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[Benny Profane]

Ya’d think Vail Resorts Inc. would mention the word snow or skiing at least once in their latest blurb.

Vail Resorts Announces Kenny Thompson, Jr. as Company’s First Chief Public Affairs Officer | Vail Resorts Corporate

news.vailresorts.com

Nope. WTF.

That man has some serious level bullshit creation on his resume. Soda pop and the White House.

 

[tirolski]

That man has some serious level bullshit creation on his resume. Soda pop and the White House.

Fail's current CEO also came over from Pepsi to run the biggest Skiing Company in the world.
No wonder they don’t talk snow or skiing.
They may know something about CO2 and high fructose corn syrup but I doubt it.

 

[tirolski]

WTF? Don’t we have monopoly laws? When do they kick in?

Anybody hear of the Pennsylvania Attorney General going after Vail Resorts Inc. when they purchased the 3 resorts outside of Pittsburgh for monopolizing downhill skiing? Nope.

Between Baltimore and Pittsburg in Pennsylvania is all ya get now are Fail’s sh!t-no-snow-shows?

 

[Milo Maltbie]

Anybody hear of the Pennsylvania Attorney General going after Vail Resorts Inc. when they purchased the 3 resorts outside of Pittsburgh for monopolizing downhill skiing? Nope.

Back when the consolidation first began (1990s?) the FTC made Ralston sell ABasin when it owned Keystone and Copper or Breckinridge. AAFIK that was the last federal antitrust action in the ski business which is now almost completely monopolized.

mm

 

[tirolski]

Back when the consolidation first began (1990s?) the FTC made Ralston sell ABasin when it owned Keystone and Copper or Breckinridge. AAFIK that was the last federal antitrust action in the ski business which is now almost completely monopolized.

mm

The Togg-Greek-Lab-Song thingy

 

[MarzNC]

Between Baltimore and Pittsburg in Pennsylvania is all ya get now are Fail’s sh!t-no-snow-shows?

Not exactly. There is still Blue Knob, which has issues because the slopes are in a state park. Most of the Pittsburgh die hards make the drive to Timberline if they want more exciting skiing than can be found at 7Springs or Hidden Valley. I gather Laurel Mountain is fun but it's a day trip area, not a place for a family for a weekend now and then.

Ski PA - PSAA/PORA - Home

Pennsylvania Ski Areas Association for the state of PA ski areas. Check out our Learn to Ski and Snowboard programs.

www.skipa.com

As for people who live in Baltimore, they are much more likely to drive north than west.

The folks who live in the DC/NoVA metro area are the ones who are pretty stuck with Liberty and Whitetail. They haven't been happy since Snowtime was sold to Peak Resorts. Although they are starting to learn about the Indy Pass, which includes Massanutten, Bryce, and Canaan Valley. With Timberline such a fun place and a mostly 4-lane highway to Davis, WV, more people are heading there instead of doing the longer drive to Snowshoe.

 

[tirolski]

Has any other state brought suit for skiing monopolies?

It looks like Maine went after American Skiing Company/Sunday River in ’96.

Maine v. American Skiing Co./Sunday River, 1996-2 Trade Cas. 71,478 (Me., June 27, 1996) - National Association of Attorneys General

Merger of two largest ski area operators in Northern New England approved with conditions.

www.naag.org

 

[Brownski]

I worked for ASC once

 

[tirolski]

Kindred? Looks like this cat fight stinks at Keystone.

$300M Keystone project, Kindred Resort, marred by big-dollar lawsuits, allegations of crime

The co-developer of a $300 million resort in Keystone says $8 million went missing from the project and the firm was then pushed out for revealing the other developer’s bank fraud. That developer accused of...

www.summitdaily.com

"But beyond the boastful press releases and smiley groundbreakings, there are lawsuits sitting at courthouses in New York City and Breckenridge that reveal deep and lasting animosity between the two firms picked by Vail Resorts to co-develop the project. The result could be costly litigation, with each side demanding the other pay tens of millions of dollars."

 

[Peter Minde]

To pile on or not to pile on? That is the question.

With a Surge of Skiers, Stowe Struggles to Manage Traffic Jams and Parking Woes

Waterbury resident Sandy Yusen is not an early morning person, so it was 9 a.m. by the time she made it to Stowe Mountain Resort...

www.sevendaysvt.com