Las Vegas officials approved starting talks with a developer to turn the course into a mix of housing, commercial space and a workforce training center.
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The last day to play golf at Royal Links, an 18-hole course along Vegas Valley Drive about a mile east of Nellis Boulevard, was Dec. 17.
The project proposed by Zappos is still in the early stages, a company spokeswoman said, prompting the Las Vegas City Council to remove a lease deal from the agenda.
City of Las Vegas staff have agreed to recommend the council waive $1.9 million in civil penalties imposed on the land if a deal is reached.
Attorneys for the developer who owns the shuttered Badlands Golf Course are railing against a proposed Las Vegas city ordinance that adds requirements for redeveloping former golf courses and other open spaces and are threatening more legal action against the city.
A Clark County District Court judge said the city of Las Vegas “abused its discretion” in approving a developer’s plans for condominiums on the Badlands golf course without a major modification to the master plan.
The city’s Planning Commission fractured Tuesday on a proposal to develop more than 2,500 units on the Badlands Golf Course at a marathon meeting that had a crowd of roughly 200 people.