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[MERGED] T&L expands Sports Illustrated Resorts portfolio with New Vacation Ownership Destination in Nashville

Sandy VDH said:
The Original resort is over by Grand Ole Opry
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Yeah, that is the one I was referring to as not being anywhere close to downtown.
 
The Tuscaloosa property looks like it has been neutered. Based on a planning meeting last October they went back to the drawing board. Looking at what was promoted in this article, it looks cool.

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In this one, it now looks like a Fairfield Inn with a baseball field in the parking lot.
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I still can't get over "Tuscaloosa"...


For the record, I went to the University of Florida, lived in Gainesville, FL which is about as "college town" as it gets.

It's not a place I would ever consider vacationing at. And it's much better than Tuscaloosa. I visited a lot of SEC schools and college towns while I was going to UF, so I got a good feel for a lot of them.

Not many of them I would consider vacation destinations,

I've already gotten in trouble and i guess rightfully so, for crapping on the Jersey shore, so I will leave it at that.

Copycat business decision which I don't see having long term legs.
 
Looking into these Sports Illustrated Resorts a little more, it seems there are other proposed locations but they may not all have a vacation ownership component and may not even have T+L involved in any way. I saw mention of a location in Texas City, TX. Seems kind of along the same lines of Margaritaville Resorts. Most are not part of Travel + Leisure.
 
Sandy VDH said:
So is this actually a new product in Nashville, or it is a just a rebranding of inventory in one of the other two Nashville locations?
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It's a new product in Nashville, not related to any of the current resorts.
 
dioxide45 said:
Looking into these Sports Illustrated Resorts a little more, it seems there are other proposed locations but they may not all have a vacation ownership component and may not even have T+L involved in any way. I saw mention of a location in Texas City, TX. Seems kind of along the same lines of Margaritaville Resorts. Most are not part of Travel + Leisure.
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That is my understanding as well, it's similar to the Margaritaville resorts where most of them aren't associated with Wyndham.
 
Did some investigation on Nashville location - It will be where the current Placemakr property is 1600 McGavock St.

Article about the sale which notes that part of it was sold to T+L
www.nashvillepost.com

Midtown hotel building sells for $67M

Memphis company now owns Placemakr Music Row in deal worth about $347K per unit
www.nashvillepost.com www.nashvillepost.com

And then I did a google street view to confirm
Google View of Placemakr
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and Picture from new resort website

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Floridaman76 said:
I still can't get over "Tuscaloosa"...


For the record, I went to the University of Florida, lived in Gainesville, FL which is about as "college town" as it gets.

It's not a place I would ever consider vacationing at. And it's much better than Tuscaloosa. I visited a lot of SEC schools and college towns while I was going to UF, so I got a good feel for a lot of them.

Not many of them I would consider vacation destinations,

I've already gotten in trouble and i guess rightfully so, for crapping on the Jersey shore, so I will leave it at that.

Copycat business decision which I don't see having long term legs.
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To be fair, you also crapped on Atlanta when it first opened without ever having been there, and in the several years since then Iā€™ve heard almost universal praise of the resort and the nearby attractions from other owners. ;)

Though I still think vacation ownership specifically in college towns is misguided. Nashville is different because itā€™s a major city.
 
paxsarah said:
To be fair, you also crapped on Atlanta when it first opened without ever having been there, and in the several years since then Iā€™ve heard almost universal praise of the resort and the nearby attractions from other owners. ;)

Though I still think vacation ownership specifically in college towns is misguided. Nashville is different because itā€™s a major city.
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I didn't crap on Atlanta, it's a nice enough city and there's at least stuff to do now, I was just appalled by the crazy high points charts. Coupled with the expected high parking fees, it adds up to an expensive stay.

I considered going there to check it out during the last 50% off sale, but the wife wasn't into it, so we didn't.

I will eventually. Work will take me there at some point.
 
Floridaman76 said:
I didn't crap on Atlanta, it's a nice enough city and there's at least stuff to do now, I was just appalled by the crazy high points charts. Coupled with the expected high parking fees, it adds up to an expensive stay.

I considered going there to check it out during the last 50% off sale, but the wife wasn't into it, so we didn't.

I will eventually. Work will take me there at some point.
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Itā€™s actually not as negative as I remember it. At least one other person was more dismissive and I think I conflated them with you.

Floridaman76 said:
I'm not sure I understand the draw of timeshares in downtown metro locations like Atlanta. I understand it for NY, San Fran, and Chicago when they had that one. But not Atlanta... other than the Aquarium, and Coke museum, there's nothing to do. I bet parking also is going to be quite expensive too. I can kind of understand Nashville, there's definitely more to do in downtown Nashville than the whole of Metro Atlanta... and there's plenty of Wyndham Hotel properties in Atlanta.
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Floridaman76 said:
I still can't get over "Tuscaloosa"...


For the record, I went to the University of Florida, lived in Gainesville, FL which is about as "college town" as it gets.

It's not a place I would ever consider vacationing at. And it's much better than Tuscaloosa. I visited a lot of SEC schools and college towns while I was going to UF, so I got a good feel for a lot of them.

Not many of them I would consider vacation destinations,

I've already gotten in trouble and i guess rightfully so, for crapping on the Jersey shore, so I will leave it at that.

Copycat business decision which I don't see having long term legs.
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In your defense, you were crapping on Atlantic City, not the entire Jersey shore, and I am right there with you.

My cousin had a hotdog cart at U of F. Made some good coin during football season.

I think the college thing may have a draw outside of football season. You have to remember there are a lot of other team sports that draw parents to come, and also there are conferences and high school senior college visits. I'm not sure how that plays into this model, but I'm sure it was something considered. Also, if i was a salesperson, my sales tactic would be "well you're going to be visiting here for at least four years, wouldn't it be nice to own something nice to come to every time you're visiting, and then can use in other places when you're an empty nester completely? You see how hard it is to get a hotel room during parent's weekend or homecoming. With this, you own your own room!" (as someone else points out, they leave out the part about how hard it is to score a room during parent's weekend).
 
How is Sport Illustrated vacation club going to be sold? Will it be deeded or some sort of trust? Will a Sport Illustrated owner be able to sell there ownership to someone else? Will they have access to other Club Wyndham resorts? Pricing?

Daniel
 
I don't think Travel + Leisure has released those kinds of details. They expect to start selling Nashville by year end, so we should hear some pricing details in the next few months. Though it will probably require going to a sales pitch to find out anything. They aren't like Disney Vacation Club where they give out all their pricing in an open and transparent manner.
 
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If I was to guess, this will be a separate type of thing like Margaritaville or PR.

Maybe we (CW owners) will get to use them, maybe with limitations like some of the PR resorts, maybe with limited booking windows, maybe we might have to use Club Pass.

Maybe we won't get access. Who knows. Time will tell.

So far, none of the locations appeal to me, or there are already existing options.
 
I too would suspect something similar to Margaritaville. Perhaps the limited booking window. With only two resorts announced so far, I don't know how full these properties would be without making them available to the broader Club Wyndham membership. I believe they've indicated plans for up to 30 properties total, but that seems pretty optimistic and they probably wouldn't get there for a couple decades. That is if the concept even proves itself to be viable.
 
Sounds a lot like the new Eddie Bauer WM brand.
 
can only imagine these survive if for the majority of the off season weeks, it operates as a regular hotel/airbnb type situation.

unless im just really missing the bus on this whole thing.
 
TUGBrian said:
can only imagine these survive if for the majority of the off season weeks, it operates as a regular hotel/airbnb type situation.

unless im just really missing the bus on this whole thing.
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Perhaps, but where is the demand for that? The same reservations that owners are looking to book will be the same ones that people paying cash will want to reserve. I could see these maybe working if they were close to a major highway like all the mid-range hotel brands. Perhaps they could fill them with overnight road trippers.
 
i can see it for nashville.... the tuscaloosa one is a head scratcher for sure.
 
TUGBrian said:
i can see it for nashville.... the tuscaloosa one is a head scratcher for sure.
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The SI resort in Nashville will likely do well. It is located on Music Row, so not even really associated with any sports related anyway. It is a hotel conversion, so I don't really know why they would even bother. How do they expect to attract a sports related audience there?
 
dioxide45 said:
The SI resort in Nashville will likely do well. It is located on Music Row, so not even really associated with any sports related anyway. It is a hotel conversion, so I don't really know why they would even bother. How do they expect to attract a sports related audience there?
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The mighty Vanderbilt University sports franchise has a huge draw. šŸ˜€

And those Tennesee Titans fans are rabid šŸ˜

The hotel is in a decent enough spot, I will say that, but nothing Nashville says "sports"
 
CO skier said:
I think there are hotel brands touting their (new) college town and sports team locations. If that model is working, extending it to timeshares is a natural. It all seems like something that will be out of fashion in less than 10 years, and the timeshares will be voted out by owners and turned into condos.
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If you read the article about the sale Travel and Leisure only brought `10 units on the second floor out of 193.
I guess this is a similar to Margaritaville in Pigeon Forge. I heard there is not many MVC in that building either.

Daniel
 
Didnā€™t ILX try this for awhile? (resorts tied to college sports) We stayed at their one in Phoenix and I seem to remember one in South Bend? Those would be HVC now, but it never seemed to take offā€¦


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