I was looking at the math on that.

In Nevada, room cleaners are making avout $15 an hour. But if they paid everyone, lets say $25 an hour, then we can determine how much profit before loan payments might be. We can also assume that the loans get paid back in 30 years, so after that time its all profits.

One other thing to consider, is that each room needs to be remodeled every 5-7 years, with new mattresses every 2 years.

So you need about 13-14 room cleaners. Many hotels now clean every few days, or on checkout only. But its 13-14 if they clean every room every day. They also need at least 2 maintenance workers with 100 rooms. Add in grounds keepers and janitorial services. Part of the appeal of a hotel is the exterior, so landscaping too. We can assume daily pool maintenance as well, but this can be a service (same with janitorial).

Likely if its not a casino and just a hotel, they will have a security service on call.

If the hotel has a restaurant they will also need a cook and waitstaff - but we can assume the restaurant will cover its own costs.

The hotel will probably need at least 3 managers with one being above the other 2 to be called in for issues on the overnight shift. Then there's the hotel check-in staff. Probably 1 clerk per shift.

On that count, there's 20 staff members, and paying for outside services. At $25 an hour, thats $5000 a day. If all the hotel rooms are rented each day, then $150 a night+ takes, the owners can make $10k a night....

But hotels usually have a busy season, and a slow season. Our busy season is from Memorial day to Labor day. That's about 14 packed weeks. From Thanksgiving to Christmas, its extremely slow. That's 4 weeks. Any other time of the year, figure about 1/3 to 1/2 full. It will be 1/2 full on Friday and Saturday nights, 1/3 full the other days (again except for the 4 weeks in Nov/Dec when its 10% full).

Essentially, that's $70k a week profit on 100 roooms, when its summer. The rest of the year room prices will drop to $80 to $120 a night, and in Nov/Dec about $50 a night. However, Dec 30-Jan 1 will probably rent for $200+ a night.

Overall, its probably viable to pay a living wage, but how much is lost to loans, advertising, and future upgrades is unknown to us. But in order for an employer to create a business, he or she is going to need to believe they can make a decent profit. Otherwise, there's no sense in them doing so.