*** BIG OCTOBER 2025 UPDATE***

       

YKW Club Update: Exciting Developments Ahead

Good News, Bad News, Great News!
Please read to the end—I believe you will be happy with what’s in store.

The Good News
We’re excited to announce that YKW will be reopening.

The Bad News
Unfortunately, we will not be building the club from the ground up as originally planned. Although significant progress has been made since the land was purchased over a year ago, extensive discussions with officials have made it clear that completing a brand-new club would require an additional 1.5 to 2 years. After carefully considering all factors, we have decided that waiting this long is not the best course of action as we have already been waiting for over three years.

The Great News
Our new partner owns several buildings, and one of them perfectly meets all zoning requirements and ordinances necessary for our club. While the building will need some remodeling—including the installation of a sprinkler system, new and updated bathrooms, new flooring, and other construction projects—we have already begun drafting floor plans and working with an engineer to submit the necessary permits to the city. Although there is still work ahead, our timeline for reopening has moved up considerably; we are now targeting Summer 2026 for our grand reopening, rather than 2027 or 2028. To add to the excitement, this building is enormous at nearly 27,000 square feet!

Location Details
The next big question on everyone’s mind is where the new club will be located. For now, all we can share is that it will be somewhere in the Fayetteville area—this could be within the city itself, in a neighboring city, or perhaps elsewhere in the county. Rest assured, the exact location will be revealed when the time is right. There are some individuals who oppose our reopening, so it is important to reach certain milestones before making the location public to prevent any interference.

Stay Connected
To keep you informed and engaged, we’ll begin sharing hints about the new location on our YouTube channel, Instagram and Tic Tok along with periodic progress videos documenting how construction is unfolding. Subscribe to YKW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfbSHsa1RRTO7cmFtfxPUUA
 

 

 

 

***UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2025***

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We hope to have some very exciting news for everyone in October 2025, I don't want to give away too much information now but it will be worth the wait. In the meantime, guess who was interviewed by Playgirl magazine recently? The article isn't 100% accurate, there's a few things not correct but its still pretty cool. Its titled PIONEERS OF PLAY click the link to check it out.

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UPDATE JULY 2025

​Just wanted to let everyone know where we are in the process and to let you know we are still moving forward. The following is a list of things we need to complete, once these things are complete we will be able to start construction.

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1. ***Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment***COMPLETE

2. ***Wetland delineation***COMPLETE

3. Determine the proposed daily flow rate for water/sewer and confirm with FPU adequate capacity.

4. Fire sprinkler.  A fire flow test may be required for the water line extension.

5. Determine depth of existing sewer.

6. Prepare a preliminary site plan.

7. Pre-submittal meeting with the officials to confirm zoning compliance with the proposed use and discuss site plan requirements.

8. ***Preliminary geotechnical investigation.  To determine presence of rock in proposed excavation areas.  The seasonable high-water table will be required for stormwater management.***COMPLETE

9. Topographical and boundary survey

10. Prepare final site plan for submittal and approval.

11. Obtain permits – NCDOT driveway permit, stormwater permit, erosion and sediment control permit, utilities extension permit, etc.

 

 

UPDATE MARCH 2025

We did have a bit of a set back with the engineer, unfortunately we had to let him go and hire a new engineer due to the previous engineer missing several appointments and causing delays. On a positive note, we have already hired a new engineer and things are still moving along. It is still going to take some time to complete all the soil testing and preliminary requirements but things are still moving forward. We will try to have another update by June at the latest unless I receive more information before then, we are still working on things and have a lot going on, please give us more time as we cannot wait to see everyone again soon.

 

UPDATE JANUARY 2025
We have finally locked down and hired an engineer to help us with the next phase of building a new club. The engineer will start doing what is required for the environmental part of the land that needs to be submitted to the authorities so that we can move to the next step of clearing land. This part will take some time to complete, depending on how fast the authorities will approve and check off things on their end. We hope to have another update by around March but if we have anything before then we will post it here.


UPDATE NOVEMBER 2024
With the help from our new investor, we just completed the purchase of six acres of land in the Fayetteville area. Our next step is to bring on an engineer and architect so we can submit building approvals and plans. I have already drawn up blue prints for the new club so that part is completed, but this is still going to take some time for everything to start moving forward. I will post updates here as I have them and hopefully will have information to post every 4-6 weeks depending on how things go.

In the meantime, we are currently working on doing some hotel takeover parties, until the new permanent club is built. We know that the hotel parties will not be the same as the club but this will give us a way for all our members to reconnect and see people they have not seen in a very long time. We will post the hotel party information on the club website as soon as we secure a hotel for our potential first hotel takeover party.

Please keep checking here on our website for updates, it may take some time but we will do everything we can to reopen as soon as we can. YKW has over 40,000 members and we will keep fighting to bring you a new bigger, better place than before, Don't give up on us as we will not give up on you and the rest of the community.