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| | name = Vail Resorts | |||
| | logo = ] | |||
| | type = ] | |||
| | traded_as = {{nyse|MTN}} | |||
| | foundation = 1997 | |||
| | location = ], ], ] | |||
| | key_people = ], ] | |||
| | num_employees = 15,000<ref></ref> | |||
| | homepage = | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Vail Resorts, Inc.''' runs four ski resorts in ] (], ], ], and ]), three in ] (], ], ]), one in ] (] in ]), one in ] (]), one in ] (]), one in ] (]), one in ], ] (]), one in ] (]), and a summer resort in ]. They also own luxury resort hotels throughout the world. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol MTN. The company is headquartered in ]. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| Vail Resorts was founded as Vail Associates Ltd. by ] (former WWII ] ski trooper) and Earl Eaton in the early 1960s. Earl and Peter were both ski patrol guides at Aspen when they shared their dream of finding the "next great ski mountain". Earl, a life long resident and son of pioneer families in the area lead Peter to the area in March 1957. Peter set off to secure financing and Earl engineered the early lifts. On a string and a prayer, the ski resort was founded and it opened in 1962.<ref>{{cite news | first = Lauren | last = Moran | title = Vail visionaries | date = 19 March 2011 | publisher = ] | url = http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20110319/NEWS/110319754 | work = ] | accessdate = 2012-08-06}}</ref> ] purchased Vail Associates in 1985.<ref>{{cite news | first = Randy | last = Wyrick | title = 1985: The year the deals got done | date = 20 May 2011 | publisher = ] | url = http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20110520/NEWS/110519846 | work = ] | accessdate = 2012-08-06}}</ref> Vail Associates changed its name to Vail Resorts and went public in 1997<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.getfilings.com/o0000927356-97-001483.html | title = Vail Resorts Inc. - 10-K Annual Report - 9/30/1997 | accessdate = 2012-08-06}}</ref> after Gillett Holdings (owned by George N. Gillett, Jr.) went bankrupt.<ref>{{cite news | title = Gillett Bankruptcy Filing | date = 18 August 1992 | publisher = ] | url = http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/18/business/gillett-bankruptcy-filing.html | work = New York Times | accessdate = 2012-08-06}}</ref> ], headed by ], bought the company out of bankruptcy and took Vail Resorts public, controlling Vail Resorts through its growth until around 2003, when Apollo divested themselves of the controlling interest. Former Apollo executive, Rob Katz, currently runs the company. The skating rink at Beaver Creek was named the Black Family Skating Rink after Leon Black. In 2014 Vail bought Wilmont Mointain located in Wilmont, WI. | |||
| ==Resorts== | |||
| Vail Resorts operates the ], ], ], and ] ski areas in Colorado, ], ], and ] on the California-Nevada border. It acquired the Grand Teton Lodge Company within the ] in Wyoming in 1999. The GTLC properties include the Jenny Lake Lodge, ], and Colter Bay Village. | |||
| On October 25, 2010, Vail Resorts Inc. announced the acquisition of a long-term lease on ] Resort in California for $63 million cash.<ref>{{cite news | first = Scott | last = Miller | title = Vail Resorts acquires Northstar-at-Tahoe | date = 25 October 2010 | publisher = ] | url = http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20101025/NEWS/101029841 | work = ] | accessdate = 2012-08-06}}</ref> | |||
| On February 22, 2012, Vail Resorts Inc. announced the acquisition of ] for approximately $18 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vail Resorts To Acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort|url=http://news.vailresorts.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1689%3Fintcmp%3DSN000023|accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> | |||
| On December 6, 2012, Vail Resorts Inc. announced the acquisition of ] in Minnesota and ] in Michigan for $20 million cash.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vail Resorts to Acquire Two Ski Areas in Midwest, Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mount Brighton in Michigan|url=http://news.vailresorts.com/corporate/vail+resorts+to+acquire+two+ski+areas+in+midwest+afton+alps+in+minnesota+and+mount+brighton+in+mich.htm|accessdate=6 December 2012}}</ref> | |||
| On May 29, 2013, the company announced a 50-year lease of ] in ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kdvr.com/2013/05/29/vail-acquires-long-term-lease-to-canyons-utahs-largest-ski-resort/|title=Vail Resorts acquires long-term lease to Canyons, Utah’s largest ski resort|publisher=]|date=2013-05-29|accessdate=2013-05-29}}</ref> | |||
| On September 11, 2014, Vail announced the acquisition of ] in ] for 182.5 million in cash.<ref>http://news.vailresorts.com/corporate/vail-resorts-acquires-pcmr.htm</ref> In 2015, Vail would merge Park City Mountain Resort with Canyons Resort via an interconnect gondola to make one large resort operating under the Park City name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trb-utah-park-city-ski-resort-20150729-story.html |title=Goodbye Canyons, hello Park City: Utah ski resort on track to be biggest in U.S. |publisher=] |date=July 29, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| On March 30, 2015, Vail announced its acquisition of its first Australian resort, ] in NSW for approximately US$136 million. | |||
| On January 19, 2016, Vail announced the acquisition of its third urban ski area, ] in Wisconsin. | |||
| On August 8, 2016, Vail announced the purchase of the ] ski resort (Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc.) north of Vancouver, British Columbia for CAN$1.4 billion. | |||
| ==RockResorts== | |||
| In 2001, Vail Resorts acquired the renowned luxury hotel chain ], which contributed substantially to their brand recognition. RockResorts (with the second "R" now capitalized) was named for its original owners, the ]. As of December 2014, the properties include: | |||
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| <poem> | |||
| The Pines Lodge at Beaver Creek, CO | |||
| The Lodge at Vail, CO | |||
| The Osprey at Beaver Creek, CO | |||
| The Arrabelle at Vail Square, CO | |||
| One Ski Hill Place at Breckenridge Ski Resort | |||
| Half Moon Bay, Jamaica | |||
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| </blockquote> | |||
| ==Subsidiaries and Affiliates== | |||
| All of the company's retail operations are run by a smaller company, , of which Vail owns 70%. The owners of the other 30% are the Gart Brothers, specifically Tom Gart, Ken Gart and John Gart. The Gart family have been in the sporting goods business for 3 generations and were the former owners of Gart Sports, the large chain of sporting goods stores in the western US. ] was sold by the Gart family in the 1990s and then recently sold again to ], which discontinued the use of the Gart Sports name in 2006. In 2010, Vail completed the buyout of the Specialty Sports Venture brand and is now the 100% owner of all SSV operations. In addition to all of the ski shops in the Vail Resorts portfolio of ski areas, the SSV chain of stores includes Bicycle Village in Denver, Colorado Ski & Golf, Boulder Ski Deals, Aspen Sports, Telluride Sports and Mountain Sports Outlet in Summit County and Glenwood Springs and many others. SSV is reportedly the largest Trek bicycles dealer in the world. | |||
| Vail Resorts also owns just over 50% of Slifer, Smith and Frampton (SSF) , the largest real estate brokerage company in the Vail region, controlling over 70% of the real estate transactions in the market. Slifer, Smith and Frampton was called Slifer, Smith and Frampton/Vail Associates Real Estate, but they dropped the "Vail Associates" name in 2003. The founders of SSF are Rod Slifer, a former ski instructor who was recently the mayor of the Town of Vail, Mark Smith, a real estate broker/turned developer who currently also runs East West Partners with Harry Frampton, who was the former President of Vail Associates and currently owns East West Partners. East West Partners has built most of the large building that make up the Beaver Creek Village, including the Marketplace Building, ] and One Beaver Creek. Not to be confused with East West Resorts, a separate property Management Group. | |||
| Vail Resorts Development Company (VRDC) is the wholly owned real estate development company that Vail Resorts uses to develop all of its company-owned real estate, other than the projects that East West Partners develops. VRDC developed Bachelor's Gulch, one of the most upscale, ski-in/ski-out resorts in the business with its own Ritz Carlton and just over 100 slopeside mansions. President Gerald Ford kept his ski house in the Strawberry Park section of Beaver Creek, which is between Beaver Creek and Bachelor's Gulch. Arrowhead is the third "peak" in the heavily promoted "village to village ski experience" in which you can ski from Beaver Creek to Bachelor's Gulch to Arrowhead and back again. Arrowhead was a separate ski area unrelated to Beaver Creek for years before they were finally bought by Vail Associates in the early 1990s. VRDC also developed "club" division of Vail Resorts, including the Beaver Creek Club, the Arrowhead Alpine Club, and Game Creek Club (in Vail). VRDC also developed Red Sky Ranch in Wolcott (approximate {{convert|10|mi|km}} west of Beaver Creek), which includes two golf courses and many million dollar golf course homes. All of these clubs are now operated by the "Mountain Division" of Vail Resorts. | |||
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