Tag: Vail Ski Resort
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Utah ski patrollers reach deal with Vail Resorts to end strike; Is Colorado next?
Jubilant ski patrollers in Park City, Utah, went back to work on the slopes Thursday after reaching a deal to end a strike that began Dec. 27 after months of negotiating with Colorado-based Vail Resorts. “THE STRIKE IS OVER. WE ARE GOING BACK TO WORK,” the patrollers said in a social media post. “We are…
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Insider deal creates “monopoly”: How Vail’s exclusive delivery service sparked a lawsuit and controversy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s all about who you know. In just over three years, Matthew Dietz leapt from bankruptcy into a million-dollar, multi-year contract the Town of Vail laid at his feet in a lucrative deal that could ultimately transform ski towns across Colorado. As business partners, Dietz…
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Powder primer 2023: A closer look at Colorado’s ski areas
ARAPAHOE BASIN (est. 1946) A-Basin is the oldest of Summit County’s four ski areas, beginning with former ski racers and World War II veterans. The decades ushered in a new cast of characters: a scrappy bunch who called themselves Atomic Janitors, cleaning by night, sleeping in an A-Frame attic and skiing by daybreak. Skiable terrain:…
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Vail Resorts asks judge to toss “emergency ordinance” that stopped affordable housing development
The Vail Corp., parent company of Vail Resorts, has asked a district court judge to nullify an emergency ordinance the Town of Vail passed Aug. 2 to stop the company from developing affordable workforce housing on land it owns. The complaint, filed Aug. 30, alleges the Town Council acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” and that it…
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Vail Resorts, town officials battle over affordable housing development
A feud between Vail Resorts and town officials has developed over a 5-acre parcel on the east side of the mountain town where the resort wants to build affordable/workforce housing. Vail, like most of Colorado’s mountain or resort towns, is experiencing a labor shortage due to soaring housing costs. The issue is expected to come…
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Vail Resorts holds firm to vaccination requirement for cafeteria dining
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Vail Resorts Inc. isn’t requiring reservations to ski, nor skiers to be vaccinated to access lifts and sit-down restaurants, it is requiring visitors to its “cafeteria-style restaurants” to show proof of vaccination. That’s got at least one unvaccinated Epic passholder and his friends upset,…
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First snows spotted throughout Colorado this week
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a fall chill settled over much of Colorado, winter thrill-seekers got their first taste of the coming ski season. Many of the the state’s ski areas saw flakes this week. While not enough to ski, snowboard, sled, or slide down, the snow is enough…
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Vail Resorts’ CEO Rob Katz steps down after 15 years
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vail Resorts Inc. announced Tuesday longtime CEO Rob Katz will be stepping down, but remain on the board and with the company. Kirsten Lynch, currently the chief marketing officer, will be named CEO of the private company (NYSE: MTN) that owns 37 ski area and…