GuestHouse will also bring more money into the city coffers with the sales and hotel/motel taxes. The hotel will employ about 15 employees when it opens next year, Ledford said. 6 with community and city leaders attending. He also oversaw the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.Ī groundbreaking for the new hotel was held Friday, Nov. general who led the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Hobart is home to the General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum, which is a 9,500 square-foot world-class facility that includes a gift shop, galleries with memorabilia and artifacts from Franks’ personal collections, traveling exhibit and meeting facilities.Ĭultural items from around the world, unique military equipment and one-of-a-kind historical photographs are highlights of the museum.įranks was the U.S. “It’s going to be great to welcome more visitors to our town.” “I just think it’s an awfully big plus for our city,” Ledford said. In addition, Hobart hosts multiple wrestling tournaments which typically require participants and their families to stay overnight in Hobart or surrounding communities. Hobart Chamber of Commerce Director Nancy Ledford said the new hotel will be located across from the city’s updated softball complex, which plays host to several large tournaments each year. Currently, the city has one motel and a bed-and-breakfast. GuestHouse will be the largest hospitality facility in Hobart. GuestHouse, a brand of Red Lion Hotels, will offer 20 extended stay rooms, 20 rooms with two queen-size beds and 20 rooms with king-size beds. HOBART – A new 60-room Hobart hotel is scheduled to open in early September 2021, which will give the city more hospitality space for large-scale sports and community events.

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