Ticket Reseller’s 490-acre Estate Hits Market at $27M

A sprawling Woodstock estate built by a pioneer of online ticket reselling is hitting the market with a price tag that puts it near the top of Chicago’s luxury listings.

Bunker Hill Farms, a 490-acre compound developed by the late TicketsNow founder Mike Domek and his wife, Amy, was listed this week for $27 million. The asking price makes it the second-most expensive publicly listed residential property in the region, trailing only a $29.9 million lakefront mansion in Winnetka, Crain’s first reported.

The property, about 70 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, is being marketed as a single, turnkey estate with potential uses ranging from a private residence to a hospitality or event venue. The listing follows Domek’s death in June, with the sale handled by a trust tied to the family, according to the outlet.

The estate is as much a landscape project as it is a home. Anchored by two residences with a combined 11 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, the property also features an 18-hole golf course, a 5-acre manmade lake and roughly 15 miles of groomed trails, according to the listing. The lake alone required extensive excavation, reaching depths of 60 feet and incorporating a built-in fish habitat.

Domek began assembling the property in 2007, starting with a 150-acre purchase and expanding it over time into one of the largest privately held residential compounds in the Chicago area, according to the outlet. Much of the land was reshaped and planted during his ownership, with more than 20,000 trees added and prairie restored across portions of the site.

The estate includes a range of high-end recreational features — from a sledding hill and seasonal hockey rink to a shooting range with a chandelier-lit pavilion. A converted silo serves as a rooftop spa, complete with a glass floor overlooking a Japanese garden below.

Despite its scale, the property has largely flown under the radar, used frequently for charitable events, but rarely publicized. Nick Mason, the Hayden Outdoors Real Estate agent representing the property, told the outlet that at times the family hosted fundraisers with rental fees starting at about $10,000 per day, with proceeds donated to charities.

The seller is aiming to sell the property intact rather than carving it into smaller parcels.

— Eric Weilbacher