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 24, 2026
- Mayor-elect Henderson names Doug ‘High Tax’ Harris to staff
- Seymour Volunteer Fire Department updates community on new station
- The Gentleman From New York: Kenneth B. Keating
- Old Gray Cemetery
- Cherokees give their head coach his first win
- The Knoxville Focus for August 17, 2026
- UDO Postponed
- Proposed Chilhowee Park changes draw questions
- The Reece Committee III
