CODY, Wyo.- Gail Nace can’t help but smile, talking about Hells Angels and the business they’ll bring her downtown bar when they ride into town this week for a major gathering.

Barbara Hoy is excited, too. Exper-ience tells the arts-and-crafts dealer that bikers, who often stop in this tourist town on trips to nearby Yellowstone Na-tional Park, are free with their money and don’t mind the prices.

"These people have nothing but money to spend," she said.

But Hells Angels, with their outlaw image, aren’t just any bikers, and not everyone is rolling out the welcome mat.

At least one busi-ness plans to close while the bikers are in town Wednesday through Sunday, and

"We’ll be glad when they’re gone," City Administrator Laurie Kadrich said.

For months, city officials have been preparing for the rally, which she said they were tipped to by businesses reporting room reservations under such listings as "HAMC" - Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.

The rally has been the subject of county-wide public meetings. It’s led to primers on interacting with mem-bers of the infamous biker group on the streets or in shops - "Be smart. Use common sense." And it’s become

Rockvam said he has researched the ex-periences of commun-ities that have hosted Hells Angels - from Steamboat Springs, Colo., where a shooting

Foreign police lia- sons also are expected.

The Hells Angels say they have chapters in at least 26 countries. His biggest worry: crowds, and the possibility for conflict. Not only will Hells Angels be here - with as many as 1,500 people, by one law enforcement estimate - but Cody’s popular nightly rodeo also will be going on, and the Park County fair will be in a nearby town.