Shirl:
people are not taking vacations and are spending weekends with family
right there at home visiting local attractions that don't require hotel
stays

Andrew Gideon wrote:
Well, I'm obviously not in - or anywhere near - the hotel business. But
I've this sense that, somehow, there's perhaps some small opportunity
here. For example, what if Jay's hotel manages to become a "local
attraction".

Certainly, he's invested enough money being a unique hotel. What would
it take to be an attraction to locals?

I vaguely recall that there's a nice simulator setup there; nice enough
that it's better than what most people would afford on their own.
Perhaps he could expand this and introduce something like "league play"
in air combat? I also recall reading here about what might be as
sophisticated as a "simulated aviation world" available via the Internet;
perhaps access to this with high-end gear has value?

Again, I'm no expert so I'm probably nowhere near the mark. But I like
the idea of no crisis going unexploited grin. Best of luck to you, Jay.

Very "enterprising"! :-)
My guess is Jay would have to spend some $ on advertising to get that
kind of thing rolling; then he'd have to charge for the "air combat"
arcade-type play -- does he have more than one simulator $et up? If not,
wouldn't be much fun for 20 people to stand and watch while one (or two)
are at the controls. You'd have to have support staff on hand to monitor
the sims, keep them working. Would people actually use the *hotel* for
overnight stay? or just show up for the sim play? Would sim play be
enough to cover the overhead of the whole hotel? Would people hanging
around for sim play disrupt actual paying hotel guests? What if a paying
hotel guest wants to use the sim? Would the insurance cover *customers*
on the premises for non-hotel purposes?