An easy way to understand the impact for visitors is think about what you do when you book a trip for an event or something. Chances are you are trying to find a hotel closest to your destination or place of event. Obviously with downtown being OKC's biggest entertainment area, most people will want to be staying in and around the core. Hotels can advertise their proximity to the streetcar as it is a huge selling point. Being able to not have to worry about renting cars, taking cabs, and find/pay parking is a major factor I always take into account for trips.

Side note of a pet peeve... There are hotels way out east on Reno near Eastern that use "Bricktown" in their names. I have ran into multiple people while out and about and they tell me they booked the hotel thinking they were going to be right in the thick of things, only to find out they are surrounded by dirty truckstops and now have to take a cab to get anywhere close to Bricktown. Hopefully these hotels die with the surge in competition in the actual core.