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Meanwhile, behind the motel, Mehar is planning a year-round haunted house, to be made of 11 shipping containers.

Britt also inspired the slapstick sidekick Harrogate in “Suttree,” which McCarthy was writing when they first met at a Tucson motel swimming pool where she went to safely shower away from her foster home.

Previous motel conversions have remained public assets, he said.

Im scraped together low-value land in a backwater known for its seedy motels and opened the theme park — a decision his friends disparaged.

Jason Perez, who operates a diner, Mr. Rosewood Family Restaurant, next door to the motel, said circumstances were “a disaster scene every day from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.”