An empty 16-story constructing situated in downtown Macon, Georgia, would be the heart of a New Year’s Eve celebration to ring in 2025.
The former hotel might be blown up because the clock strikes midnight.
“We acquired this property to blow it up,” Macon Mayor Lester Miller mentioned in a press launch.
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The hotel was bought by Macon-Bibb County for $4.5 million in a federal chapter continuing and the county is prepared to spend up to $2.6 million to rent a demolition agency to blow up the constructing, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
A 16-story vacant hotel in Macon, Georgia, was bought by city officers and might be blown up on New Year’s Eve to ring in 2025. (Grant Blankenship/Georgia Public Broadcasting by way of AP)
“The way you start your new year is how you spend your entire year, so we’re going big and taking down a blighted building, making way for economic and community development, and bringing people together to remember our past and celebrate our future, all at the same time,” Miller added in the discharge.
Originally opened in 1970, the hotel is thought to have hosted Elvis Presley earlier than being seized in 1991 by the New York Banking Department, alleging it was an asset concerned in a fraud case, in accordance to the AP.
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The final working enterprise that occupied the constructing was in 2017, the Ramada Plaza.
“We acquired this property to blow it up,” the city’s mayor mentioned of the vacant hotel. (iStock)
“Several groups have tried over the years to bring the property back to life and capitalize on the ongoing and increasing success of Downtown, but none of those plans have come to fruition,” mentioned the Macon-Bib County Government press launch.
The launch went on to say, “The current building has undergone multiple rounds of attempts to renovate it, but there are too many challenges in the outdated design and lack of meeting current fire and safety codes to make renovations viable.”
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A neighboring church has expressed considerations about any attainable injury the explosion might have on its historic sanctuary.
The constructing was final occupied in 2017. (Grant Blankenship/Georgia Public Broadcasting by way of AP)
Russ Henry, a member of the sacristy that oversees Christ Episcopal Church, informed the AP that the church would really like officers to be extra cautious with their plan.
“It’s an eyesore to the whole community, we would love to have something else there… We just want to make sure that our church doesn’t get blown up on our bicentennial,” he mentioned.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Macon-Bibb County Government for remark.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.