Last rounds on the Strip: Golf course made big impressions, but succumbs to economics
[T]he Wynn Golf Club will cease operations Dec. 17.
Despite the average appearance of the clubhouse and no-frills
practice area, Kannon said the course was always “perfectly manicured”
and service was “the best of any golf course in town.”
“You were
escorted to a locker room, they shined your shoes for you, you were
greeted by your caddy, you had free refreshments and light snacks for
the day, and you were over-the-top pampered at that course,” Kannon
said.
Kannon said the course’s closing came down to simple economics. He
said the new water park project, on one of the valley’s most valuable
pieces of land, would likely provide more revenue than the greens fees.
The
closing of the Wynn Golf Club follows a similar trend of shuttering
courses across the Las Vegas Valley, which is part of the reason Kannon
described it as “a minor miracle” that it was open 12 years.
“Eventually, it just becomes a financial thing,” he said. “But at least the course lasted as long as it did.”
(LasVegasSun.com)
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