A hotel near the Las Vegas Strip that went into foreclosure this fall is now coming up for sale.

Real estate auction firm RI Marketplace announced Monday that the lender-owned Lexi hotel is being offered for sale. The starting bid is $2 million, with the online auction scheduled to open Dec. 15 and end Dec. 17, according to the firm’s website.

The winning bidder must put down a nonrefundable 10 percent deposit within 24 hours of the auction closing, according to Damian Smoter, senior vice president with RI Marketplace.

The 64-room hotel, on Sahara Avenue at Interstate 15, is an adults-only property that boasts a “notorious” topless pool.

Former owner Alex Rizk, who acquired the hotel in 2022 for $11.9 million, turned it into the Lexi. He also sought to make it a cannabis-friendly prope

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