Its belived that a big part of Saginaws pitch involves Frankenmuth which is one of the largest tourist spots in the state. That is only about a 15 minute drive from the rink.
Contrary to what others have said on here and in other thread, it's not "believed", it is fact. The team said that's where the teams and VIP's will be housed. That's the only fact I know...here's what I would think are other details of the plan:
It wouldn't surprise me if all of the teams were staying in the Bavarian Inn Lodge since they have the room capacity and the conference rooms that could be set up for team meals and stuff like that.
I could also see them using Zehnders as a spot for meetings, meals, etc. since they have lots of private rooms.
I don't expect a "fan-fest" or anything like that in Frankenmuth...if anything, I could see a tent where they do the ice-rink in the winter but again, I think Frankenmuth is going to be just room/board and then shuttles to the arena.
I would expect that the Jolt Event Park is the big "fan-fest" location with food trucks, alcohol, screens, events, etc. I could also see Morley Park where they do Friday night live be a separate Music Venue with local bands playing throughout the week.
I can see the Heritage Theater and Temple Theater being used for events like the displaying of trophies or any other "history" events related to the Memorial Cup. I've read in other threads that they typically have these types of displays.
I hope that they use the Budweiser Red Room (in the arena) as an additional concession area. That's one of the big things lacking when it's a sold-out crowd...there's just not enough concessions. Also, nit-pick, the Spirit should have vendors selling beer in the arena...that would cut down on lines at the food areas.
Again, everything besides the first line is total guesses by me and most of them are pretty obvious guesses with the infrastructure that we have next to the arena.
