The Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary celebration is doing more than drawing tens of thousands of fans to Golden Gate Park — it's breathing new life into San Francisco's hotel industry.

Back when he was a teenager, before he was even a fan of the band, he found himself at a Dead concert in Berkeley in the 1980s, and soon, in 1989, started selling T-shirts. He followed the band on tour until “the demise of Jerry,” when the lead singer died in 1995 of a heart attack.

San Francisco hotels were nearly full as Grateful Dead fans came from all across the country to be a part of the 60th anniversary celebrations.