Boulder Creek Golf Club
The city had previously split the contracts for managing Boulder Creek Golf Club and the Boulder City Municipal Golf Course, but will now consolidate them under one operator. The contract includes running the restaurants at both facilities.
Boulder City, Nev. is consolidating the management for its two golf courses—Boulder Creek Golf Club and Boulder City Municipal Golf Course—and has unanimously approved a contract allowing Schaper Golf Corp. to oversee both properties, the Boulder City Review reported.
City Contract Manager Brok Armantrout said the city wanted to consolidate its two contracts to one. Currently, Schaper operates Boulder Creek Golf Club and Tony Fiorintini operates the Boulder City Municipal Golf Course, the Review reported.
Schaper’s contract has been month to month since June 30 and Fiorintini’s ends December 31, the Review reported. Additionally, SGTTI Management LLC runs the restaurant at Boulder Creek and coordinates the pavilion rental.
Armantrout said Andy Schaper of Schaper Golf Corp. approached him and said he wanted to try managing both facilities, including their restaurants, the Review reported.
“I’m really excited to move some of the great things at Boulder Creek to the municipal course,” Schaper told council members. “We have two beautiful facilities and get to show people every day how beautiful Boulder City is.”
The new contract, which will start January 1, is for 10 years at $660,000 annually, the Review reported. That amount will go up between 2 percent and 4 percent each year based on the reported Southwest region’s consumer price index that comes out in September.
Schaper will be responsible for merchandising, including all items sold at the courses, along with food purchases and sales, the Review reported. The city will receive 8 percent of gross sales.
Additionally, Schaper will receive 15 percent of golf lesson revenue, 100 percent of green fees revenue and 100 percent of golf cart rental revenue, the Review reported. The previous municipal course contract split the rental revenue between the city and the contractor.
The contract also includes two five-year extension options that can only be exercised if both parties agree to it, as well as a termination-for-convenience clause, allowing either party to end the contract for convenience with a 90-day written notice, the Review reported.
Councilman Kiernan McManus said that after he had talked to Schaper he did not think people realized how successful he was at getting good tournaments at Boulder Creek Golf Club.
“I would like to see us get that word out a little more,” McManus said.
Andy Schaper also serves as head coach for the girls varsity golf team at Boulder City High School, which just won its second straight state title, the Review noted.
Councilman Rich Shuman thanked Fiorintini for his work at the municipal course. “He deserves a lot of credit with building the foundation of golf in Boulder City,” Shuman said.
Additionally, Shuman said Schaper had done a good job at Boulder Creek Golf Club and that he couldn’t think of a better person to run both courses.
Councilman Peggy Leavitt thanked Schaper for reaching out individually to all the council members and said she was impressed with the contract, the Review reported. “I like that it’s uniform now between the two courses,” Leavin said.