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It’s game over for a landmark piece of Phoenix radio history. Demolition crews started tearing apart the former home of Valley stations KOY, KZON and KMLE last week to make way for the long-awaited Atari Hotel.
The two-story building at 840 N. Central Ave. is now a gaping concrete shell, its interior reduced to a massive pile of rubble. Once demolition wraps up early next year, the 1.6-acre property will eventually become home to the planned $125 million Atari Hotel…