Motorcycle rally was big business for Great Falls

GREAT FALLS — The dust has settled from the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America rally, and businesses are busy recovering after a very successful weekend for the City of Great Falls.

Thousands of bikers from all across the country traveled to Great Falls for the event. The rally began on Thursday, June 24th, and ran through Sunday, June 27th, with events centered primarily at Montana ExpoPark.

Craig Johnson visited from Minnesota, and said there were several reasons he came to the rally. “The BMW crowd is a very good, very fun crowd to be around. The fact that it’s here in Great Falls might’ve been right up there with that. We love it out here,” Johnson said.

With all the visitors in town, restaurants and bars were full, and hotel rooms all over the city were booked up, some even at max capacity.

“We were almost at 100% full house most days. We had a few no-shows, but other than that it was pre-Covid kind of summer travel numbers, so we were very…

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