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The Balboa Bay Club of Newport Beach, California, boasts the title Host of the Coast as it has for 58 years—and backs that claim with an illustrious guest list including John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and the Reagans.
In 2003, a $65-million redevelopment transformed the exclusive property into The Balboa Bay Club & Resort, the only full-service waterfront resort and spa in Newport Beach. A new 160-room luxury hotel added a major new dimension to the property, with rooms averaging 500 square feet and featuring marble bathrooms, pillow-top mattresses with crisp duvets, and bay views.