00:00 When the world's most famous couple hit the Coachella Music Festival in April, Taylor
00:04 Swift and Travis Kelce didn't have to venture far to find refuge from 200,000 sets of prying
00:10 eyes.
00:12 They turned to the Madison Club, an ultra-luxe sanctuary across the street from the concert
00:17 grounds.
00:18 A diamond in the California desert, the 500-acre patch boasts some 200 custom mansions, dotting
00:25 18 lush greens designed by golf course legend Tom Fazio.
00:31 Admission will cost you.
00:32 Homes in the variegated community run upward of $30 million, and dues are $500,000 up front
00:40 plus $75,000 a year.
00:43 But membership has its perks, including a top-notch day spa and, for golfers, comfort
00:49 stations every four holes, offering everything from ice cream sandwiches to bottles of tequila.
00:56 The neighborhood has history.
00:58 Celebrities have been road tripping, jetting, and chompering the 100 miles from Hollywood
01:03 to the Palm Springs area for a century, dating to the eras of Greta Garbo and Frank Sinatra.
01:10 The current crop of A-listers has fallen for the modern-but-casual Madison, which developer
01:14 Mike Meldman sculpted out of a flat piece of ranch land beginning in 2005.
01:21 No clan owns more property at the Madison Club than the first family of reality TV,
01:26 the Kardashians.
01:28 Matriarch and momager Kris led the way, buying a seven-bedroom home away from home in 2018
01:34 for $12 million.
01:36 Kylie, 26, later built her own modern getaway next door.
01:42 Kim, 43, has a two-acre double lot up the road.
01:47 Kourtney, 45, bought a $12 million place a few streets over in 2021.
01:53 Meanwhile, Khloe, 39, owns two undeveloped plots nearby with her ex, NBA player Tristan
02:01 Thompson.
02:03 Pop star Justin Bieber shelled out $16.6 million for a 10,000-square-foot, 10-bathroom spread
02:09 with a next-door neighbor just as famous as he is, Kris Jenner.
02:14 Tim Cook, the billionaire Apple chief exec, paid $9.1 million in 2019 for a 10,000-square-foot
02:21 home with an infinity pool overlooking the 15th fairway, filling it with abstract art
02:27 and a custom piece depicting Mahatma Gandhi.
02:30 16-time Grammy winner Adele has yet to take the stage at Coachella, but she said hello
02:36 to the Madison Club in 2020, picking up a 7,600-square-foot mansion for $8 million.
02:44 Phil Knight, America's 20th richest person, scooped up a five-bedroom, 5,400-square-foot
02:51 Mediterranean manor overlooking the 14th hole in 2015 for $4.3 million, or 0.01% of his
02:59 current $39.2 billion fortune.
03:03 The Nike co-founder bought and sold an empty lot nearby as well.
03:20 (upbeat music)
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