Vail To Buy Whistler Blackomb

[Not Sure]

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"Jaws" from James Bond , first Role

 

[dlague]

This was already announced this morning. Next year.

Yup next year. It will be part of an Epic Empire Pass!

 

[SIKSKIER]

"Jaws" from James Bond , first Role

His first role was in the tv show Laramie.

 

[Smellytele]

His first role was in the tv show Laramie.

Look someone knows how to use the interwebs to look up things.

 

[bigbog]

So let's see, this means that in this coming year any existing, or new, on-the-mountain condos might be a "hot ticket" investment...y/n? THEN, in the next spring/summer another road of condos will be built in front of the existing condos...and THEN another road of condos...and ANOTHER..... Ah, the weekend Outdoor experience in the wilderness for all the middle-class...taking up ~half the resort's acreage.
Development(condos & golf courses) is what its all about for the resorts....and the old-schoolers will occasionally stop on the groomed landscape and point out to friends..."Between that 8th and 4th road's dumpsters is where a few of us used to hit the brook and its waterfall every weekend..."

 

[steamboat1]

So let's see, this means that in this coming year any existing, or new, on-the-mountain condos might be a "hot ticket" investment...y/n? THEN, in the next spring/summer another road of condos will be built in front of the existing condos...and THEN another road of condos...and ANOTHER..... Ah, the weekend Outdoor experience in the wilderness for all the middle-class...taking up ~half the resort's acreage.
Development(condos & golf courses) is what its all about for the resorts....and the old-schoolers will occasionally stop on the groomed landscape and point out to friends..."Between that 8th and 4th road's dumpsters is where a few of us used to hit the brook and its waterfall every weekend..."

I'm pretty sure Intrawest sold off most of the developable real estate around W/B years ago in an effort to reduce it'd debt load.

 

[jimk]

Cornhead, thanks for finding my ride to the new planet.

Here's an article from Summit County, CO with more perspective on the merger:
http://www.summitdaily.com/News/233...m=newsletter&utm_campaign=sd-local-news-flash

 

[EPB]

Now its time for Vail to gobble up Peak Resorts. Well, maybe AFTER their financial situation gets even worse...

 

[SIKSKIER]

Look someone knows how to use the interwebs to look up things.

yup yup yup

 

[sull1102]

Now its time for Vail to gobble up Peak Resorts. Well, maybe AFTER their financial situation gets even worse...

I was thinking the same thing myself. Vail just got into the Midwestern game in the last year or two, Peak's bread and butter. Mount Snow could really blow up if it became Vail's eastern crown jewel.

 

[FBGM]

Oh just buying more stuff with all the extra money they have. Meanwhile they can't find enough employees to staff any of their resorts. Also, the employees they do find are paid with peanuts.

How about these jerk offs buy some employee housing and increase wages to a living amount.

Vail is garbage.

 

[manhattanskier]

This is incredibly short sighted, God help us if Vail goes under and all those mountains need to be sold at once.

 

[EPB]

They'd just get gobbled up on the cheap in the event that Vail somehow ran itself into the ground. MTN's sick price reacted favorably to the announcement, so the equity community seems to not think it's that bad of an idea.

 

[bigbog]

How about Vail bidding for JP/Burke and/or Boyne(SL and/or SR)...and/or Saddleback....?

 

[steamboat1]

In order to buy SL or SR they'd first have to purchase the land from CNL & then the lease operating contract from Boyne.

 

[ss20]

In order to buy SL or SR they'd first have to purchase the land from CNL & then the lease operating contract from Boyne.

Or they could just buy the land from CNL then wait for Boyne to forget to renew their lease.

I still can't get over that whole Park City deal. One of the greatest blunders in the ski industry ever.