Police checked in at the Jacobs Entertainment bought out Desert Rose Inn today, while security guards milled around, and a dog looked sadly out the window of a back room.
Roses were in bloom at the motel which had previously resisted purchase overtures. In recent months, residents there had complained of the noise from the Glow Plaza from across the street, with more and more events taking place.
The desk manager at the motel confirmed a Downtown Makeover report indicating former policeman Jim McAllister has sold the Desert Rose Inn after five plus years of resisting offers from Jacobs Entertainment.
Downtown Makeover said documents indicate the sale to Jacobs Entertainment is at a price of over $10 million.
The desk manager told us she was now worried about whether all the low income residents there, many of them seniors, would get relocation help as has been reported but never verified following previous motel purchases and subsequent destructions along Fourth Street by the Colorado-based company.
Another bought out motel complex nearby, formerly the Crest Inn, was converted into the Renova Flats, with studios going for above $1,000, while others were leveled, becoming fenced off dirt.