Exceptionally
modern in design for its time, Omaha featured an indoor swimming
pool and offered 213 rooms in its five-stories when it opened
in the fall of 1969. Since no vintage views of the property have
surfaced it is not known if the site ever had any sort of Gate
Lodge. In its first run, the Motor Lodge was a Howard Johnson's
until 1991.
Following
its original HoJo's days, the site swapped brands almost every
couple of years. Various listings indicated that it was a Ramada
Inn, Clarion, Best Western, and the Omaha Executive Inn before
becoming a Howard Johnson again in 2006. It has had so many brands/names
in just a few years that you might feel a little like Linda Blair
with her head spinning in The Exorcist--just keep the
pea soup to yourself!