13,648 were here. 1 Background 2 Notable Accounts 3 Trivia 4 Gallery 4.1 Photo Gallery Once a booming, goldmining hotspot with a population of over 50,000, Tonopah now houses just around 2,500 people, most of whom work for the local military test range. Don't lt that worry you though, the rooms are clean, the service is great, and they've got 30 premium cable channels and free wifi. Some of the murals in the rooms are sure to give guests nightmares. Directed by Joseph Kelly. Clown Motel: Clean, comfortable room. A group of young adults take a road trip to Las Vegas. Sign up for The Lineup's newsletter, and get our most terrifying tales delivered straight to your inbox. The Clown Motel is an abandoned motel located just off Highway 95, about halfway between Las Vegas and Reno, on the edge of the town of Tonopah. They had plans to make the Clown Motel bigger and better than ever before to create a worldwide landmark. As a Vegas local who has taken to trying out some of the highlighted sights, I decided to check out the bizarrely fascinating Clown Motel. Clown Motel in Tonopah, NV: View Tripadvisor's 151 unbiased reviews, 219 photos, and special offers for Clown Motel, #1 out of 3 Tonopah B&Bs / inns. The Blaine County Motel is anabandoned motel and a mythical locationlocated in Sandy Shores, Blaine County in Grand Theft Auto V in a derelict area of the town. Clown Motel: Clean, comfortable room. According to Wikipedia, symptoms of coimetrophobia include “panic attacks include dizziness/vertigo, headaches, and sensing doom when around graveyards and tombstones.” The Clown Motel is, hands down, the cheapest motel you'll find in Tonopah. Unfortunately, none of the rooms face the old graveyard next door, but Anand plans on constructing “14 very special rooms that allow guests to see the crumbling tombstones and weather-torn crosses right from their windows.” Big clowns, small clowns, happy clowns, creepy clowns. The Clown Motel boasts a “Friday the 13th” room, “Halloween” room, “Exorcist” room, and, naturally, an “It” room. Fear Factor: Nevada Edition. Appropriately named Clown Hotel, this strange staycation abode is located in Tonopah, Nevada.It has gained fame for its more than 800 clown figurines, which are both large and small. Exactly what it sounds like, The Clown Motel in Tonopah boasts what’s got to be the largest private collection of clown figurines and memorabilia under the sun. Directed by Joseph Kelly, Joe Lujan. The most prominent spirit said to be resident in the hotel is a former prostitute named Rosie who is rumoured to have taken her own life in Room 11 some time in the 1800s. - See 151 traveller reviews, 219 candid photos, and great deals for Tonopah, NV, at Tripadvisor. For an affordable rate, visitors can stay overnight in the hotel, which is rumored to be haunted. Most of us will probably agree, it’s a little scary and not the place we’d want to find ourselves at night. They do not have an official website but you can book a room ahead of time by calling them at (775) 482-5920. People don't call this the "Most Terrifying Motel In The World" for nothing. Our motel offers a little bit of something for everyone. Please be careful. There are clowns on the doors, shelves of clown dolls and collectibles in the lobby, clown paintings on the walls of the rooms. If you like clowns, you'll be a huge fan of Tonopah, Nevada's infamous hotel, The Clown Motel. When asked about which rooms at the Clown Motel are especially haunted, Anand rattles off a list that seems to include just about all of them. Directed by Joseph Kelly. The Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada, has delighted and horrified guests from around the world. According to Thrillist, Perchetti sold the Clown Motel in 2017.Another clown enthusiast then bought the property. They decide to seek refuge in a deserted Clown Motel, in hopes that somebody will come along to help them. Clown Motel follows a group of ghost hunters, coming from an old ghost town and a bachelorette party, returning home from Las Vegas. When the groups meet up, by mistake, they're left to discover if the motel is really abandoned and haunted by the souls, of the clowns, that once lived there. If you want a place to stay in Tonopah that may really be haunted, The Mizpah Hotel is just down the street! And if you have a room on the second floor, you can look out from the balcony and see why the motel is so quiet -- and dark at night. The Mehars knew they could do that and more, as Mehar was an experienced hotelier in Las Vegas. The Clown Motel. Since the Clown Motel achieved Internet fame, several brave souls have made the trek out to Tonopah to spend the night in "America's scariest motel." Clown Motel, Tonopah: See 150 traveller reviews, 219 candid photos, and great deals for Clown Motel, ranked #1 of 3 B&Bs / inns in Tonopah and rated 3.5 of 5 at Tripadvisor. - See 148 traveller reviews, 213 candid photos, and great deals for Clown Motel at Tripadvisor. The Clown Motel has become quite the Tonopah landmark! The Clown Motel has received a bit of attention in the last few years thanks to its unique vibes. And it could be yours for less than $1 million! If you're brave enough to stay a night at the Clown Motel, be sure to call ahead to reserve your room. Hame Anand added his own collection to the motel’s already substantial number. Subscribe. The clown collection in the lobby. On April 9, 2019, the Mehar’s bought the Clown Motel with one stipulation from Perchetti – to carry on the motel's legacy. It is home to over 2,000 clowns from every era and corner of the earth. With Mindy Robinson, Laurene Landon, Angie Stevenson, Elissa Dowling. It was named “America’s Scariest Motel” due to its clown theme and proximity to the Old Tonopah Cemetery. The 19-story, 380-room Shimao InterContinental Hotel is being built in an abandoned quarry in Shanghai, China. But before you decide to book a room, make sure you don’t suffer from coimetrophobia (a fear of cemeteries) since the original Tonopah cemetery is located adjacent to the Clown Motel. Most recently, professional writer Christopher Sebela launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to live in the Clown Motel for the month of October and write a book about his experiences. The Clown Motel is located at 521 N Main St, Tonopah, Nevada. It's the cemetery. If you're really, REALLY BRAVE, request a second-floor room for a GREAT view of the cemetery. No, it's the hundreds of clowns you should be worried about. Guests have reported a variety of activity including strange noises, tapping, phantom footsteps (which sound like boots on wooden floors despite the hotel being carpeted) and perhaps most unsettling of all inhuman growls! Clown Motel: Clean, comfortable room. The project will cost at least $555 million with nightly rooms expected to start at $320. Many people are terrified of the Clown Motel. The motel’s owner, Hame Anand, who likes to be referred to as the CEO of the Clown Motel, recently spoke with Thrillist about his journey into acquiring the one of a kind location. With Martin Klebba, Tony Moran, Julie Anne Prescott, Ari Lehman. I also want to get the Early Bird Books newsletter featuring great deals on ebooks. 132 reviews of Clown Motel "I've taken to reading "Weird Las Vegas and Nevada", a book that covers all of the tourist and roadside oddities of the Silver State. Our motel offers a little bit of something for everyone. "Lady Luck" is NOT on their side when they end up stranded in the middle of nowhere. Surprisingly, this motel books up pretty quickly. Yes! As the motel’s clown collection continues to grow (people literally “send in the clowns” from all over the world), Hame plans to get creative with displaying his clown collection. Photo Credit: Will Keightley / Flickr; Want more creepy clowns? The entire motel is lined with dolls, photos, paintings, figurines, wall hangings — and pretty much any other kind of clown knick-knack you can think of in your wildest night terrors. 11K likes. 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