City to use Big Red Keno funds to tear down problem hotel near 108th and L

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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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.

"We've been advocating for a demolition for quite some time, and we had limited resources in our demolition fund," Rowe said.

Now the city is getting creative by looking to Big Red Keno funds for the demolition