HotelChatter

Tags: Jock Jam Hotels / Louisville Hotels / Hurricane Hotels / Hotel News / Ryder Cup Hotels / → All Tags

Ryder Cup Golf Nuts Filling Up the Hotel Rooms in Louisville, A City Without Power

Just in time for the arrival of thousands of Ryder Cup attendees, Louisville, Ky., lost power Sunday. About 75% of the city lost electricity --including yours truly.

We were without news until we could get to civilization Monday (the office) where we learned the power company estimates a 10-14 day period with no power. That's no internet, no TV, no air conditioning, no lights, no appliances, zilch. What's a high-maintenance girl who dislikes showering by candlelight to do? Move into a hotel.

But wait.

There are all those pesky tourists in town, and not a hotel room to be found. On Sunday night a few hotels offered price breaks to the in-the-dark locals but when the high-spending golf fans hit Louisville that was all over.

The few hotels left with rooms available have ratcheted up the rates to take advantage of the big event, never mind the quarter million people without power. We'll stay in the dark, thank you, before we pay almost 200 bucks a night for the luxury of light at the Howard Johnson Express Airport.

Let's just hope the power comes back on before the rooms open back up.

[Photo: Courier Journal]