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According to the Associated Press, the motel has a $16,000 contract to provide space and rooms for up to 300 bikers for the annual meeting this weekend.
So instead, city officials closed down the motel on the basis that its owner owes $180,000 in motel bed tax payments.
An attorney for the Mongols said the organization plans to sue over the contract. Hundreds of members are still expected to attend a street fair in Lancaster Friday.
Mayor R. Rex Parris has accused the Mongols gang of engaging in what he called "domestic terrorism." Dozens of Mongols were indicted last year on drug trafficking, murder and other charges.
AP contributed to this report.
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