Okay, looking at hotels right now. The cheapest I found was a Motel 6 in St. Paul for $56
https://www.motel6.com/en/motels.mn.saint-paul.4968.htmlMotel 6 in Roseville is $65.
https://www.motel6.com/en/motels.759.html/?pid=google%3abrand&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=brandSome other Motel 6's, Super 8s, and Budget Inns giving prices in the $70s. Downtown hotels are fucked, for reasons I don't understand.
However AirBNB has lots of good options for less than $100, and if you're comfortable going the AirBNB route, I'd definitely recommend it this time, because the price difference is going to be huge.
Here's some cities, in order of convenience.
- Minneapolis
- St. Paul
- Bloomington
- Roseville
- Richfield
- Brooklyn Center/Brooklyn Park
The higher the number on this list, the less convenient that city is, but if you know how to use Lyft/Uber, you'll be fine.
Anyway if you're unsure of a location and you want me to give a yay or nay, I'll help if I can. But
definitely consider AirBNB. Or even better: STOG's couch.