Originally Posted by
sweetsleep
The weekend prior to the eclipse is move in weekend for 3-5 local universities(Belmont,Lipscomb,Vanderbilt,Fisk,MTSU ) so more than likely many parents will stay over to view the eclipse so this is another reason hotel rooms are so heavily booked.
If I'm not mistaken, there's a preseason NFL game on Saturday as well (Panthers at Titans). I'm glad I got the hotel room a month ago. Everything appears to be sold out at this time.