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Post Office, Telegraph District among potential sites identified for downtown Lincoln convention center
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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
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Post Office, Telegraph District among potential sites identified for downtown Lincoln convention center
- Matt Olberding
- Feb 27, 2022
- Feb 27, 2022 Updated May 25, 2023
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Homestead National Monument park ranger Nicholas Manes discusses employment opportunities with FFA students attending the state convention in 2016. Without a dedicated convention center, Pinnacle Bank Arena, including its seating bowl and concourse areas, offers the most hospitality and convention space in downtown Lincoln.
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When local officials decided more than a decade ago not to include a convention center as part of the Pinnacle Bank Arena project, a lot of it had to do with cost.
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PhotoFiles: Early Lincoln hotels and motels
Savoy Hotel
The Sam Lawrence Hotel had many predecessors over the years. The Savoy Hotel was once called home by vaudeville actors who worked at the Orpheum Theater on 12th and P streets during the early 1900s.
Journal Star file photo
Capital Hotel
Originally opened in 1869 as a drugstore, the Capital Hotel on 11th and P streets began taking reservations just one year later.
Journal Star file photo
Arlington Hotel
The Arlington Hotel, shown here in 1885, housed many guests throughout the years. Today, Barry's Bar in the Haymarket occupies the site of the old Arlington Hotel.
Journal Star file photo
Lindell Hotel
This early picture of the Lindell Hotel shows the balcony from which Williams Jennings Bryan gave his first major speech. The hotel was demolished in 1968 to make way for a First National Bank building.
Journal Star file photo
Hotel Nebraskan
In April 1930, the Hotel Nebraskan officially opened its doors.
Journal Star file photo
Pershing Hotel
In 1968, the Pershing Hotel replaced Annie Miller Hall as the YWCA residence.
Journal Star file photo
Sam Lawrence Hotel
In October 1986, city officials were given the authority to buy property in the block bounded by 10th, 11th, P and Q streets. This led to the demolition of the Sam Lawrence Hotel and was the first step in a downtown redevelopment project.
Journal Star file photo
Savoy Hotel
The Savory Hotel in 1926 was an expanded version of the three-story Ledwith House, which was built about 1887 on the northwest corner of 11th and P streets.
Journal Star file photo
The Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel at 12th and Q streets in Lincoln was once called home by a variety of people. The 87-room, four-story hotel, originally known as the Bond Hotel, was built in 1880 and lasted for 78 years before being declared unsafe in 1958.
Journal Star file photo
Victoria Hotel
The Victoria Hotel, a landmark from the last century, was being prepared for demolition in 1961. The hotel site on 16th and O streets became the location of a one-story building.
Journal Star file photo
Original Cornhusker Hotel
The corner of 13th and L has been home to The Cornhusker hotel for almost a century. In 1978, the original Cornhusker hotel shown here closed, and four years it was demolished and replaced by the new 10-story, 304-room Cornhusker Hotel.
Journal Star file photo
Clayton House Motel
The Clayton House Motel at 10th and O streets received a facelift inside and out in 1985.
Journal Star file photo
Crossroads Motor Hotel
In 1962, W.D. Ray transformed a insurance company on 10th and O streets into the Crossroads Motor Hotel. Financial difficulties forced the property to be offered at public action just two years later.
Journal Star file photo
Hilton Hotel
Construction continues on the Hilton Hotel on the corners of Ninth and P streets in 1974.
Journal Star file photo
House of Hospitality
The Hospitality House on 1740 E St. opened during World War II as a place where soldiers and their families could stay for up to a week. The house was similar to a hotel, because it charged a minimal fee for expenses.
Journal Star file photo
Nebraskan Hotel
In 1952, the Portor Hotel System exercised their option to buy the Nebraskan Hotel at 230 N. 11th St.
Journal Star file photo
Colonial Inn Motel
In 1961, the Colonial Inn Motel completed its $245,000 expansion project. The motel had 34 new units in addition to 20 that were renovated and remodeled.
Journal Star file photo
The Russian Inn
Joyce Durand and Pat Green purchased the Russian Inn at Seventh and P streets and planned to transform it into a restaurant and lounge in 1977.
Journal Star file photo
Reach the writer at 402-473-2647 or molberding@journalstar.com.
On Twitter @LincolnBizBuzz.
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