Yellowstone Club World
Membership Pricing

The invitation only Yellowstone Club World would launch as the most elite level destination club in the world.

An outgrowth of the Yellowstone Club, an exclusive golf and ski community in Montana known for having their own caviar bar in the clubhouse, marble statues, an authentic zebra skin couch, and protection by former Secret Service agents, Yellowstone Club World would bring the same extravagant lifestyle to their destination club design.

Properties available to members would include a 14th century castle, a private island, and a private golf club amongst others. Averaging over $30 million each, club founder Tim Blixseth would take out a loan with Credit Suisse for $375 million, using the assets of Yellowstone Club as collateral.

According to the club, memberships would be available for between $3 million and $10 million, but current Yellowstone Club members would be able to purchase at a reduced price.

Late in 2007, Yellowstone Club World ceased new membership sales and by 2008 had ceased operations. As the $375 million Credit Suisse loan went unpaid and a public bankruptcy between Tim and Edra Blixseth blurred the lines between Yellowstone Club and Yellowstone Club World and the ownership of the combined assets, four creditors of Yellowstone Club World forced the club into involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy early in 2009.

"We're concerned the assets they do have are no longer in control of the Yellowstone Club World," said John Amsden, a lawyer representing the creditors, three of which who were claiming $1.5 each for membership deposits paid to join the club. "The involuntary bankruptcy was necessary because it appears that there is no one minding the club's business. We hope that the matter can be resolved with a minimum of expense."

Solstice Collection, the leader in the ultra-luxury destination club industry, would also file for bankruptcy in 2009, leaving a void at the top of the sector.