Pardon to those of you out east who don't care about this

Planning a road trip to see 3 games in 3 days, viz
Friday 1/7 MSU-Mankato at North Dakota
Saturday 1/8 Air Force at Bemidji
Sunday 1/9 CC at Minnesota

couple of questions
1) how hard will tickets be in Grand Forks on the 7th?
2) where to stay in Grand Forks on the 7th?
3) anything i should see on the drive from grand forks to bemidji?
4) anything i should see on the drive from bemidji to the twin cities

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