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 November 2, 2026
- Publisher’s Positions
- DGG put on a show for a record crowd
- The Irrepressible Hal Clements
- Long’s record-setting career continues with overtime win over Karns
- Hardin Valley just likes to be on top
- The Knoxville Focus for October 26, 2026
- Publisher’s Positions
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- The Gentleman From New York: Andrew. L Somers
