The Home of Highly Acclaimed Circling Raven Golf Club in Northern Idaho Panhandle to Add Luxurious Hotel Rooms, Spa, Gourmet Steakhouse and Outdoor Amphitheater
(WORLEY, ID) – The massive expansion at the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort is under budget and well-ahead of schedule and officials expect the $85-million project to be completed in the spring of 2011.
The project, which broke ground in June of last year, will add two new four-story buildings and nearly 100 opulent hotel rooms. The resort will now be home to 300 rooms overall, including two new wings overlooking the resort’s highly acclaimed championship golf course, Circling Raven Golf Club (www.CirclingRaven.com). The Gene Bates-design has received numerous best-in-class awards since opening in 2004, including GOLF magazine’s Top-100 “Courses You Can Play” and Golfweek’s “Best Casino Courses.”
In addition, the expansion will include a centerpiece pub area called Yap-Keehn-Um (which means “gathering place” in the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s Salishan language), a gourmet steakhouse, a fitness center, a 15,000 square-foot deluxe spa and pool as well as a vast, 10-acre “front yard” that will offer a natural amphitheater for concerts and other outdoor events.
“The amenities we’re going to offer will match or surpass any we currently know of in the Pacific Northwest,” said CDA Casino Resort CEO David LaSarte Meeks. “The spa will be world class. Our new hotel wings will provide every comfort and luxury of a five-star property. We will host groups and events both indoors and out and in ways never before available in the Inland Northwest. We are dramatically expanding the resort and dramatically expanding the experience that our guests can expect at the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort.”
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe – which is already one of North Idaho’s largest employers – is set to hire an additional 200 workers after the expansion project is completed.
“The Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort is as strong an example as there is for Indian Gaming and what it is meant to accomplish,” added Coeur d’Alene Tribe Chairman Chief Allan. “We have made promises. We have kept every one of them. In fact, we’ve gone far beyond our promises to create a better quality of life for so many people. Overall, the tribe may be the biggest employer in North Idaho. But we want more than that. We believe we are the best employer in the region and we are committed to remaining so.”
Idaho Best Western offers special stay-and-play golf packages at top area courses
The Best Western University Inn property on the Palouse in Moscow, Idaho is offering exclusive Stay-and-Play Golf Packages that will allow golfers to play some of the best courses the Pacific Northwest has to offer, including Circling Raven.
The packages start at just $190 and include one night accommodation and a round of golf at either Circling Raven, The University of Idaho Course, Lewiston Golf Club, Palouse Ridge Golf Club or Coeur d’Alene Resort Course. Or for just $806 per person, play four of the courses on consecutive days and receive three night’s accommodations and three breakfasts.
The Inn is convenient to both the University of Idaho and Washington State University (located just minutes away in Pullman, Washington) and features two on-site restaurants, a lounge, a four-season recreation center, wireless Internet access and a shuttle service to and from the Pullman Moscow Airport.
For full details on all of the Best Western Stay-and-Play Packages visit http://www.uinnmoscow.com/golf-packages.htm or call 208.882.0550.
Special offers and updates on the Circling Raven Facebook page
Golfers, gaming enthusiasts, media, travel agents and others can receive the latest news, coverage and other information about Circling Raven Golf Club and Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort on Facebook.
To view up-to-the-minute news, photos, events and special offers go to Facebook and simply search for “Circling Raven” on the popular site.
About Circling Raven Golf Club and Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort & Hotel
Owned and operated by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and convenient to Spokane (WA) airport, the casino resort and golf club are nestled on a reservation covering 345,000 acres of mountains, lakes, old-growth forest and farmland. The resort spans the western edge of the northern Rocky Mountains. Tribal history also tells us that Circling Raven was a spiritually powerful leader, his name coming from his close relationship to the raven, who helped guide him on his journeys, warn him of danger and show him where to find fish and game.
Circling Raven was created amid a unique blend of wetlands, grasslands and woodlands. At 7,189 yards, the par 72 championship layout meanders through 620 acres, only 100 representing cultivated ground. Wildlife is abundant, including elk, deer, moose and an occasional black bear. In fact, the opening was delayed due to damage on two greens by migrating elk.
Golf Course
* Yardages: Gold, 7,189; Blue, 6,578; White, 6,108; Red, 5,389; Green, 4,708
* Total Acreage: 670 (including practice area, practice green and clubhouse)
* Amenities: The clubhouse is 6,500 square feet, including the Twisted Earth Grill and full service bar. Both locker rooms include showers and lockers. The practice facility covers 25 acres; separated into areas for wedges, sand play and all clubs in the bag. The Stensgar Pavilion adjacent to the course is a full service event venue, used for golf, business, wedding and other events.
* The casino resort hotel adjacent to the course includes 202 rooms, casino, restaurants, and other amenities.
To book tee times 24 hours a day call 1-800-523-2464. All rates include 18 holes of golf, cart, GPS, and use of 25-acre practice facility. Replays (same day) are $45. For complete price and playing options visit www.circlingraven.com.
The Coeur d’Alene Casino offers 1,800 machines for play in smoking and non-smoking areas, off-track betting for horse and dog races, high-stakes bingo, entertainment and many other amenities. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week every day of the year. The resort is regularly voted the most popular casino in the Inland Northwest.
Contact:
Gary Trask, 978.228.0314
Buffalo Communications
gtrask@billycaspergolf.com
Dan Shepherd, 703.891.3320
Buffalo Communications
dshepherd@billycaspergolf.com
www.buffalocommunications.com
