Visitor accommodations were also confronted at mid-decade by a very slow economy which was burdened by continuing business and recreational travel cost cuts by all sectors of the travel industry market populations. A working range for hotel accommodations at the site for the period 1997 to the year 2000 was estimated to be 200 to 400 hotel rooms, linked carefully to the development of a very strong business, education, or medical service facility which would draw substantial numbers of clientele who would require immediate adjacency for their overnight accommodations.

Hotels would include typical accessory uses, such as but not limited to: restaurants, conference and convention rooms, apparel and sundry shops, and recreation facilities, will serve business travelers, recreational travelers, and other travelers to the area