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Megalodome Golf launches $50 million investment fund to build domed golf course in Oswego · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Megalodome Golf launches fifty million dollar investment fund to build
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  domed golf course in Oswego. Written by Eric Shelkoff. This
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  article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  you by Everlett. Canada based Megalodome Golf has announced that
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  it has launched a fifty million dollar investment fund to
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  build its nine hole domed golf course near Route thirty
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  in Oswego. The company made the announcement recently on its website.
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  In September twenty twenty four, Osweko Village Trustees unanimously approved
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  the concept plans of Megalodome Golf to construct four two
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  hundred and seventy thousand square foot golf domes that would
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  house the nine hole golf course along with a practice
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  and training facility. An eight thousand square foot clubhouse also
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  is proposed. The practice and training facility would incl include
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  a two hundred and seventy five yard driving range that
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  would allow for real ball flight visualization. Established in close
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  collaboration with renowned capital raising expert Brad Blazar and his
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  platform Capital Connections and his legal team, this fund marks
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  the official kickoff of a project set to redefine industry standards.
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  The company said in a statement, this strategic partnership ensures
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  a solid and attractive structure for accredited investors looking to
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  partner with a world first. The project is being called
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  as the world's first indoor golf experience that replicates a
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  real golf course. It is proposed for one hundred acres
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  west of Route thirty and north of Rance Road. In
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  talking to Oswego Village trustees about the project, Megalodome Golf
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  President and general manager Bertrand Quinton noted that trees, cactuses,
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  and grass that are part of the proposed landscape would
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  be artificial. Only the sand and the ponds are natural.
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  He said. The property currently is unincorporated and zoned agriculture
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  in Will County. Plans also set aside about thirty four
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  acres for potential future development and seven to one five
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  acres for stormwater detention. Oswego Village President Ryan Kaufman was
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  impressed by the plans. I think this is just so cool,
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  he said, following a presentation on the proposal. This is fantastic.
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  There is nothing else in the world like this. The
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  proposed golf domes would be one hundred and ten feet high.
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  This will allow for full swing capacity for those big
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  hitters who can hit it that high, said Carrie Hanson,
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  director of planning and government services for Oswego based Shopping
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  Design Associates INK, told Trustee. In addition, the domes would
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  incorporate state of the art climate control to maintain perfect
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  playing conditions year round, regardless of the weather. Hanson said
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  the domes will be designed to withstand winds of up
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  to one hundred and twenty mile paint. The course design
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  is inspired by Arizona's renowned golf courses. The design offers
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  golfers a sense of escape on a course that mimics
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  one of the best in the world. Hanson said the
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  facility would be open from six am to midnight, seven
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  days a week and is expected to attract about two
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  hundred ninety thousand customers a year. A traffic study will
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  be done to make sure that we are not overburdening
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  the adjacent roadway systems, she said. ADU story glass clubhouse
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  would be built between Domes one and four. There are
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  plans to possibly add a third story to the clubhouse.
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  This would add event and banquet capacity, which we know
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  as a need here in Oswego. Hansen said the clubhouse
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  would feature a pro shop, bar and lounge areas. It
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  also would accommodate cloak and locker rooms and office space.