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Vintage 66 Route motel to get $16M renovation

By Washington Examiner
Published October 2, 2014 10:17pm ET
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Vintage 66 Route motel to get $16M renovation
In this Aug. 3, 2010 photo, a sign stands in front of the boarded up El Vado Motel near the BioPark in Albuquerque, N.M. The crumbling motel along Route 66 will get a $16 million upgrade as part of an ongoing plan to revitalize a section of the iconic highway as it winds through the southwestern city of Albuquerque. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Jim Thompson) | Jim Thompson

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A crumbling motel along U.S. Route 66 will get a $16 million upgrade as part of an ongoing plan to revitalize a section of the iconic highway as it winds through Albuquerque.

Under the renovation proposal, the Pueblo-style El Vado Motel will be redeveloped into a boutique motel with an amphitheater and restaurants. It also will have dozens of apartment units.

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