The city’s Economic Development Authority in Clinton, Oklahoma, is about to seek bids to demolish a sizable chunk of the closed Glancy Motel.
The authority moved to fund the demolition of every building at the Glancy except the office and 17 units on the south half of the property, plus whatever remains of the Pop Hicks restaurant tract, according to the Clinton Daily News (subscription required).
A fire destroyed Pop Hicks in 1999, and it never was rebuilt. Pop Hicks opened in 1936.
Asbestos abatement at the Glancy also will be part of the demolition bids. A photo in the paper shows the motel sealed up in preparation for that abatement.
It also moved to reopen a request for “alternate” proposals to redevelop the properties. Both the demolition and redevelopment bids would be done simultaneously.
A decision on the bids isn’t expected until mid-October.
Local oilman Rick Koch had planned to rebuild the Glancy Motel and adjacent Pop Hicks restaurant in time for Route 66’s centennial in 2026. It was unclear whether the process to reopen the property to new proposals changes that.
The Glancy Motel at 217 W. Gary Blvd. (aka Route 66) had been condemned by the city in 2019 after numerous code violations. The motel was built in 1950.
(Image of the Glancy Motel in Clinton, Oklahoma, via its Facebook page)