The closer you get to the city, the less likely you will be able to find a room now.
A few of us are going again this year. I'm looking forward to it. We booked a few months ago and are staying about a half hour away from town. It's an easy commute. This year's hotel is right off the main road/highway so it will be better than last year. We stayed at two different lodges and they were a pain to get to on the way home. The first place was horribly noisy and the second was kind of a dump but it was a room and that's what we needed.