News Search

SAM Headline News

HEADLINE NEWS

FEATURED STORY

  • Pacific Group Resorts, Inc. Submits Top Bid for Jay Peak at $76 Million

    PGRI president and CEO Vern Greco shares his thoughts on the acquisition with SAM. SAM Magazine—Jay, Vt., Sept. 8, 2022—Pacific Group Resorts, Inc. (PGRI) made the highest and best final bid to buy Jay Peak, $76 million, following an auction with multiple bidders. PGRI president and CEO Vern Greco told SAM that after three years spent pursuing the acquisition, PGRI is poised to bring renewed stability to the resort and its staff, and tap into its passion and energy. The prevailing bid remains subject to approval by the United States District Court in Southern Florida during a final hearing scheduled for Sept. 16. Judge Darrin P. Gayles, who has presided over the receivership in federal...

    Read More

Get SAM Headline News delivered to your inbox. It's not just another email—it's industry news and special reports that matter to you, coming from the industry's trusted resource. 

GetNewsButton

 

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Utah Set Skier Visit Record in 2016-17

SAM Magazine—Salt Lake City, June 14, 2017—This past Sunday, June 11, Snowbird resort finally stopped spinning the lifts for the year – ending an eight-month 2016-17 SkiUtahlogo emailsizeseason in which Utah areas totaled, 4,584,658 million skier days, up 2.85 percent from the previous record of 4,457,575 during the 2015-16 season. This year’s number represents an 8.35 percent increase vs. Utah’s five-year average of 4,231,276.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Boyne Resorts Extends Its Inntopia eCommerce Platform

SAM Magazine—Boyne Falls, Mich., June 14, 2017—Boyne Resorts is partnering with Inntopia to enable the multi-resort group to offer its many lodging and activity options in a single, easy-to-use interface on the resorts’ websites.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Vail Resorts Completes Acquisition of Stowe Mountain Resort

SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., June 9, 2017—Vail Resorts closed on its acquisition of Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont on Wednesday. Stowe, VR’s first East Coast property, is also now included on the company’s $859 Epic Pass for the 2017-18 winter season.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Blacktail Mountain for Sale for $3.5 million

SAM Magazine—Lakeside, Mont., June 9, 2017—After 19 years in operation, Blacktail Mountain Ski Area in northwestern Montana is up for sale, at an asking price of $3.5 million. The four blacktail esizepartners who own it are looking for new owners who will be able to realize the mountain’s potential.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Snow People, June 2017

Welcome to the June edition of Snow People, where we highlight happenings to prominent people in the mountain resort industry.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Local Couple Buys Alpine Mountain (Pa.)

SAM Magazine—Price Township, Pa., May 31, 2017—Alpine Mountain in Pennsylvania has new owners for the fourth time in the last 10 years after Jim and Linda Schlier alpinemountain esizeclosed on the property last week for the price of $412,500. The Schliers, though, don’t plan to operate the mountain as a ski area.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Kohlberg & Co. Buys K2, Marker, Multiple Other Brands From Newell

SAM Magazine—Hoboken, N.J., May 26, 2017—Kohlberg & Company has purchased K2, Marker, Dalbello, and the rest of the winter sports businesses formerly owned byjarden brand esize Newell Brands Inc. Gross proceeds to Newell from the divestiture are expected to be $240 million, subject to customary working capital and transaction adjustments.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Whistler Blackcomb COO Dave Brownlie to Step Down

SAM Magazine—Whistler, B.C., May 24, 2017— Whistler Blackcomb Resort chief operating officer Dave Brownlie has decided to step down from his role and pursue otherbrownlie esize endeavors following a career at the resort that spans nearly three decades.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Emerald Expositions Acquires Snow Show from SIA

SAM Magazine—San Juan Capistrano, Calif., May 24, 2017—Emerald Expositions, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerald Expositions Events, Inc., producer of business-to-business trade shows and conferences, including Outdoor Retailer, has acquired the SIA Snow Show from SnowSports Industries America (SIA).SIAlogo emailsize

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Lookout Pass Expansion Plan Approved by Forest Service

SAM Magazine—Mullan, Idaho, May 24, 2017—Phase I of Lookout Pass’ master development plan has been approved by U.S. Forest Service officials, and work can begin as early as this summer on projects that will total about $10 million over the next few years, including terrain expansion, new chairlifts, an addition to the base lodge, and Lookout esizemore parking.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Winter Concludes with Occupancy Down Slightly in the West, Revenues Up

SAM Magazine—Denver, May 18, 2017—Overall aggregated occupancy during the 2016-17 winter season—November through April—declined 0.2 percent, marking the first seasonal dip in winter occupancy since the 2011-12 ski season. In contrast, aggregated revenues were up a strong 7.2 percent, with double-digit growth recorded during the month of December. The data was released breckskitown esizeyesterday by Denver-based DestiMetric’s as part of its monthly Market Briefing.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

SIA Board Votes to Sell Snow Show to Emerald

SAM Magazine—Denver, May 18, 2017—The board of directors of Snowsports Industries America (SIA) have unanimously approved the sale of the SIA Snow Show to Emerald Expositions, which runs the Outdoor Retailer (OR) Winter and Summer Markets, for $16.67 million. The sale must still be approved by SIA’s 100 or so premium members, who have until May 24 to vote on the proposal.SIAlogo emailsize

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Mountain Creek Files for Bankruptcy

mountaincreek logo esizeSAM Magazine—Vernon, N.J., May 17, 2017—The owner of Mountain Creek, Mountain Creek Management LLC, is seeking Chapter 11 protection. The company hopes to restructure its debt while maintaining daily operations, including opening the Mountain Creek Waterpark next month.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

Report: Granby Ranch Chairlift Fatality Due to Combination of Factors

SAM Magazine—Denver, May 12, 2017—An unusual combination of circumstances led to the fatal chairlift accident on the Quick Draw Express at Granby Ranch last December 29, granbylift esizeaccording to the final report by Colorado state investigators, released Thursday afternoon.

 HEADLINE NEWS - Ski Area Management

An Inside Look at the Intrawest/Aspen/KSL Deal

SAM Magazine—Denver, May 11, 2017—The Denver Post resort business reporter Jason Blevins pored through Intrawest’s 273-page PREM 14C, a preliminary information statement relating to a merger or acquisition that the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and found some pretty neat stuff regarding the deal—and the value of several otherwinterpark esize recent transactions as well.