Art Lussi, an attorney, is the President (and one of the owners with his sister and brother) of the Crowne Plaza Lake Placid and the Lake Placid Vacation Corp. He has been President since 1991. The Crowne Plaza is right next door to the $19 million Olympic Conference Center. His father, Serge G. Lussi, and mother, Caroline Lussi, were the previous owners of the Crowne Plaza and the Lake Placid Vacation Corp. Serge G Lussi was a member of the ORDA Board starting in the 1980s thru 2014. Art Lussi has been on the ORDA Board since 2017.
Art Lussi is also Co-Owner of other holdings: Lake Placid Club Golf Courses and wedding venues, Lake Placid Marina and Boat Tours, and a partial interest in the Lake Placid Hampton Inn and Suites
There have been ethics questions raised over the years about the Lussi Family doing business with ORDA.
LAKE PLACID — A condominium the state Olympic Regional Development Authority has leased for years is owned by the family of a former ORDA board vice president, raising questions about a possible conflict of interest. Serge Lussi sat on ORDA’s board of directors since the 1980s, including some...
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In the early 2000s, during an ORDA Board meeting, the final approval and installation of the Hudson Triple at Gore was being discussed. Serge Lussi suggested that Front Street developers (owners of the property next to the Ski Bowl) should be asked to contribute to the cost of the lift. The ORDA Board managed to hold up the lift for 1 month. He also stated he would love to have a lift right next to his property (Crown Plaza) and maybe ORDA should build a gondola from Lake Placid to the base of Whiteface - a distance of 9 miles. A few years later the ORDA Board approved the $19 million Olympic Conference Center right next to the Lussi Family owned Crowne Plaza Lake Placid.
Art Lussi grew up in Lake Placid and attended Northwood High School.
