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Small sleepy town wins big victory over 'tone-deaf' billionaire's plans to build luxury resort: 'We'll see what happens next'
www.dailymail.co.uk,
July 13, 2024
Joe Ricketts this week ordered crews to immediately stop construction on his $50million tourist trap in Bondurant to the delight of its 156 residents. Locals had fiercely opposed the Wall Street trader's plans to plant a swanky new 230,000-square-foot retreat in the village and rename it 'Little Jackson Hole' to attract high rollers from New York and Los Angeles.
Small town scores major victory over billionaire as decision could delay his grand plans for swanky resort aimed at wealthy city elite
www.dailymail.co.uk,
June 24, 2024
A billionaire's best laid plans to transform a sleepy valley in Wyoming into a destination resort for rich people will potentially be delayed for years. Joe Ricketts, whose family has a net worth of $4.1 billion, has been buying more and more land in the area around the towns of Bondurant and Hoback, as he moves to build a swanky new 230,000-square-foot resort nearby. Sublette County has recently dealt a blow to those plans, telling the Chicago Cubs owner he can't build for a roughly six-month period during moose and elk high season.