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 23, 2026
- Publisher’s Positions
- Council’s selection of nonprofits for grants questioned
- The Gentleman From West Virginia: Harley M. Kilgore
- Ending the season in a strange way
- Hot-shooting Bartlett gets past Bearden
- The Knoxville Focus for March 16, 2026
- Publisher’s Positions
- HonorAir Knoxville ending mission after almost 20 years
- The Boss of Philadelphia: William S. Vare of Pennsylvania
