(AP) – The founder of a wilderness-themed retail giant is
planning a new lodge adjacent to a well-known Missouri sinkhole.The Springfield News-Leader reports that Bass Pro Shops Founder Johnny Morris announced his plans Tuesday to build a new Top of the Rock Lodge. The lodge would be next to and overlooking the famous sinkhole that opened in 2015 at Branson’s Top of the Rock Golf Course.
planning a new lodge adjacent to a well-known Missouri sinkhole.The Springfield News-Leader reports that Bass Pro Shops Founder Johnny Morris announced his plans Tuesday to build a new Top of the Rock Lodge. The lodge would be next to and overlooking the famous sinkhole that opened in 2015 at Branson’s Top of the Rock Golf Course.
The sinkhole formed on a portion of the driving range, and Morris decided to excavate it instead of filling it in. He’s excavated the sinkhole 200 feet (61 meters) deep so far.
A news release says the lodge will be a wilderness resort with “soaring
timber-and-stone-clad structure (that) will sit directly on the edge of” the sinkhole.
Lodge construction is expected to begin this summer.
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