The University of Missouri will open up idle residence halls to weekend visitors this fall. Home football games, August’s solar eclipse, graduation and conferences will all be events where the residence halls are available to rent.
With incoming freshman enrollment down to about 4,000 students, a decrease from 6,419 in the fall of 2015, the university closed seven residence halls with 1,461 beds.
Mizzou hopes to fill some of those beds by renting out two-bedroom, four-bed suites for $120 a night. A website is available for people to reserve the rooms.
Some of the same amenities guests might receive in a hotel downtown will be offered in the residence halls.