The La Quinta Resort & Club is a historic resort in present-day
La Quinta, California
La Quinta ( Spanish for "The Fifth") is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States. Located between Indian Wells and Indio, it is one of the nine cities of the Coachella Valley. The population was 37,467 at the 2010 c ...
.
Designed by
Gordon Kaufmann
Gordon Bernie Kaufmann (19 March 1888 – 1 March 1949) was an English-born American architect mostly known for his work on the Hoover Dam.
Early life
On 19 March 1888, Kaufmann was born in Forest Hill, London, England.
Education
K ...
and built by Walter H. Morgan, the hotel opened in 1926 as a desert getaway.
Originally built as a series of adobe bungalows on of fruit trees at the foot of the
Santa Rosa Mountains in an area originally named "Marshall's Cove" and now referred to simply as "La Quinta Cove," the La Quinta Resort & Club now has 796 casitas, suites, and villas, 41 swimming pools, 53 whirlpool spas, Spa La Quinta, over of meeting facilities, 23 tennis courts, 11 retail outlets, 7 restaurants, and 90 holes of
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
, both on-property and at nearby
PGA WEST
PGA West is a set of 6 golf courses located in La Quinta, California.
The PGA West Stadium Course was designed by Pete Dye and is viewed as the sequel to the TPC at Sawgrass. It was inspired by the Scottish links-style courses and at one point ...
, designed by
Pete Dye
Paul Dye Jr. (December 29, 1925 – January 9, 2020), known as Pete Dye, was an American golf course designer and a member of a family of course designers. He was married to fellow designer and amateur champion Alice Dye.
Early life
Dye was ...
,
Jack Nicklaus
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and
Greg Norman
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. The courses regularly play host to the
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
The Desert Classic (currently known as The American Express for sponsorship reasons; previously known as the CareerBuilder Challenge, Palm Springs Golf Classic, the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and the Humana Challen ...
charity golf tournament. La Quinta was expanded to its current size by
Landmark Land Company in 1989.
Hollywood
A hangout for star celebrities since its inception, La Quinta Resort's greatest claim to fame is as the site which film director and frequent guest
Frank Capra
Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...
wrote the screenplay for ''
Lost Horizon
''Lost Horizon'' is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called ''Lost Horizon'', in 1937 by director Frank Capra. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamaser ...
'' poolside in 1937.
Both La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST were acquired by the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, the real estate investment fund of
Morgan Stanley
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, in 2007. In 2011, lenders including
Paulson & Co., Winthrop Realty Trust and Capital Trust foreclosed on 8 of the former CNL hotels. in 2013, the owners reached a deal to sell the La Quinta and three other properties to the
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
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.
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Worldwide (legally Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.) is an American multinational hospitality company that manages and franchises a broad portfolio of hotels and resorts. Founded by Conrad Hilton in May 1919, the corporation is now led b ...
, based in
McLean, Virginia
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, manages the hotel as a member of
Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts.
In July 2020,
ABC
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reality dating show ''
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Film and television
* ''The Bachelorette'', a reality television dating show part of ''The Bachelor'' franchise with numerous versions:
** ''The Bachelorette'' (American TV ser ...
'' began filming its
sixteenth season in La Quinta, as all hotels were closed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in California
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.
References
External links
*
''Palm Springs Life'' article on the history of La Quinta Resort
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