Private Clubs USA continued...

                     A round of golf anyone?                                            Grand Havan Room

Atlanta Athletic Club
The initiation fee for the Atlanta Athletic Club which was founded in 1898 is over $40,000. Once you pay your fees the world class facilities you can enjoy are two
18-hole golf courses, nine-hole Par 3 courses, 42,000 sq. ft. athletic center, indoor and outdoor tennis facilities, Olympic-sized swimming pool, and beautiful club rooms with dining facilities. As well as the Athletic Club there is also the yacht and country club.

This glorious old club which was established in 1887 and re-born in 1913 must be one of the hardest to get into. The requirements for membership are as follows:

A candidate submitting an application needs one member to act as proposer and another to second the application.  Then 6 letters of recommendation from DAC members other than the proposing members are required. Then a candidate must attend an interview with a member of the Board of Directors and meet at least six other members of the Board of Directors. Next the candidate's name must be posted on the bulletin board of the Club and voting membership notified by mail at least ten days prior to action by the Board. Lastly an election to membership takes place at the monthly Board of Directors meeting where it is decided if you are successful.

It is surprising to learn that there are over 3,200 members, considering this process. The best Detroit has to offer must all be members. Could possibly be the best club in America to join.

Classic Car Club Manhattan
This is a private club that offers members unlimited use of an amazing fleet of the worlds most spectacular cars. Once you are paid up all you do is walk in to the show room pick out whichever car you want to drive and off you go. The one-time joining fee is US$1,500 and the Gold Membership fee is US$10,500 with the choice of a lifetime membership coming in at US$55,000. Members include Chef Jamie Oliver and Donna Karen.


Grand Havana Room
This is one of the most exclusive clubs in Beverly Hills and the only way to join is by invitation only. The annual fee is US$2000. The heart of the club is the humidor which is a room with walls of glass and 350 private, personalised humidors.

Inside these humidors are some of the world’s most exclusive smokes and the only legal Cubans in the U.S. The monthly maintenance fee is US$150.  There is a private elevator for celebrities to enter unnoticed which takes them to a secret smoking room and gives them access to their own personal humidor.

Members include Mel Gibson who you will find smoking his favourite Romeo y Julieta’s at US$100 each and Arnold Schwarzenegger whose favourite cigars are Davidoff’s Dom Perignon Smokes at $4000 a box. He was once reported to have bought 10 boxes in one go at a cost of US$40,000. (Photo courtesy of Grand Havan Room, pictured above right.)

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