FOR ADOPTION. RIGHT NOW ON KCCI.COM, A SOUTHERN IOWA RESORT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A MONTHS LONG LEGAL BATTLE IS SET TO REOPEN TOMORROW. THE STATE OF IOWA SHUT DOWN HONEY CREEK RESORT LAST OCTOBER. THEY CLAIM THE PREVIOUS OPERATORS DID NOT MEET CONTRACTUAL CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. AMBER GROVE HOSPITALITY GROUP IS NOW OVERSEEING THE RESORT AND LODGING OPERATIONS, WHILE MAXIM GOLF GROUP IS HANDLING THE GOLF COURSE. THE THE GOLF COURSE, THEY SAY, IS ALREADY OPEN AND WE DECIDED TO SPLIT IT UP AND BRING IN A PROFESSIONAL GOLF MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND THEN ALSO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL HOSPITALITY COMPANY. THAT’S NOT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE COMPANIES BIDDING FOR THE LONG TERM CONCESSIONARY AGREEMENT MIGHT WANT TO DO BOTH AND SCORE VERY WELL DOING THAT. AND WE COULD GO TO A SINGLE OPERATOR. THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING TWO DIFFERENT ONES. THE COMPANY THAT ORIGINALLY
Honey Creek Resort reopens in Iowa as new hospitality and golf operators take over
Updated: 4:52 PM CDT May 31, 2026
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Honey Creek Resort in southern Iowa will reopen Monday after being shut down by the State of Iowa last October over contractual disputes.The State of Iowa claimed the previous operators did not meet their contractual obligations. Embergrove Hospitality Group is now managing the resort and lodging operations, while Maxim Golf Group is overseeing the golf course, which is already open. “We decided to split it up and bring in a professional golf management company, and then also have a professional hospitality company. That’s not to say that one of the companies bidding for long-term concessionary agreement might want to do both and score very well doing that, and we could move to a single operator. This gives us an opportunity for someone to look at it and evaluate the process of having two different ones,” said Mark Campbell, Iowa Director of Administrative Services.The company that originally installed the pool is expected to restore it for a fall opening.
MORAVIA, Iowa —
Honey Creek Resort in southern Iowa will reopen Monday after being shut down by the State of Iowa last October over contractual disputes.
The State of Iowa claimed the previous operators did not meet their contractual obligations.
Embergrove Hospitality Group is now managing the resort and lodging operations, while Maxim Golf Group is overseeing the golf course, which is already open.
“We decided to split it up and bring in a professional golf management company, and then also have a professional hospitality company. That’s not to say that one of the companies bidding for long-term concessionary agreement might want to do both and score very well doing that, and we could move to a single operator. This gives us an opportunity for someone to look at it and evaluate the process of having two different ones,” said Mark Campbell, Iowa Director of Administrative Services.
The company that originally installed the pool is expected to restore it for a fall opening.