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- ratskrad
You all understand that Talisker is not our friend, as they are in business to develop land and sell it. They pretty much have ruined Canyons as a resort except for the very rich. They doubled season pass prices this year and sold 2000 fewer season passes and guess what they meaning upper management are happy because it eliminated the riff raff from the resort meaning us the locals. By the first of the year Canyons resort was down 35,000 skier days and again they were happy. Nothing like a big loss to show a major tax write off. Canyons (Talisker) is off 10's of millions of dollars in projected revenue this year as a result of being very narrow minded in who they want to ski at their resort. I understand this was not a good year skier number wise but you can not go from $599 to $1149 for a seasons pass in a year and expect to generate any revenue as those 2000 season passes they did not sell meant those people did not by goods and food at the resort.
This is not a company that needs to own another resort in our town as guess what they will price us the locals right out of the game. I see them as wanting to own both Canyons and PCMR creating the largest resort in North America but at what cost.
It is funny though that Canyons resort does not own the land on which its resort sits but it does own the land on which one of the other resorts in town does sit.
This has nothing to do with the LDS church and mormons. Rant mode off.
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itsnowjoke
Powdr Corporation is not your friend, either. Both companies are in business to make money. The Canyons was horribly mis-managed under American Skiing Corporation. Talisker came in, dumped 10's of millions into the skiing side of the resort, and can now charge prices on-par with what Park City and Deer Valley charge. I'm sorry that you don't like that and it's inconvenient for you. Maybe Park City should lower their prices if they are your friend and Canyons isn't? Skier days this year means nothing: It was a crappy winter. And in case you didn't know, season pass holders generally buy way less food and beverage than tourists, so no one is really doing the resort a "favor" by buying a season pass. Lastly, Powdr should have bought the land that it sits on, instead of letting someone else do it. Talk about a greedy corporation: The parent corporation of Park City mountain resort bought Killington, Copper Mountain, Mount Bachelor and Boreal. They evidently didn't cross their t's and dot their i's when it came time for lease renewal. Then they lash out at the landlord, with a slick, corporate ad campaign that incites fear through job loss and resort closure. That's a crappy way to run your business, Park City Mountain Resort. Lastly, I'm far from rich. Talisker hasn't ruined Canyons for me, it runs way better than it did under past ownership. I agree that season pass prices in general are steep. Tahoe and Colorado Season Passes are around 500 bucks for multiple areas, it would be great to see that here, too. The law of supply and demand prevails, however, so we've got to live with that.
