Nick Saban and Investor Group Acquires Perdido Beach Resort
By Isabella Gomez
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
December 6, 2025
Orange Beach Ala. Through the years, Nick Saban has owned or partnered with investment groups to purchase businesses and land throughout Alabama, and he has done it again. This time it’s in Orange Beach.
Perdido Beach Resort, one of Alabama’s most recognized hotel properties situated along the Alabama Gulf Coast, has been purchased by Nick Saban, his wife and a group of other investors.
Perdido Hotel Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Aurora Hospitality Partners, Joe Agresti, the Sabans and a select group of Alabama investors, announced the acquisition this week, securing the resort’s future under local stewardship.
Aurora Hospitality Partners issued a press release about the purchase.
For nearly four decades, the Orange Beach property has been a beloved family destination across the Southeast.
The new ownership group says keeping the resort in the hands of Alabamians reinforces its importance to the state’s tourism economy and preserves a Gulf Coast treasure for generations to come.
Aurora Hospitality Partners, the Alabama-based hotel management firm that co-owns the property and will oversee daily operations, emphasized its commitment to honoring the resort’s legacy while elevating the guest experience.
“We could not be more honored to steward a place that means so much to so many families across our state,” said Blair Plott, co-founder of Aurora Hospitality Partners. “It means a great deal to us that Perdido Beach Resort will move forward under the leadership of Alabamians who believe in the future of this community. Our focus is to build on its legacy and elevate the guest experience in a way that reflects the very best of Alabama.”
Perdido Beach Resort opened in 1987 and has remained under the ownership of Alabama businessman Jim Meadlock until now.
The property features 338 rooms, more than 43,000 square feet of event and meeting space and four food and beverage outlets.
As part of its longstanding practice, the resort will close for most of December and will reopen under the care of its new owners on December 30, 2025.
Aurora Hospitality Partners manages hotel properties under Marriott and Hilton brands. Its flagship property, The Alamite in Tuscaloosa — another property co-owned by the Sabans — earned the Marriott Tribute Portfolio Hotel of the Year award in 2024.
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