Casa Cruz, Aman & The Super Premium Club
A spate of $100k buy-in clubs are all launching. What's the deal?
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In the past few months there has been a variation of the private club launching that I’ve found intriguing — the truly ludicrous buy-in level club. Casa Cruz, the New York satellite private club by celebrated celebrity restauranteur Juan Santa Cruz apparently launched last week, with a reputed minimum 100k minimum buy-in and 30k a year membership fee (hearsay, hard to find any exact numbers).
The Aman hotel group launched their private club that I heard has a 50k buy-in and yearly fees also in the tens of thousands.
I have mixed emotions…
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