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From the LVCC Website
During the 1950’s, the property now occupied by The Las Vegas Country Club was the site of a thoroughbred racetrack named Las Vegas Downs, with the only access being a gravel road running from Paradise Road to the track. When the racetrack went into bankruptcy, the property was purchased by an investor named Joe W. Brown.
Brown later sold it to Marvin Kratter of Nevada Equities who proceeded to build the country club. The golf course was completed in the fall of 1967, followed by the completion of the clubhouse in April of 1968. Mr. Kratter opened it under the name of The Las Vegas International Country Club and operated it as such until he sold it to a Strip hotel named the Bonanza. The club was renamed The Bonanza Country Club and Corral. In late 1970, it was sold to four partners of Realty Holdings (Moe Dalitz, Harry Lahr, Nate Adelson and Irwin Molasky) who renamed it The Las Vegas Country Club, and made it a private country club in July of 1971.
The Dalitz group sold the Club to forty of its’ Members with the ultimate plan being to make it an equity type membership. This was accomplished by these forty Members holding a mortgage until they were paid off through the sale of memberships and the general operation of the Club. The mortgage was paid off in 1984 making a true equity membership Club that has operated as such to this date.
The Las Vegas Country Club was host to the PGA's Las Vegas Invitational and the LPGA's Takefuji Classic in years past. Winners of these prestigious events have included many household names such as; Greg Norman, Curtis Strange, Kristi Kerr and Lorena Ochoa. Most recently the facility hosted the 2007 Nevada Women's State Amateur Championship as well as a visit from the 2007 Callaway Junior Series, a summer tour which features premier junior players from throughout the country. The parkland golf course is a pure pleasure to play and will test players shotmaking skills throughout the round. The backdrop to several holes pans the Las Vegas cityscape and provides a truly unique visual experience to accompany the finely manicured course.
The clubhouse architect was Julian Gabrielle; the golf course designer was Edmond B. Ault.
A 44,000 square foot modern clubhouse with an indoor exercise room, pro shop, snack bar, men's grill, women's card room, sauna, jacuzzi, shoe shop and barber shop offer our members the finest facilities around. Because of the Las Vegas Country Club's central location in the heart of the city, it has long been the recognized place for "power lunches" because of its locale, excellent food and superb atmosphere.
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