MACON, Ga. (AP) — One Georgia city will welcome 2025 with a larger-than-average bang. The Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to implode a vacant 16-story hotel at midnight ...
Middle Georgia's old Macon Hilton hotel, which opened in 1970 and has sat vacant for more than a decade, will be demolished in a dynamite implosion set for New Year's Day.
The old Ramada hotel in downtown Macon met its end in a cloud of dust and debris on New Year’s Day. The hotel has been a fixture in the Macon skyline, but has perpetually struggled to stay booked.