The landmark Ambassador Hotel is for sale.
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A hotel spokeswoman confirmed the news but would make no further comment. The announcement that the mid-Wilshire hotel was on the market was made by Los Angeles City Councilman John Ferraro. The Ambassador, owned by Schine Enterprises, opened in 1921 and became a well-known Los Angeles landmark. It is the hotel where Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968.
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