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Shangri-La Resort opens new indoor-outdoor activity center Par-3 golf course construction to begin this summer BY TIM FARLEY
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hangri-La’s exclusive resort, a tourism jewel located in northeastern Oklahoma, has opened a new $12 million indooroutdoor activity park that has numerous attractions including state-of-the-art virtual reality games and high-tech golf simulators. “It’s fantastic,” said Mike Williams, director of communications and government relations. “It’s been such a draw. There’s nothing like it between Kansas City and Dallas.” The 11,000 square-foot activity park also has LaserShot shooting simulators, CXC driving and flight simulators, escape room games, arcade games, pop-a-shot basketball, 22 ion Oklahoma
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Above, the Anchor Actvity Center at night.
billiards and ping-pong tables, shuffleboard, darts and a plethora of sporting event video screens and an inviting indoor-outdoor bar and lounge on Grand Lake. The indoor attractions are just part of the new attraction. Outdoors, the new activity park includes a new racquet club facility with four outdoor tennis courts, six pickleball courts, basketball, sand volleyball, fire pits, a kids’ fishing pond, an outdoor event area, and a mini-Fenway WIFFLE® BALL park, providing fun for kids of all ages. “It’s unique to have all of that in one facility,” Williams said. “We set the bar pretty high but it (activity park) has exceeded our expectations.” The activity park, named The Anchor, stems from the replica of the 20,000-pound USS Oklahoma anchor
