Originally Posted by
catocony
I doubt if they're using the hotel, since that's where the Reserve and National Guard guys stay when they're there. That pic shows what looks like a patio door, so it's probably not the Inn just from that. I.
"Inn" here doesn't necessarily indicate that they only have basic hotel rooms - the AF lodging network is called "Air Force Inns" and typically the main facility on base is "such-and-such Inn" regardless of configuration. Base lodging often has a range of facilities from hotel/motel type rooms to multi-bedroom suites with kitchens for somewhat longer temporary stays. Just depends on the location. Patios and porches aren't uncommon.
It appears
March Inn manages
451 rooms in 10 buildings,12 houses and 3 TLF’s (temporary lodging facilities)
The photos on the website seem to match the above news piece. Impossible to tell which of their 12 dozen+ buildings are being used with these folks. It could be that a specific building (or two) was set aside for the evacuees.
If there are too many DoD personnel needing lodging than what on-base space remains due to the evacuees, those DoD folks will simply stay in commercial lodging off base, as happens all the time when on-base lodging is full - quite routine.
In any case, the point is that the evacuees aren't staying in facilities that had been closed for nearly 20 years, but in currently operational buildings.