Omni La Costa Resort and Spa

Coordinates: 33°05′32.16″N 117°16′01.33″W / 33.0922667°N 117.2670361°W / 33.0922667; -117.2670361
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Omni La Costa Resort & Spa
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LocationCarlsbad, California, USA
OwnerOmni Hotels & Resorts
Capacity2,100 (tennis)
OpenedJuly 10, 1965
Tenants
San Diego Aviators (WTT)
(2015–2019)
World TeamTennis Finals
(2017)

The Omni La Costa Resort & Spa is a luxury destination resort hotel opened in 1965, located in

Southern California Open
. Currently the resort is home to events such as World Team Tennis and the California State Amateur Championship. Omni La Costa Resort & Spa is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and has hosted the La Costa Film Festival.

History

The resort was founded in the early 1960s when a real estate developer, Irwin Molasky, from Las Vegas discovered an equestrian ranch in the coastal foothills of Southern California. Originally conceived as a residential resort offering activities and instruction for all ages, the resort opened on July 10, 1965[1] with 40 units available to guests for $22 per night which included green fees, as well as access to tennis, horse stables and the pool.

Professional golf

La Costa served as a home to two notable

WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in 1999. It hosted that event for seven of eight years (the 2001 event was played in Australia), until it moved to Arizona in 2007. In 2010 and 2012, the resort hosted the Kia Classic, an LPGA
tour event with an estimated attendance of 43,000 in 2010.

Penthouse article lawsuit

In March 1975,

Teamsters Pension Fund and that the resort was a playground for organized crime figures. The owners, along with two officials of the resort, Morris B. "Moe" Dalitz and Allard Roen, filed a libel lawsuit for $522 million against the magazine and the writers. In 1982, a jury absolved the magazine of any liability against the lawsuit from the owners. The plaintiffs appealed but in December 1985 before a new trial could begin, the two sides settled.[citation needed] Penthouse issued a statement that they did not mean to imply that Adelson and Molaskey are or were members of organized crime. In turn the plaintiffs issued a statement lauding Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione and his magazine for their "personal and professional awards." Total litigation costs were estimated to exceed $20 million.[2][3] According to the San Diego Reader, Merv Adelson finally admitted to mob ties in an interview published in the March 2013 issue of Vanity Fair magazine.[4][5]

Connection to other controversies

On May 8, 2007,

babysitter on a week-long vacation to the La Costa Resort and Spa.[6]
Tax and accounting experts found Kilpatrick's use of the fund also violated IRS regulations.

Ownership timeline

References

  1. ^ "History by the Decades at Omni la Costa Resort & Spa".
  2. ^ Court Revives La Costa Spa's Penthouse Suit http://articles.latimes.com/1985-05-23/local/me-8091_1_la-costa
  3. ^ Penthouse, Resort End Legal Battle in a Draw http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-21/local/me-3043_1_la-costa-resort-owners
  4. ^ "La Costa's Merv Adelson admits mob ties." The San Diego Reader, January 31, 2013
  5. ^ "The Beautiful and the Damned" Vanity Fair magazine, March 2013
  6. ^ "Wilson Investigates Mayor's Expenses." WXYZ.com. 2007-05-10
  7. ^ KSL Buys La Costa Resort & Spa
  8. ^ Private equity firm buys La Costa
  9. ^ "La Costa Resort Purchased by Omni".

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