![]() Manning envisions the Utah Jazz coming down, practicing and mingling with fans. By removing the seats, the arena can become a basketball court. Music, Utah Jazz and Las Vegas Raidersīlack Desert’s master plan also calls for the construction of another hotel near Santa Clara, on the south end of the property, which will wrap around a 1,000-plus seat arena with a retractable roof for music concerts that hotel guests can watch from their balconies. The eatery will be encircled by 200 never-to-be-developed acres, which are being put in a conservation easement and donated to the city of Ivins, along with seven miles of trail the resort will develop and maintain. Black Desert’s course was the 73rd and final course designed by Weiskopf and the developers want to honor his legacy by building an open-air restaurant that will be dubbed “Club 73.”Įlsewhere, the resort will feature the Oasis, a rooftop restaurant where diners have a 360-degree view of the area’s scenic surroundings. The resort also will host the world’s best women golfers at an LPGA event slated for the spring of 2025.Īs prestigious as that is, Manning still wants to step up the resort’s game. The Black Desert Championship, which is slated for the fall of 2024, is expected to generate as much as $75 million in economic impact to the Greater Zion area, according to resort officials. Such accolades have resulted in Black Desert Resort being chosen to host the first PGA Tour events in Utah in six decades. You also have beautiful sweeping vistas of the red canyons visible from every hole.” … The black lava rock is so unique, I’ve never seen it anywhere else on the mainland,” he said. One course rater for Golfweek magazine called the course the total package. Its lush greens, lava fields and nearby redrock cliffs prompted prominent golf architect Phil Smith to liken the course, which opened in May, to Hawaii and Arizona all rolled into one. One of Black Desert’s marquee attractions is its 19-hole championship golf course designed by late-golfing great Tom Weiskopf. The resort’s north and south villages, which will be situated at opposite ends of the resort, will be reserved for single-family homes. The Golf Village west of Desert Boardwalk will feature a 36-hole putting course and driving range, virtual golf simulators that are playable day or night, hot tubs, common areas for card games, and a sports bar with big-screen TVs and a rooftop deck.ĭesert Boardwalk and the Family and Golf villages will also have condos. Other amenities in the works or on the drawing boards include the Family Village replete with a lazy river and waterfalls, zip lines and rope bridges, surf simulators and a climbing rock, among other things. “I never envisioned a Louis Vuitton or something like that,” he said. In explaining his affordable luxury philosophy, Manning often recites the resort motto: “Remarkable within reach and luxury without pretense.” Likewise, he explained, the shops will be upscale but not overpriced. Manning said the restaurants - more than two dozen scattered throughout the resort - will vary from fun fare to fine dining but won’t include fast-food franchises. For starters, it will have Desert Boardwalk, a 3,000-foot, pedestrian-only promenade of restaurants, boutiques and galleries that will be open to the general public. It will also be chock-full of other amenities, many of which Manning pointed out during a recent tour of the property. (Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Patrick Manning, left, and Joe Platt going over the map of the 630-acre Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Thursday, Aug. ![]()
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