By Katherine Snow Smith, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
TREASURE ISLAND
If Bill Edwards' makeover of the former Treasure Island Tennis and Yacht Club is any indication of his ability to turn around a struggling entertainment facility, then there is real hope for BayWalk.
One year after relaunching it as the Club at Treasure Island, membership is up 146 percent, he has spent $2 million on improvements, special events and shows have garnered $49,000 in donations to All Children's Hospital and plans are under way to add a spa and 24 luxury suites.
"It's been fantastic. It's run like a well-run business," said Frank Struchen, whose family has been a member since he was a kid when the club opened in the 1970s. "Mr. Edwards is amazingly approachable. My mother fell down over the holidays and he was the first one holding the towels ...