I did some asking around tonight with local hotels and all confirm to me that they have no measurable influx of people sleeping overnight. I have checked hotels.com and priceline.com and basically the pattern I am observing is that the $40 a night hotels are in limited supply in the Cedar Bluff area but downtown I see and hear no real impact.
Stories in this Week's Focus
- The Knoxville Focus for August 10, 2026
- Daniel Law Firm excited to be in Powell
- A Divided Knox County Republican Party Helped Elect More Democrats
- The Reece Committee II
- Grace Christian continuing an ‘exciting time’
- Planting the seeds for a new football program
- The Knoxville Focus for August 3, 2026
- Publisher’s Positions
- Big turnout for Turner’s summer basketball camp
- The Reece Committee I
