bball15 wrote:Hinsa wrote:Kwoods wrote:bball15 wrote:At the rate new hotels are going up in Minot right now I think there won't be much of a problem by the state B next year.
I talked to the tournament director during state this year and he said that Minot will have something like 15 or more new motels by the time the B is hosted next year. Most people that attend, seem to attend every year, just need to make sure that you call ahead, and if your team makes it they are given a block of rooms to ensure that parents and fans have a place to stay.
And in my opinion those 15 motels will fill with oil workers as soon as they open. So there will be no more open motel space next year than there is now.
You might have to plan on reserving a little bit ahead of time, but with 15 new hotels people should be able to get rooms. You have to take into consideration how many new housing developments are going up in town this summer. All the new houses should help the housing crunch quite a bit.
First of all, please understand I have no problem with Minot hosting tournaments when the housing situation settles down.
However, my family members in Minot tell me that the housing that is going up will barely keep up with all the people that were displaced from the flood, leaving precious little extra housing for oil folks. I do hope Minot can get enough housing built to be able to host next year's tournament, but I am just a bit skeptical.