The "Inn" Crowd!

   Mary and Joseph probably should have been
heading to Wyoming Valley instead of Bethlehem.
Oh.....that was a different Bethlehem?
   Well, anyway, there's no reason anybody should
be told "there's no room at the Inn" around here.
    I've been watching an unofficial race for the
past couple of months as two new Hotel/Motels
are being constructed within two miles of my
house.
   The folks at Mohegan Sun Casino are building
a  Fifty million dollar 7-story Hotel and Convention
Center. It's suppose to have 238 rooms! I guess
the idea is you stay and play!
    Just across the street developers are constructing
 a Microtel Inn & Suites and two fast food restaurants.
 It will be 4-stories high and have 97 rooms. It's going
up on a hill so visitors can see the casino. The
windows on the North side are limited to a stairwell
so they won't have to look at the auto junkyard next
door.
    I might mention that both those new facilities
are being built within about 5 miles of a half dozen
existing hotels!
    In fact, according to the Luzerne County Visitors
and Convention Bureau, there are more than 44
hotels in Luzerne County now with some 3,400
rooms! We must be getting a lot of visitors!
    Norman Bates could have made a good living
around here!
    Now that somebody has actually published a book
called "Kids For Cash" they may be coming to see
our Courthouse. If that's the case let's hope they
park legally in Wilkes-Barre so they don't get towed!
But....that's another story!
    Admittedly most of the buses I see are headed
towards Mohegan Sun so I'll bet most visitors are
going there. Soon they'll have more places then ever
so sleep over! Guess I won't have to add an extra
room at my place!
    Check my bags..leave my eyes!
    Hope you High Rollers have made your
reservations and that all your NEWS is good!

   

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