(SUN VALLEY, Idaho) – Sun Valley Resort – North America’s first ski resort and home to an immense array of upscale, family friendly amenities – today announces it will open “The Sun Valley Club” on Wednesday, Aug. 20. A beautiful 58,756-square-foot stone, wood and glass structure, The Sun Valley Club will serve in summer as the pro shop for Sun Valley’s two golf courses – White Clouds and Trail Creek – and the Nordic Ski operations center in winter.
Regardless of season the year-round, indoor golf practice and playing facility enables the game to be enjoyed even when several feet of glistening snow cover the world-renowned sun-soaked terrain outside.
The Sun Valley Club includes four levels – Upper, Main, Lower Level I and Lover Level II – and contains a full service restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating on the three-sided deck. Deck views include the surrounding mountains and the new, 25-acre outdoor practice facility, which includes the new 18-hole putting course named The Sawtooths (reflecting the surrounding mountain peaks of the same name).
Designed by Ruscitto/Latham/Blanton of Ketchum, Idaho, The Sun Valley Club’s main level features a Porte Cochere, Grand Entry, 10,000-square-foot terrace, Outdoor Fireplace, and Terrace Bar outside, and a Pro Shop, Locker Rooms, Merchandise Shop, Bar and Grill, Restaurant, and Lounge on the inside.
Other highlights of The Sun Valley Club include 700 tons of North Star Granite on the outside, Italian and Indian Stone on the inside, 133,000 pavers, two Upper Level apartments, and Butternut wood, a species of Walnut. Two hundred heated parking spaces enable access and ease during ski season, for which the building is ideally designed as the Nordic Ski Staging Center, with rental, repair and storage, and more.
The contractor was Intermountain Construction Inc. of Idaho Falls, and Osborne Tyler Design, Inc. of Sun Valley created the Interior Design, which includes a Board Room, employee locker room, restrooms, and room for a future spa in the Lower Level II.
For more information about Sun Valley Resort call 800-894-9941 or visit www.sunvalley.com.
About Sun Valley Resort
There can only be one original ski resort and since 1936 Sun Valley has held that distinction. Born out of a desire to bring the mystique of the European ski resorts toAmerica, Sun Valley quickly became a phenomenon without peer on this continent or any other.
America’s first destination resort, where the world’s first chairlift was engineered, Sun Valley was built to enchant the nobility and celebrity of the day. Today the patina of old world charm blends beautifully with everything modern, easily accessible with non-stop daily air service.
Originated in 1936 by Union Pacific Railroad, Sun Valley is located in the Northern Rockies region of south central Idaho and is open year-round with four distinctly beautiful seasons. There are more outdoor recreations here than any other destination resort in the U.S.
Sun Valley Resort is privately owned by the R. Earl Holding family, owners of Sinclair Oil Corporation. Sister properties include Snowbasin Ski Resort, Grand America Hotel, Little America Hotel and Towers, all SLC, UT., Westgate Hotel, San Diego, CA, Little America Flagstaff, AZ, Little America, WY, and Little America,Cheyenne, WY.
Contact:
Dan Shepherd, Buffalo Communications, 703.891.3320,dshepherd@buffalocommunications.com
Rob Thomas, Buffalo Communications, 330.696.1476, rthomas@buffalocommunications.com
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