Lake Las Vegas Resort, a 3,592-acre
residential, golf and resort community 17 miles from the Las Vegas
Strip, announced plans to build Rainbow Canyon, a new 18-hole, par-71
golf course designed by Tom Fazio.
Rainbow Canyon will be Lake Las Vegas
Resort's fourth course and will join the resort's other award-winning
golf courses, Reflection Bay Golf Club, SouthShore Golf Club, and The
Falls Golf Club. Rainbow Canyon's construction is slated to break ground
in the first quarter of 2005 with an expected opening in 2007.
The new course will be nestled in the mountains on the
northern shore of Lake Las Vegas, adjacent to the award-winning
Reflection Bay Golf Club, and will stretch from the lake's shoreline to
the Rainbow Garden Geological Preserve. It will measure more than 7,000
yards and will feature extraordinary canyon settings, holes along Lake
Las Vegas' shoreline and elevation changes that showcase Lake Mead, the
Rainbow Gardens and Lake Las Vegas Resort.
"Rainbow Canyon is a unique golf course design due to the
topography of the land," said R.F. Boeddeker, president and chairman,
Transcontinental Properties, Inc., Lake Las Vegas Resort's master
developer. "Using the lay of the land, Tom Fazio has created one of Lake
Las Vegas Resort's most challenging courses that truly complements the
resort's other golf clubs. The resort prides itself on offering golfers
some of the finest play available in the country and the addition of the
new course reinforces Lake Las Vegas Resort's position as a world-class
golf destination."
Fazio has been involved with the design and construction of
golf courses throughout the United States, including Shadow Creek Golf
Course in North Las Vegas. "It is a real pleasure to be able to return
to one of my favorite cities to design a special new golf course," said
Fazio. "I have always thought that some of the most creative people in
the world practice their trade in Las Vegas, and I am honored that the
ownership of Lake Las Vegas Resort has given me the opportunity to be
involved in their wonderful development.
"Like Lake Las Vegas Resort itself, Rainbow Canyon will be
unique, spectacular, and of the highest quality. I get excited about all
of our new projects, but I am already looking forward to teeing it up
on this one. It's going to be awesome!"
About Lake Las Vegas Resort
Lake Las Vegas Resort is a premier residential and resort
destination situated on a privately owned 320-acre lake located 17 miles
from the Las Vegas Strip. Within the 3,592-acre master planned resort
are exquisite residential offerings including custom home sites,
waterfront and golf villas, resort condominiums and luxury executive
homes. The Mediterranean-inspired destination also features world-class
resorts, including the AAA Five Diamond- rated The Ritz-Carlton, Lake
Las Vegas, the AAA Four Diamond-rated Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas
Resort, Spa and Casino and MonteLago Village Resort, a collection of
four challenging golf courses, pampering spas, elegant casinos, a
full-service marina with watercraft rentals and yacht cruises and
MonteLago Village, an enchanting enclave at the center of Lake Las Vegas
Resort, offering water's edge restaurants and cafes, quaint boutiques
and the 40,000-square-foot Casino MonteLago. For more information, call
(800) 564-1603 or visit www.lakelasvegas.com.