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Topgolf Las Vegas is a fantasy sports venue for all seasons By Matt Kelemen Imagine teeing up on Las Vegas Boulevard in front of MGM Grand Resort, ignoring the cacophony of horns, facing north with a golf ball at your feet and a driver in your hands. Resort hotels line the fairway, with a large water hazard

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on the left in front of the Bellagio. The chance to swing and find that sweet spot that sends the ball sailing 300 yards up the Strip is, alas, an impossible dream. The possible dream is Topgolf Las Vegas, where golfers across the skill spectrum can aim for the Strip’s skyline. Las Vegas has one of the world’s most beautifully designed and exclusive courses in Shadow Creek, but for a considerably smaller fee a northward view of the Strip becomes an incomparable backdrop for the course of multicolored targets in Topgolf territory. The balls have an obstacle in backstop netting

that also serves as a landmark for the four-level complex of climate-controlled hitting bays adjacent to MGM Resort, but Topgolf Las Vegas offers unlimited game play passes on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through the end of August and stays open until 1 a.m. year-round. Guests back for the first time since before the pandemic will discover a new high-tech amenity in the Toptracer tracking systems that serve up instant replays on HDTV screens in every bay. Experienced golfers can aim for zones within the targets and place complete focus on their swing, since they can


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