Hotels and restaurants prepare for boom in business

Hotels and restaurants prepare for boom in business

Hundreds of people will be traveling to the rogue valley this week for tournaments at us cellular fields.

Those tournaments provide a huge economic boost that our local hotels and restaurants have come to rely on.

Newswatch 12's alicia rubin spoke with area businesses about their hopes and plans for the return of local tournaments.

The us cellular fields will be hosting over 40 teams as a part of two separate tournaments all happening right here this weekend.

It's the first time something like this is happening since covid-19 closures began and hotels and area restraints are remaining cautiously optimistic.

The city of medford has issued strict guidelines for issued strict medford has the city of the city of medford has issued strict guidelines for players and participants in this weekends tournaments but it's not just the fields that are preparing.

Stephanie says: we as hoteliers rely on that business business hasn't really returned in full force since covid began -- especially for local hotels.

Stephanie says: this weekend is probably one of the first weekends that we've had since covid has happened that we are expected to most likely sell out this weekend and local restaurants are still operating under strict guidelines.

Roberto says: am i hoping that will be busy this weekend?

Yes.

We can definitely use the business not just me but all the businesses around us too because this will be the first time there is a rush in tourism to the area since coronavirus, both hotels and restaurants are doing their best to prepare.

Stephanie says: "you know there's only so many people we can check in at one time that's going to be something that we have to work around this weekend" roberto says: "our capacity is about 60 people in the restaurant but we're not seating the 60 right now we're only sitting about eight tables at the most" stephanie says: "it's going to be a learning experience" theres another tournament in the books for july so this weekend could reveal what tournaments in the era of the coronavirus will look like.

Stephanie says: "i'm just really excited and we hope to see the us cellular field and all the sports teams come back" on newswatch 12 at 5 o'clock i went through some of the new regulations teams will be faced with this weekend -- you can