Gymnastics Trials Accelerated “Comeback Era” for Minneapolis Simone Biles performed her floor routine at the to Taylor Swift, and in the process, she helped Minneapolis come close to matching a hotel record set one year ago, when . Minneapolis hotels recorded more than $11.6 million in total guest room revenue last week, June 23-29, according to Meet Minneapolis Convention & Visitors Association.
That’s the highest weekly revenue mark of 2024, and the highest since Swifty mania descended on Minneapolis in June 2023, also coinciding with the Twin Cities Pride Festival and resulting in $12 million in hotel revenue. The figure released Wednesday doesn’t include Sunday, June 30, the final night of the gymnastics competition. But with one day left to tally for June, Minneapolis hotels recorded more than $40.
9 million in guest revenue—a monthly figure not hit since October 2018, when the total was $41.5 million, Meet Minneapolis reported. Hotel occupancy in Minneapolis totaled 87.
5% on June 29—the 11th highest of the year. And for the week of June 23-29, hotel occupancy was the third highest since 2020, according to the convention and visitors association. Higher hotel demand weeks included March 3-9, 2024 when the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament was in town at the same time as the American Physical Society March Meeting, and August 27-Sept.
2, 2023 for the Gay Softball World Series and Minnesota State Fair. Of course, Biles and local hotels weren’t last weeke.
