The city of Omaha has found funding to demolish the long-abandoned hotel at 108th and L Street that neighbors have been demanding be torn down for years.
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City to use Big Red Keno funds to tear down problem hotel near 108th and L
The city issued a demolition order over the summer, but the project would have cost about half of the city’s entire demolition budget at $310,000. That massive expense could have left other problem properties sitting untouched.
Council member Don Rowe said officials have been searching for a solution since he’s been in office…