LAKE CITY, Minn. -- Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer, held its Grand Opening of its Auction Information Center at the Hale Irwin-designed Jewel Golf Course in Lake City August 5 and 6. Hundreds of golfers came to the course, many
playing the award-winning course for the first time. The Auction Information Center at the Jewel Golf Club will now be open daily, 8am to 5pm, right through to the unreserved real estate auction day on September 23, to help interested bidders tour the golf course and community, find out more about the unreserved real estate auction and how to bid, as well as register for
bidding closer to auction day.
Paul Krause NFL Hall of Fame Golf Classic Tournament at the Jewel
Next weekend, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and the Jewel Golf Club look forward
to an inaugural NFL celebrity golf tournament. The Paul Krause NFL Hall of
Fame Golf Classic Tournament, sponsored jointly by the Ritchie Bros.
September 23 unreserved real estate auction and the Jewel, involves 18 Hall
of Fame players playing golf with 72 members of the public. All fees from
player ticket sales will benefit the Mississippi River Trail (MRT), a world-class
bicycling route that travels from the headwaters of the Mississippi River at
Lake Itasca, Minnesota to the Delta at the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.
Another charity to benefit from the event will be the Minnesota Brain Injury
Foundation.
Although there are just a few player spots left for members of the public,
there are $5 gallery tickets that will be sold to members of the public
interested in watching the tournament at the golf course on August 14 (to
call the Jewel at: 651-345-Golf (4653) or 1-877-345-4656. Please see the
next page for a list of the NFL Hall of Fame confirmed players.
NFL Hall of Fame confirmed player list:
Lem Barney (Detroit Lions)
Tom Mack (LA Rams)
Elvin Bethea (Houston Oilers)
Don Maynard (NY Giants, NY Titans/Jets, SL Cardinals)
Ted Hendricks (Balt. Colts, G. Bay Packers, Oak/LA Raiders)
Bobby Mitchell (Cleveland Browns, WA Redskins)
Ken Houston (Houston Oilers, Washington Redskins)
Mel Renfro (Dallas Cowboys)
Paul Krause (Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings)
Billy Shaw (Buffalo Bills)
Leroy Kelly (Cleveland Browns)
Jan Stenerud (KC Chiefs, G. Bay Packers, MN Vikings)
Jim Langer (Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings)
Dwight Stephenson (Miami Dolphins)
Willie Lanier (Kansas City Chiefs)
Charley Taylor (Washington Redskins)
Larry Little (San Diego Charges, Miami Dolphins)
Ron Yary (MN Vikings, LA Rams)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13th Paul Krause event:
On August 13, NFL Hall of Fame member Paul Krause will ride through Lake
City on his one-of-a-kind, custom built chopper. The bike has been
customized with 92 original NFL Hall of Fame signatures, which Krause says
are the most signatures to ever be displayed in one place, at one time.
Krause will also set up the bike in front of the Jewel clubhouse, where the
public can come and view it and purchase signed photographs of the bike
with all proceeds going to charity. For more information about the bike, go to
www.hofbike.com.
About the Sept. 23 unreserved real estate auction
Ritchie Bros. will be holding a large, unreserved real estate auction on behalf
of The Jewel in Lake City a local, master-planned golf community on
September 23, 2006. The current unsold home sites and undeveloped land at
the Jewel will be sold in the unreserved auction, as well as the Hale Irwin-
designed golf course and facilities, some homes and condos.
Everything will sell to the highest bidders in the unreserved Ritchie Bros.
auction, regardless of the price. This event, which will be held right at The
Jewel in Lake City location 1900 Clubhouse Drive, Lake City, MN will
feature a live, on-site auction with simultaneous online internet bidding.
About Ritchie Bros.
Ritchie Bros. is the world's largest industrial auctioneer, operating through
over 110 locations in more than 25 countries around the world. Ritchie Bros.
sells, through unreserved public auctions, a broad range of used and unused
industrial equipment including equipment utilized in the construction,
transportation, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum, marine and
agricultural industries. The Company also sells real estate by unreserved
auction, including agricultural, recreational and commercial property. The
Company maintains a web site at www.rbauction.com.
Auctioneer: Greg Fuqua, Scott County #7005019
Broker: Biliske & Merrill, Real Estate Marketers, LLC Walt Bruns, Broker
For more information contact:
Kim Schulz, Corporate Communications Manager,
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Tel: 1-800-663-8457 or Cell: 651.212.1411
email: kschulz@rbauction.com
Or
Doug Wallerich, Chief Manager,
The Jewel
Tel: 1-800-747-8676 or Cell: 651.764.4661
Or
Megan Holland, Paul Krause Tournament Director
Tel: 770-478-2096
