It’s very crowded, good luck getting a motel room! I stayed up by Santa Rosa last weekend, got a room in Cloverdale about 30 minutes north. Highways are bumper to bumper congested. Motel people said everything is booked up for miles around, shortage of hotel/motel rooms. Crazy!
I never experienced difficulty with room here. I can’t imagine what was going on last week. The race draws a crowd but not a huge one.