The full recap of a special day ahead of @QuarryOaksUSA grand opening. 🔥
After a 2.5 year hiatus, the once top-100 public course is positioned to reclaim a spot after a masterful renovation, led by Golf Architect John LaFoy.
I’m confident you’re going to love it.
I’m going to breakaway from my thread for one moment just so you can see how pure this place looks from above. 😍
You’re going to love the new @QuarryOaksUSA.
I’d bet my life on it. 🔥
In the 1970s, Holiday Inn embarked on a mission to revamp their hotels and introduced an innovative concept known as the Holidome. The Holidome was described as an "indoor fun center" and typically featured tropical-themed décor, kidney-shaped pools, mini-golf, billiard tables, tiki bars, table tennis, and shuffleboard. Regrettably, the Holidome's existence was short-lived due to the substantial maintenance costs associated with these facilities.
According to David Israelson, "The humidity from the indoor pools would damage the ceiling and make the inner-courtyard-facing rooms damp and stuffy. While the maintenance of these structures is really costly, they're very easy to demolish, and you still can keep the hotel."
Today, the Holidomes are mostly a nostalgic memory, with only a few left standing. Most of the remaining ones have been sold to different franchises, like Ramada Inn. However, there is an exceptional case of the Pearl on the Concho Best Western in San Angelo, Texas, which managed to fully restore their Holidome after it had been abandoned and destroyed by vandals. I've included a few shots of it before and after the renovations.
The Pyramid of Khafre, depicted in the image below, was initially completed in 2560 BCE. It featured a white limestone casing and a peak constructed of solid gold.
For numerous millennia, the pyramid remained largely unchanged. However, in 1303, a powerful earthquake struck the region, causing significant damage to the structure. The quake also resulted in tsunamis that inflicted severe harm and loss of life in Crete and Alexandria.
Taking advantage of the damage inflicted by the earthquake, the local inhabitants utilized their basic tools to dismantle the dislodged limestone blocks. These blocks were subsequently repurposed in the construction of mosques and fortifications, commissioned by a local Sultan. Regrettably, the golden cap at the pyramid's peak was also pilfered and subsequently vanished.
As a consequence of the absence of its white limestone shell, the pyramid lost its ability to reflect sunlight and remain visible from great distances.
The current NCAA volleyball attendance record is 18,755.
But Nebraska just sold 82,900 tickets in 48 hours for a match at their football stadium this fall.
That will make it be the 2nd biggest women’s sporting event in US history, behind the 1999 World Cup Final.
Incredible.
All the boys were down at the Kingdom swinging the new #Stealth2Driver from @TaylorMadeGolf and we only felt it was fair if you got the chance to swing one too!
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