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October 1, 2016: two hotels to close -- the Marquis and the Missouri Flats.
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Two of these motels were built during the last boom. Five of the motels/hotels were build in the last couple of years, and two more motels/hotels are under construction. I believe the Microtel opened today. And then, of course, one of the motels is adding 84 additional rooms.
Here are the photos, in no particular order:
Missouri Flats
On "2 & 85" north of Williston, just east of the city airport
Missouri Flats
West of Williston on the west side of the bypass, near Grandma Sharon's, across the road from the hospital
Except for the Marquis Hotel, all of the above hotels/motels are within about five-minutes walking distance from the airport.
The International Inn was built during the last boom.
Built earlier in this boom: the Marquis.
Others up and running: HomStay, Missouri Flats, and Candlewood.
Microtel opened this week.
Two more being built. See comments below: the motel under construction in the photos above will be the Holiday Inn Express. Apparently, the hospital hotel will be a Hampton Inns. See comments below.
International Inn being added on to.
Does that make about eight motels/hotels within walking distance of the airport?
The Marquis is just up the road on the west side of the bypass.
The hospital will be building its own hotel, the Hampton Inn and Suites.
The reason the parking lots look relatively empty is because these photos were taken during the day when oil workers are out in the field.
The El Rancho is the iconic motel in Williston; it is located at the head of the "Million Dollar Way." It is clearly one of the nicer motels in Williston and may be the only one that still takes reservations on a daily basis. Most (if not all the rest) are completely contracted out to oil companies or oil-service companies.
Another motel going up is a Motel 6 which will not be near the airport. It is on the bypass near Herman oil. Not everyone is happy with this location but apparently it will be built. Link here.
Click here for website for the new Williston Hampton Inn and Suites.
The hotel being built at the Hospital is supposedly a Hampton Inn (the hospital is working with Granite Peak on this project). Also ground was broken on a Motel 6 going up across the street from the new Trinity clinic across West Dakota parkway from the hospital. Best Western has on their site a picture of a new 6 story Atrea Best Western and says in the planning stages for Williston. Mainstay suites is another hotel on the drawing board for both Williston and Minot. It seems like everytime you turn around, a new hotel is being built in Williston. I'm thinking this will continue as long as there is a demand.
ReplyDeleteBest Western Atrea:
ReplyDeletehttp://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zsqnsc4_etAJ:www.bestwesterndevelopers.com/hotels/indevelopment.html+coming+soon+best+western+ateria,+williston,+nd&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com
Mainstay Suites will be a project developed by Utah Hospitality II out of Salt Lake City and Aberdeen, SD. (the Super 8 corporation)
Motel 6 article in Williston Herald
http://www.willistonherald.com/articles/2011/06/09/news/doc4df0ed9d36cf6006245336.txt
Sorry, Staybridge Suites not Mainstay Suites.
ReplyDeleteThey are also building one in Dickinson
http://hostmaster.hotel-online.com/News/2011_Jun_10/k.QXG.1307731326.html
Thank you. I will put you comments in the body of the post, later, when I arrive at destination and have more time to blog.
ReplyDeleteTraveling right now, and not much time.
The "under construction" picture you have on your site, is the new Holiday Inn Express and Suites that is going up on the same block as the Candlewood and Homstay Suites. They tore down the old "Wheel a While" "AB Pizza" "Peanuts bar" building to make room for it. That will make 7 motel/hotels within walking distance of the airpot. Quite a concentration of hotels next to an airpot for a community the size of Williston.
ReplyDeletehttp://braxton-development.com/williston-nd-hampton-inn-suites-coming-soon
ReplyDeleteThe above link is for the new Hampton Inn and Suites planned for Williston.