ALIANA POLO CLUB BREAKS GROUND IN FORT BEND
–World-class polo club and complex will feature two professional fields and event facilities on 50+ acres–
HOUSTON (March 3, 2008) – Aliana Polo LLC announces the groundbreaking of Aliana Polo Club to be located on more than 50 acres in the heart of the Aliana community in Fort Bend County, TX.
Pictured from left to right are Richard Germer, co-owner of Germer and Grillo; Bill Dostal, Richmond City Commissioner; Jim Gonzalez, Richmond City Commissioner; Tim Kelly, President and CEO of Lockton Co., LLC; Jeff Anon, CEO of Berryhill Restaurants; Andy Toups, Managing Director of Altazano Management, LLC; Greg Brown, Publisher of Cowboys and Indians Magazine; Charlie Howard, State Representative, District 26; Paul Cheng, Owner of Cheng Investments; Tommy Dorsey, President of Dorsey Custom Homes; Jay Comeaux, Executive Director, Stanford Group Co.; Jeff Wiley, President/CEO of Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council; James Patterson, Commissioner of Precinct 4; Gail Parker, President/CEO of the Rosenberg Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce; and Mark MaGee, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Rosenberg Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce. Photo courtesy of Daniel Ortiz.
The club will feature two professional polo fields. The championship field will be one of the few polo fields in the world specially designed to accommodate night time play with unique lighting and lower elevation for optimal viewing. Club authorities will host seasonal, national and international polo events at the luxury complex to include a planned clubhouse, stadium, and other sport and event amenities.
To address exponential growth of the Houston polo community, eight sport enthusiasts and business leaders began working with Aliana to develop new world-class facilities to meet the increasing demand.
Aliana Polo, LLC partners include John Goodman, investor and founder of International Polo Club-Palm Beach; Tim Kelly, President and CEO, Lockton Co. LLC; Tommy Dorsey, President, Dorsey Custom Homes; Jay Comeaux, Executive Director, Stanford Group Co.; Jeff Anon, CEO, Berryhill Restaurants; Steven Armour, investor, horse breeder, and rancher; Andy Toups, Managing Director, Altazano Management, LLC; and Greg Brown, Publisher, Cowboys and Indians Magazine.
“For those who play the sport of kings or enjoy watching the great sport of polo, the Aliana facility will offer the community something truly remarkable – an opportunity to join one of the grandest polo clubs in the country,” said Paul Cheng, president of Aliana Development Company. “The complex will host event-style polo with space for parties and events for charity functions, corporations, business leaders, players and families and will be a defining feature of the luxury lifestyle the Aliana community embodies.”
Phase one of the Aliana Polo Club will include the development of top-notch fields, watering systems, box seats, tenting and field-side seating expected to host its first match in spring of 2009.
About Aliana Development Company
A project of Aliana Development Company, the Aliana™? community will span 2,000 acres at the east side of Grand Parkway and FM 1464 in Fort Bend County, in Richmond, west of the Sugar Land area. The Aliana community will offer residents an incomparable location, conveniently situated between Shadow Hawk Golf Club and the Houstonian Golf and Country Club. The Aliana community will feature a wide range of residential options including upscale homes starting from the $250s to million-dollar estates. Community amenities will include: fiber-optic homes; a state of the art, $5 million amenity center with interactive gaming, ballrooms, spacious indoor rooms and large covered outdoor patios for residents to host parties; huge resident and guest resort-style pool; extensive landscaping; a multi-mile chain of lushly landscaped linear lakes and canals; and a hike and bike trail that will form a multi-mile trail throughout the development, a future new Fort Bend ISD elementary school and the Aliana Polo Club. Ultimately, the Aliana community will include first-class office buildings, power center retail, restaurants and hotels.