WARREN, Ohio, Aug. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Avalon Holdings
Corporation (NYSE Amex: AWX). Ronald E. Klingle, Chairman and
CEO of Avalon Holdings Corporation (Avalon) announced today that a
wholly owned subsidiary of Avalon has completed the purchase of all
of the assets of The Magnuson Grand Hotel in Howland, Ohio. The Magnuson Grand was formally
known as the Avalon Inn. This transaction also included the
purchase of the adjoining tennis center.
In the near future the hotel will be renamed The Avalon Resort
and Spa.
A multi-million dollar renovation and expansion to the existing
facility is being designed by Phillips/Sekanick Architects and will
include a complete renovation of the existing facility, a new
indoor junior Olympic sized swimming pool and a new outdoor resort
style pool and hot tub, a 12,000 square foot addition which will
provide for new restaurants, bars, a full service spa and salon,
extensive conference facilities and a complete fitness
center. The improvements are expected to be completed within
the next 12 months.
Avalon will also integrate these new resort facilities in with
The Avalon Golf and Country Club operations. Avalon's 4000
club members will have complete access to the resort's facilities
as part of their existing club membership plan, while guests
staying at the hotel will in turn have access to the facilities
located at each of the club's three locations. A
limousine shuttle will transport club members and hotel guest
between the four locations on a continuous basis.
Once completed, Avalon believes that the combination of the
resort/spa and country club operations will create a resort complex
and country club experience unparalleled in the United States.
The resort will be marketed as an all-season facility that will
include: a 144 room hotel; 3 championship golf courses with one of
the finest indoor golf simulation and teaching facilities in
the United States; 4 outdoor
Har-Tru clay tennis courts and 7 indoor US Open Deco-turf playing
surface tennis courts and a racket ball court; 3 resort style
swimming pools with cabanas and an indoor junior Olympic sized
pool; 2 full service salon and spas; 2 complete fitness centers
along with outdoor jogging and cycling at the Buhl Park facility; 4
major banquet rooms along with state of the art conference centers
and numerous meeting and hospitality rooms; 9 restaurants; 3 wine
cellars with one of the most extensive wine list anywhere; cigar
shops; and regular live entertainment.
With the lodging and the indoor/outdoor: golf; tennis; swimming;
dining and fitness facilities, The Avalon Resort and Spa will
become the year round favorite resort destination and conference
center for people and businesses located in the northeast and
mid-western states.
Avalon Holdings Corporation provides waste management services
to industrial, commercial, municipal and governmental customers in
selected northeastern and midwestern U.S. markets. Avalon
Holdings Corporation also owns the Avalon Golf and Country Club,
which operates golf courses and related facilities.
SOURCE Avalon Holdings Corporation