Golf Courses Converging on a Crisis: Can We Learn from Las Vegas? The golf course conundrum has been unfolding in Las Vegas for decades, with many of its once lush fairways now abandoned and awaiting repurposing.
The recent proposal to transform a prominent golf course into the largest affordable housing complex in Nevada's history is just one symptom of a far reaching crisis – our cities' struggle to provide adequate housing amidst dwindling land availability.
The 1990s saw Las Vegas embark on an unprecedented golf course construction spree, with Badlands Golf Club being one such casualty of the sport's post Tiger Woods slump.