A 1,600-acre resort in Park City will become a shooting sports, golf and meeting destination, according to plans presented by prospective owners Thursday at a public meeting.

More than 60 people attended the meeting at the Park City Lion’s Club to hear renovation plans for the Park Mammoth Resort. The Fortress Group, a Bowling Green-based business development corporation, has yet to close on the purchase, but representatives unveiled the company’s plans.

“We want to do things to help this community,” president and co-founder Nick Noble said.

The resort will be renovated to accommodate guests who wish to train and participate in rifle and pistol shooting, archery and paintball. The potential owners also said they will keep the resort’s golf course, despite rumors that they plan to sell it.

“When we started this journey, managing, operating and owning a golf course (is something) we did not anticipate at all,” Noble said. “It needs some work.”

Noble said they hope to attract guests from across the nation, and eventually offer military and law enforcement training, 4-H programs, high school sports training in archery and corporate leadership training.

“This will probably be one of the main places for Kentucky State Police to come and do their training,” Noble said.

Noble said the group also plans to host shooting competitions, which can attract up to 2,000 competitors.

Noble said the group plans to build new features, including berms for shooting competitions, and trap and skeet hills.

Developers also plan to build an amphitheater for entertainment, and they will renovate the lodge and restaurant. They also plan to open a coffee and deli shop, expand the restaurant’s menu, offer catering and outdoor dining and keep the eatery open year-round.

“We want heads in beds and forks in mouths,” said Jerry Humble, partner and chief strategy officer for the Fortress Group.

The potential owners also want to offer Mammoth Cave and holiday packages and attract weddings, family reunions and corporate meetings to create off-season business.

“That place is a ghost town” during the off-season, Noble said.

The renovated resort will bring jobs to the area, but developers were not sure how many. Noble said the group was working with the state with hopes of landing an incentive package.

“Anything that promotes growth in this region is good for everybody,” said Amy Cardwell, sports sales director for the Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Noble declined to disclose how much the Fortress Group is paying for the resort and its renovations. He said he plans to close the deal in about 60 days, and the renovations will be completed over several years.

“All of this isn’t going to happen overnight,” he said.