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Cody, Wyoming businesses rev up for Hells Angels

Gail Nace can’t help but smile, talking about Hells Angels and the business they’ll bring her downtown bar when they ride into town this week for a major gathering.

Barbara Hoy is excited, too. Experience tells the arts-and-crafts dealer that bikers, who often stop in this tourist town on trips to nearby Yellowstone National Park, are free with their money and don’t mind the prices.

‘‘These people have nothing but money to spend,’’ she said.

But Hells Angels, with their outlaw image, aren’t just any bikers, and not everyone is rolling out the welcome mat.

At least one business plans to close while the bikers are in town Wednesday through Sunday, and some business owners are nervous or taking special precautions. There are concerns, too, that either Hells Angels or the beefed-up law enforcement contingent planned for the group’s World Run will scare off tourists during the height of Cody’s bread-and-butter travel season.

‘‘We’ll be glad when they’re gone,’’ City Administrator Laurie Kadrich said.

By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press Writer

Full Story: http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/07/23/business/e01072306_03.txt

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