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    cdskier reacted to Hawk's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    Considering that GMVS has partnered with the mountain longer than most of us have been here, it seems hard to swallow that they would...
  • thetrailboss
    thetrailboss reacted to cdskier's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    Trying to extort GMVS for more money seems like an odd suggestion...there really seems to be more risk/downside than upside to doing...
  • thetrailboss
    thetrailboss replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Yeah, no. I think that Alterra, and its private equity owners, are doing fine as it is. I also think that you are only thinking of this...
  • thetrailboss
    thetrailboss reacted to Newpylong's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    Do you know how much the mountain charges GMVS? I ask because I am a GMVS alumni, and Sugarbush is certainly not allowing the service on...
  • Hawk
    Hawk replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Considering that GMVS has partnered with the mountain longer than most of us have been here, it seems hard to swallow that they would...
  • thetrailboss
    thetrailboss reacted to tumbler's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    It also gives SB the clout and marketing of having one of the preeminent ski academies
  • thetrailboss
    thetrailboss reacted to Lotso's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    Yes. A lot. On top of IKON that all kids buy. They are making money off them and it gets ME in good shape for when it opens for the...
  • thetrailboss
    thetrailboss replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Yikes. I interpret this to :stirpot:
  • C
    cdskier replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Trying to extort GMVS for more money seems like an odd suggestion...there really seems to be more risk/downside than upside to doing...
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    MrGlen replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    I didn’t think my first post would provoke so much debate on the GMVS / SB relationship. At the end of the day, I don’t think they...
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    MrGlen replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    That’s not true. I bet a lot of families would not go to Bolton and maybe shift to Stratton or another built up resort. Alternatively...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    and if they balked and went somewhere else, say Bolton, SB would get exactly zero while the costs would be essentially the same.
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    MrGlen replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Ok so the $5,000 a day would already be included into that expense on their 990. There are 200 kids max with that pass so call their...
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    vtboarder replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    The situation the past few years with GMVS has changed greatly from 10, 15, 20 years ago. I used to feel they were a net positive...
  • elfnif1016
    elfnif1016 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    IRS Form 990 is what non profits have to file in lieu of an income tax return. One of the schedules on the return is essentially a...
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