Yeah they live in Eagle/Gypsum/Dotsero/Red Cliff and Leadville... Vail is saying not good enough fire anyone whose been here 15+ years and hire more Brazilian college students, sweeten the pot by allowing us to own their housing, and then let us turn that housing into a giant hotel or whatever a decade down the line after the employee housing becomes too gross to live in due to our lack of upkeep.
Yes and when I was a ski instructor, private lessons were the currency by which managers could reward/punish instructors.We all know all the money is in the private lessons.
A private ski lesson at vail is $1400 a day, the instructor get's paid... maybe $140 or ~10% even Deloitte consultants are like
I'm not saying I like it, but there is nothing I can do about it. There is no government regulation that can fix it and I doubt a union will solve it. I guess that most of the workers I have seen at ski mountains wouldn't want to pay the union dues. I have definitely seen a decline in the quality of staff over the last 7 years, but the family keeps skiing. All kinds of places are struggling finding staff. Paying more or providing housing should be a competitive advantage.
Unless you sold yourself for request privates. The privates only list was a big carrot and stick by management.
Thank God for local ski hills on leased ground that aren’t surrounded by luxury homes. It gives us peasants a place to ski.
Exactly. And a lift ticket, lunch (resort owned), rentals (resort owned), lodging (resort owned), shuttle from the airport (resort owned), Starbucks (resort owned), all the high end village shopping (resort owned). All with insane markups and staff across the board making minimum wage.We all know all the money is in the private lessons.
A private ski lesson at vail is $1400 a day, the instructor get's paid... maybe $140 or ~10% even Deloitte consultants are like
Hey now - I (used to) resemble that remark, but yeah...you wouldn't have a consultancy for long if you took that level of margin.even Deloitte consultants are like
Why I think ski areas are a dead end to some extent. The east coast endeavors IMHO are a disaster, at best ski areas are a dividend stock... at worst (for Wall Street) they are a community area to play.
Gilman aka the Eagle Mine which is a Superfund site now owned by Viacom.
I used to ski squaw valley for $5 a day when I was a kid.
One way to boost the share price I guess
Isn't blocking multiple units in favor of larger Sq ft fewer single family units similar to what is causing California's housing crisis? Looks like a loss of 48 living spaces. I'm not saying everything needs to be dozed and developed but people gotta live somewhere unless we go full soylent green.I went through the Great Outdoors Colorado grant process but got out bid by a developer. His plan was to put something like 50 housing units on the 57 acres, of which there is a very small building envelope. End up battling it out with the town zoning board and got it restricted to single family homes, of which there are now 2 on the property. Feels like a loss every time I drive by.
50 unitscan you imagine just the parking lot for a complex that big fitting on that lot.
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Totally agree, context being the key factor. That particular lot had a tiny envelope; giant cliff behind and a steep embankment into a riparian area + was a primary migration corridor.
Which is their goal since IPO… though it does seem like this type of move is on the “wrong side” of the line; however other operational (which result in externalities) and accounting maneuvers still remain on the “right side” of the line
