![]() Casinos like Foxwoods don't do residences, and Jones did not miss them. Normally designers are told where they can build and where they cannot, because many golf course projects are financially driven by new homes, which get the first pick of the land. While golf courses can be built on as little as 150 acres, and often are, Jones had more than 2,000 acres of untouched woodlands and lakes with which to work, allowing him to pick and choose the most prime land. His assignment, building a 36-hole facility called Lake of Isles, was like Christmas come early for a golf course designer. Thanks to the unique way casinos operate, and their seemingly endless cash flow, the challenges he faced were not challenges at all, but rare opportunities in his business. Jones is one of the many top architects who have turned their attention to golf projects at gaming destinations, in this case Foxwoods, the world's largest and most profitable casino. And once again, the money faucet is open. Below the soil lies endless acres of granite ledge, which Jones is shaping to his will. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, braced against the chilly New England fall and far away from the canyon lands of the Southwest, he is once again blowing things up.Īmid explosions, Jones, clad in mud-encrusted work boots, surveys his latest gem, deep in the Connecticut woodlands, while orchestrating an army of bulldozers, backhoes and detonators. The award-winning golf course architect did such an enormous amount of blasting at his stunning Cascata outside Las Vegas that it is said to be the most expensive course ever built. ![]()
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