I have met both of them and they are definitely separate people.
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USSA Proposes World Cup At Killington
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I have met both of them and they are definitely separate people.
ss20
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It's back for Thanksgiving weekend 2017 and 2018!!! Good for the hill!
http://mountaintimes.info/world-cup-will-return/
http://mountaintimes.info/world-cup-will-return/
slatham
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Fantastic. Saw the Sunday slalom and hope to go back again this year - hopefully with my youngest who missed last year!!
Jully
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$1.2 million event cost. WOW.
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Hotel room booked already! 
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FIS paid for most of this! They even paid for snowmaking....
MEtoVTSkier
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New South Ridge Quad finally coming too... eventually!
https://vtdigger.org/2017/04/03/kil...il&utm_term=0_dc3c5486db-0817a1cb96-405602665
Jully
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So does that include any offset by the FIS? That statement from Mike sure doesn't seem like the FIS footed that bill.
Good for K and NE skiing for sure!
benski
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Wasn't it already stated FIS was paying for the snowmaking for the event. That definitely greatly reduces the cost of building the glacier.
SIKSKIER
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It read to me that it still cost K 1.2 million
from_the_NEK
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I also noticed Killington was mentioned quite a few times at the end of the season as well during the Squaw Valley and Aspen races as the place "where the season kicked off". It was usually in reference to Shiffrin's season where she won the opening race in Killington. IMO, as long as Shiffrin's standing as FIS's best female stands, I think the Killington race will remain on the schedule. She has a huge contingent of fans here on the east coast.
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What?
She neither won the opening race (GS Sölden 10/22) nor the opening Killington race (GS 11/26).
MEtoVTSkier
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She won the Ladies' Slalom 11/27
5th in the GS the day before.
She DID win the 2nd event, and took second place in the season opener.
Anyway, yes... the fan base is big right now.
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BenedictGomez
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That's really not a big deal.
Lets conservatively say they have a 20% drop-off in attendance due to novelty wearing off etc.. and they draw 24,000 folks. Well, that's only $50 in ancillary revenue you have to pull in per head (plus COGS obviously) to break even.
And if you come $200,000 short of breaking even, well, given Killington's enormous marketing budget, that's probably $200,000 better spent then they could ever dream of spending on silly banner adds I'll never click on, and bic pens I'll never use.
jimmywilson69
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Just so people are aware, the cost to Killington was beyond just snow making. They had to house and feed the race teams and staff, plus all of the other things such as the "village" at the bottom of SuperStar. I'm sure FIS kicks in some money, but there is a lot of expenses for something like this.
That being said its great they did a good enough job that FIS was confident to give them 2 more opportunities.
That being said its great they did a good enough job that FIS was confident to give them 2 more opportunities.
...and the FIS implied that Killington is better than Aspen. Think about that.
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