SpaceX should build space modules next, after they finish Starship. And interconnect them to make a ring. Then spin the ring to generate artificial gravity. And leave a center pod for zero-g activities.

Now that would make a fantastic space hotel.

I would be astounded if there were no space hotel projects shopping around for finance already.

Although I think given the likely customer profile we're at least as likely to get Vegas-in-Orbit - casinos, hookers and all - as labs and exploration.

The minuscule ISS is already the most expensive structure ever built. What universe has something like described being economical?

Starship will be able to lift far more at a far lower price than the Shuttle.

ISS was built with lots and lots of really, really, really expensive Shuttle flights.

The Skylab was 1/3 the size and only needed on launch.

The price of making a station also goes down massively with the going down of general launch prices.

They laid off all their employees earlier this year.

Ostensibly due to COVID-19 concerns and Nevada mandating non-essential businesses to shut down. That seems to be relaxing, though (definitely here in Reno, though the Vegas area has a fair bit higher of a caseload), so hopefully Bigelow rehires as things start to normalize a bit more.