All the downtown hotels are operating on backup generators, Jackson said, adding they are not accept

Mission residents Wayne Nordli and Doug Allard pack up their kits and trudge along 24th Avenue after a forced evacuation of the neighbourhood Thursday night. By early Friday, displaced residents hoping to find a hotel room in Calgary had very few options. Photograph by: Ted Rhodes
There are just more than 12,000 hotel rooms in Calgary and, as of late Friday afternoon, those outside the downtown core were almost at capacity, said Jon Jackson, executive director for the Calgary Hotel Association.
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Guests at the downtown Fairmont Palliser Hotel have been “most gracious” given the situation, said Jon Mathews, the director of operations there. The hotel is closed to arrivals but has “quite a lot” of people with earlier reservations who are still in their rooms, Mathews said.
Although the hotel is running on generators, it has a steady stream of diesel fuel coming in, he said. “It’s a little bit modified from a typical day, but we are continuing to focus on providing a safe haven to our guests.”
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Motel Village rooms in the northwest were filling up fast. Econolodge Motel Village had five rooms left by Friday afternoon, Comfort Inn Suites University was booked up and Canada’s Best Value Inn had just two rooms.
Mission residents Wayne Nordli and Doug Allard pack up their kits and trudge walt disney world travel packages along 24th Avenue after a forced walt disney world travel packages evacuation of the neighbourhood walt disney world travel packages Thursday night. By early Friday, displaced residents hoping to find a hotel room in Calgary had very few options. Photograph walt disney world travel packages by: Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald       E-mail this Gallery Print this Gallery Share this Gallery
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