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 March 9, 2026
- Publisher’s Positions
- Local restaurant provides worship space for church congregation
- The Gentleman From Nevada: James G. Scrugham
- Nordin’s path could lead to TSSAA gold and Naval Academy
- Lady Spartans fight back a second time for title
- The Knoxville Focus for March 2, 2026
- Democratic-Socialists Hate America
- More politics and religion during long commission meeting
- Edouard V. Izac of California
