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Inn offer 123 rooms each. It should be noted that the table does not include various bed and
breakfast facilities or hotel properties offering fewer than 50 rooms. If these properties are
included, the total hotel inventory in the Coeur d’Alene market increases to approximately 1,755
total available rooms within the market.
It will be important that affordable room rates are offered to attract various youth and amateur
sports tournaments, as families traveling with youth sports participants often seek to reduce
travel costs by patronizing lower cost hotel properties. Therefore, the ability to secure
moderately priced hotel rooms may make the Coeur d’Alene market a more attractive site for
certain sports tournament events.
Existing Event Facilities
In evaluating the potential market for a new event facility in Coeur d’Alene, it is important to
gain an understanding of the existing event market. An analysis of existing event facilities in the
Coeur d’Alene and Spokane markets was conducted to understand the types of sports,
entertainment and assembly events currently being accommodated by the venues within these
markets, and to identify potential needs that are not being met by these existing facilities. The
following is an overview of the primary public assembly facilities in the Coeur d’Alene and
Spokane markets.
Coeur d’Alene Resort and Conference Center
The Coeur d’Alene Resort and Conference Center
offers approximately 24,000 square feet of total
sellable exhibition, meeting and ballroom space.
The upscale nature of the Resort’s event space,
along with its location on the shore of Lake Coeur
d’Alene, make it an attractive destination for
corporate meetings, banquets, small to mid-sized conferences and other such events. However,
the facility is not capable of hosting athletic competitions, concerts and other touring spectator
acts. Further, the facility does not offer the large event spaces associated with major convention
centers. The following table summarizes the sizes of the meeting and convention spaces offered
by the Resort.
Feasibility Analysis of a New Sports and Event Complex in Coeur d’Alene
Local Market Conditions Analysis
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