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25-507: Vail Resorts was founded as Vail Associates Ltd. by Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton in the early 1960s. Eaton, a lifelong resident, led Siebert (a former WWII 10th Mountain Division ski trooper) to the area in March 1957. They both became ski patrol guides at Aspen, Colorado , when they shared their dream of finding the "next great ski mountain." Siebert set off to secure financing, and Eaton engineered

50-517: A community centre without a religious affiliation. In the United Kingdom , a village hall is a building which is owned by a local government council or independent trustees , and is run for the benefit of the local community. It is estimated that there are over 10,000 such village halls. Most were built in the first decade after World War I (1919-1929) as part of a programme led by the newly-formed National Council of Social Service . Such

75-624: A former ski instructor who was recently the mayor of the Town of Vail, and 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 buildings that make up the Beaver Creek Village, including the Marketplace Building, Village Hall , and One Beaver Creek. This

100-435: A hall is typically used for a variety of public and private functions, such as: Village halls are generally run by committees, and if not already part of a local government body such as a parish council, then such committees are eligible for charitable status. They may have other names such as a Village Institute or Memorial Hall. In some localities a church hall or community centre provides similar functions. Typically

125-541: A partnership which bought Snow Basin , near Ogden, Utah , in 1978, but ran into financial difficulty in 1984. The area was sold that October to Earl Holding , owner of Sun Valley in Idaho . Snowbasin was the venue for the alpine speed events of the 2002 Winter Olympics . Pete's Bowl in Vail's Blue Sky Basin , and the Pete's Express lift, was named for Seibert when the second phase of

150-450: Is reportedly the largest Trek bicycle 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 were 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,

175-536: Is separate from 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 East West Partners develops. VRDC developed Bachelor's Gulch, one of the business's most upscale ski-in/ski-out resorts, with its own Ritz Carlton and just over 100 slopeside mansions. President Gerald Ford kept his ski house between Beaver Creek and Bachelor's Gulch in

200-917: The Battle of Riva Ridge in Italy in February 1945, he returned to the United States to begin recuperation. Like other ski soldiers who had trained at Camp Hale, Seibert returned to Colorado, where he became a ski patrolman at the Aspen Mountain . He qualified for the 1950 U.S. Ski Team , which hosted the 1950 World Championships at Aspen, although his injury prevented him from competing. In 1957, Seibert and rancher Earl Eaton climbed Vail Mountain where, as trainees from Camp Hale (Earl did not train at Camp Hale but he did help build it), they had learned winter bivouacking , and decided to build "the most beautiful ski resort in

225-655: The Nordic events moved from Evergreen to Steamboat Springs . The original sites submitted in the 1970 bid satisfied a requirement of proximity to the Olympic Village (at the University of Denver ). In November 1972, Colorado voters rejected a referendum to publicly fund the Winter Olympics, and within three months the games were transferred to Innsbruck , Austria, which had recently hosted in  1964 . Seibert led

250-834: The Vail , Beaver Creek , Breckenridge , Keystone , and Crested Butte ski areas in Colorado, and Northstar California , Kirkwood Mountain Resort , and Heavenly Mountain Resort on the California-Nevada border. In British Columbia, Canada, they also acquired the largest ski resort in North America: Whistler Blackcomb . Vail Resorts offers a variety of multi-resort season passes under the Epic Pass program. The Epic Pass also has partnerships that allow access to several other resorts in

275-730: The Beaver Creek Club, the Arrowhead Alpine Club, and the Game Creek Club (in Vail). VRDC also developed Red Sky Ranch in Wolcott (approximate 10 miles (16 km) west of Beaver Creek), which includes two golf courses and many million dollar golf course homes. These clubs are now operated by the "Mountain Division" of Vail Resorts. Vail Resorts operates 42 ski resorts in the United States, Canada, Australia and Switzerland including, notably,

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300-591: The Gart Brothers, specifically Tom Gart, Ken Gart, and John Gart. The Gart family has been in the sporting goods business for three generations and was the former owner of Gart Sports, a large chain of sporting goods stores in the western US. Gart Sports was sold by the Gart family in the 1990s and then recently sold again to Sports Authority , which discontinued the use of the Gart Sports name in 2006. In 2010, Vail completed

325-480: The Strawberry Park section of Beaver Creek. 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 Vail Associates finally bought them in the early 1990s. VRDC also developed the "club" division of Vail Resorts, including

350-702: The US, Canada, Japan, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. Vail Resorts acquired the Grand Teton Lodge Company within the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming in 1999. The GTLC properties include the Jenny Lake Lodge , Jackson Lake Lodge , and Colter Bay Village . 2014 September 11 (Park City) Pete Seibert Peter Werner Seibert (August 7, 1924 – July 15, 2002) was an American skier and

375-534: The Vail's pass structure caters to wealthy international pass holders and reduces access to nearby residents; additionally, residents have seen their cost-of-living increase following Vail's takeovers. In 2001, Vail Resorts acquired the luxury hotel chain RockResorts , contributing substantially to its brand recognition. RockResorts was named after its original owners, the Rockefeller Family . As of January 2017,

400-728: 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

425-472: The early lifts. Their Vail ski resort opened in 1962. George N. Gillett Jr. purchased Vail Associates in 1985. Vail Associates changed its name to Vail Resorts and went public in 1997 after Gillett Holdings went bankrupt. Apollo Management , headed by Leon Black , bought the company out of bankruptcy and took Vail Resorts public, controlling Vail Resorts until 2003, when Apollo divested itself of controlling interest. The skating rink at Beaver Creek, Colorado ,

450-553: The expansion area opened in December 2000. Seibert died at his home in nearby Edwards age 77 on July 15, 2002, following a nine-month battle with esophageal cancer , and was buried in Vail Memorial Park. A small plaza, built in the 1970s, at the top of Bridge Street in Vail is named Seibert Circle in his honor. Village hall A village hall is a public building in a rural or suburban community which functions as

475-590: The founder of Vail Ski Resort in Colorado. He was inducted into the Colorado Ski (and Snowboard) Hall of Fame in 1980. A Massachusetts native, Seibert graduated from the New Hampton School in New Hampshire and served in the 10th Mountain Division of the U.S. Army during World War II , training as an elite ski trooper at Camp Hale in Colorado. Wounded in the leg by a mortar shell blast in

500-519: The future Beaver Creek ) would host the skiing portions of the 1976 Winter Olympics , which had been awarded to Denver in 1970. In early 1972, the venues for the skiing events were changed to established areas west of the continental divide , approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in February. Alpine events were moved to Vail from the undeveloped Mount Sniktau (and Loveland Ski Area ) east of Loveland Pass , and

525-508: The hall will contain at least one large room, which may have a stage at one end for drama productions. There is often a kitchen for preparing food and toilets to one side. Larger halls may incorporate further smaller rooms to allow multiple simultaneous activities. The word neuadd ( IPA : /'neiæð/) is used to refer to village halls in Welsh-speaking parts of Wales , as in Neuadd Dyfi ,

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550-460: The properties include: 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 The Grand Summit Hotel in Park City Utah All of the company's retail operations are run by a smaller company, [Vail Resorts Retail, VRR], of which Vail owns 70%. The owners of the other 30% are

575-493: The quarter despite the stabilizing effect of its Epic Pass program, which allows customers to purchase a season pass for its North American resorts at a significant upfront cost. However, Vail's stock price has declined by 50% since its October 2021 peak of $ 360. While this past winter was one of the warmest on record for the company, concerns exist that future winters may even be warmer. Some of Vail Resort's acquisitions have fueled anger among local residents. Locals complain that

600-452: The world". They raised funds from a group of Denver investors, bought a ranch at the base of Vail mountain and, to distract competitors, called it the "Trans Montane Rod and Gun Club". The resort was built in 1962 at the base of Vail mountain, opening on December 15 with two chairlifts and one gondola ; lift tickets were five dollars . In seven years, Vail grew to become the most popular ski resort in Colorado. Seibert hoped that Vail (and

625-698: Was named the Black Family Skating Rink after Leon Black. Rob Katz, a former executive at Apollo, ran Vail Resorts as CEO until November 2021, when he was appointed executive chairperson of the board. Kirsten Lynch, the company's former chief marketing officer, then took over as CEO. In June 2024, Vail Resorts reported lower-than-expected revenue during the February-April quarter due to a significantly warmer-than-anticipated winter across western North American resorts, with snowfall 28% lower than average. The company generated $ 1.28 billion in revenue during

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