Thunder in the Valley Business
By: Ben Manning
Updated: June 26, 2010
JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY - Johnstown is filled with bikes, bikers, and bike lovers this weekend, and those extra people mean extra business.
Bikers have filled every room at the Tower Manor Motel in Johnstown. Manager Mary Ann Michuk says on a normal night the might have ten rooms filled. But this weekend all 54 rooms are booked, and they've had to turn people away. And she says the bikers staying there are going to local restaurants and bars.
And some of them are going to Scotts By Dam. Scott McLachlan says his business has tripled. And a lot of them are from out of town. He has to bring four or five extra people to help out.
McLachlan says some people don't like the noise and the congestion. But for a businessman the roar of a motorcycle is music to his ears.
Thunder in the Valley last al weekend in Johnstown.
Bikers have filled every room at the Tower Manor Motel in Johnstown. Manager Mary Ann Michuk says on a normal night the might have ten rooms filled. But this weekend all 54 rooms are booked, and they've had to turn people away. And she says the bikers staying there are going to local restaurants and bars.
And some of them are going to Scotts By Dam. Scott McLachlan says his business has tripled. And a lot of them are from out of town. He has to bring four or five extra people to help out.
McLachlan says some people don't like the noise and the congestion. But for a businessman the roar of a motorcycle is music to his ears.
Thunder in the Valley last al weekend in Johnstown.
