Shuttered Las Vegas Strip motel to hit the auction block

Tuesday, January 2, 2024 8:16 PM
  • Sean Hemmersmeier, Las Vegas Review-Journal

The now-closed Diamond Inn Motel and its eye-catching pink elephant are set to go up for auction in March.

There is an auction listing for the 1.36 acre site that houses the 48-room Diamond Inn Motel — which closed in September — on J.P. King Auction Company’s website. A spokesperson for J.P. King said bidding for the site should start on March 7 and close on March 14.

The auction listing indicates any sale would include the existing structures on the site, including the Diamond Inn’s pink elephant, although the listing emphasizes the property is prime for redevelopment because of its location on the Strip across from the Mandalay Bay.