Autoport Motel Is Now The Stevens Motel — Hotel Impossible Update

Autoport Motel in State College, PA, appeared on Hotel Impossible (Travel Channel) in the season-five episode "Swinging for the Fences," which aired 2014-10-14, when consultant Anthony Melchiorri worked with the property's ownership on renovation and operational issues typical of the series. The address and coordinates associated with the property, 1275 N Atherton St, State College, PA 16803, now match a Google Places listing for The Stevens Motel, with a business status of operational. The Stevens Motel's website was last modified 2026-09-04, according to HTTP header data, though the visible page text found during the 2026-09-09 check referenced 2024 as its most recent year, describing owners Bill and Sally Rothwell and rooms available near Pennsylvania State University.

Because page text alone did not establish current 2026 activity, the StateCollege.com business directory listing for the motel, checked 2026-09-09, was used to confirm the business remains listed and contactable at the same Atherton Street address and phone number referenced on the site. No dated news article, licensing record, or public statement describing when or why the property began operating as The Stevens Motel rather than Autoport Motel was found in this check, so the date of the name change is not established here. Anyone able to document the specific date of the change from Autoport Motel to The Stevens Motel, or provide a more recently dated source confirming 2026 operations, would add the next fact to this record; none more specific was found among the sources checked for this update.