The venue's own copy describes nearly 100 high school marching bands.
Every band enters the building for a 7:00 a.m. start and the venue lists the day to 11:59 p.m. That is a daytime population inside the district across three consecutive days, and it lands in the hours a day room covers.
What a day room prices against in this city
Dayuse lists an average price of $87.43 for a day hotel in Indianapolis and names Quality Inn & Suites Southport as its recommended hourly property. Its San Francisco page carries $119.61 for the same product in a higher-rate market.
The hotelSlots directory for Indianapolis reads 273 hotels available in its header and 123 hotels to choose from in its body copy. Its platform counters read 103,857+ hotels across 46 states, up to 75% off nightly rates and $0 fees.
Engine puts the Indianapolis average nightly rate at $128 across 1.2 million public rate observations made between May 2024 and April 2026. November reads $122, which is 5 percent below the city average. The page ranks Indianapolis 39 of 50 markets and 14 percent below the $148 median.
Three nights, midweek and weekend
November 12 is a Thursday, November 13 a Friday and November 14 a Saturday. A band block holds all three nights and leaves on Sunday. Engine's November line covers the monthly average and publishes no day-of-week split.
The convention centre runs the same nights
The Indiana Convention Center's own feed carries the Percussive Arts Society International Convention from 11 to 14 November, which covers the three band nights and the Wednesday arrival before them.
The next stadium date
The feed carries the 2026 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game on December 5 at 8:00 p.m. It sits 20 days after the Colts and Miami game. The venue publishes the clocks for that day. The South Parking Lot opens for ADA parking at 8:00 a.m., the ticket office at 4:00 p.m., the gates at 6:00 p.m., and kickoff is at 8:00 p.m. The convention centre adds the Big Ten Fan Fest on 5 and 6 December.
Where the published figures stop
Music for All publishes no room block and no per-property rate for Grand Nationals. Its housing page lists a Grand Nationals Housing Reference Guide among its links, and that entry carries no link at all. The stadium feed carries no attendance figure on any of the five November events, and the enrollment table is the only band count the organiser publishes.