They’ve finally given up, and are going to sell the site for the superconducting supercollider.

Ellis County officials would like to sell it and put the debacle behind them, but while potential buyers drop in occasionally, they have never been able to close the deal.

“It’s pretty much a single-use facility,” says Ellis County Attorney Joe Grubbs, who handles the legal work of disposing of the property. “One building is 28 feet wide and 600 feet long and it curves. There are not a lot of uses for that building. You couldn’t even use it for a shooting range.”