Posted for Nancy Yearout
RE/MAX Properties of the Summit, Breckenridge, Colorado
nyearout@colorado.net
http://www.realestate-breckenridge.net
#Breckenridge, Colorado.
Skier visits this season at Vail Resorts Inc.'s seven resorts in Colorado and
California have risen 5.5 percent from last season, with growth picking up
through spring break and the Easter holiday, CEO Rob Katz said
Monday.
Meanwhile, season-to-date lift ticket revenue, including some
season pass revenue, was up about 10 percent from the comparable period a year
ago. Dining revenue was up about 13 percent, ski school revenue was up more than
11 percent, and retail and rental revenue was up almost 9 percent, the company
said.
Exact revenues and skier visit numbers weren't released. The
results were for the season through April 14 and didn't take into account the
reopening of Vail and Breckenridge resorts last Friday through Sunday for one
more weekend of skiing and riding after both resorts got hammered with new
snow.
The results don't include recently acquired Afton Alps in Minnesota
and Mount Brighton in Michigan. Results were adjusted as if Vail Resorts had
owned the newly acquired Kirkwood resort last winter too.
Katz said
season pass sales for next season are off to a strong start. He didn't release
details.
Vail operates the Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone
ski areas in Colorado; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area;
Afton Alps in Minnesota; Mount Brighton in Michigan; and the Grand Teton Lodge
Co. in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
The company's shares rose 10 cents to $59.79
Monday.
Courtesy of the Summit Daily News
