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One of two groups bidding to purchase Crested Butte are the Muellers who
own Okemo. Any of you ski there and\or live there? What kind of job do they do with Okemo? Should we be excited about the prospect of them buying CB? The other group is led by Roger Staubach, ex Dallas Cowboys QB and now real estate bigwig. Lots of success but no ski industry experience. Jack |
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Jack asked, One of two groups bidding to purchase Crested Butte are the Muellers who own Okemo. Any of you ski there and\or live there? What kind of job do they do with Okemo? The Muellers did an outstanding job with Okemo. They have invested untold millions upgrading the resort over the last 15-20 years. Okemo is far too boring for this babe, but any Vermonter will inform you Okemo is next to none for customer service, snowmaking, grooming, etc. I'm sure Roger is interested because it's one of the last CO resorts which is in need, or has the room for development. That is, if you believe building condos and million dollar homes is a good thing |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:51:43 -0600, Jack Nixon wrote:
One of two groups bidding to purchase Crested Butte are the Muellers who own Okemo. Any of you ski there and\or live there? What kind of job do they do with Okemo? Should we be excited about the prospect of them buying CB? The other group is led by Roger Staubach, ex Dallas Cowboys QB and now real estate bigwig. Lots of success but no ski industry experience. Here's what my aunt/uncle that work at Okemo had to say.... snow then rain then 65 degrees. i'm sure you are having the same nutty weather. we go back to okemo for our 6th winter sometime in november. they say, but i doubt, that they are going to open on the 8th. we had about 2 inches last week, but that is long gone. now john needs to mow the lawn! the Muellers (okemo owners) are very hands on owners. we see them all the time. they have a son, who is really a nice guy, very down to earth, who would probably be the one to go out west. he was already moved permantly and working at steamboat when the deal there fell thru. he moved back to ludlow. as at all ski areas, it seems, they are very interested in developing the real estate, but they first made sure that they developed the ski area. and are still doing it. go to okemo.com and click on the Jackson Gore link to see the major development they are into. they have poured ALOT of money into okemo, have been trying to work with the town rather than havng an adversarial relationship, give lots of money to the schools, have lots of scholarships available for workers. and try to make it a personal attention kind of place. my boss last year worked for Intrawest before coming to okemo and she said it was a very different experience working at okemo. anyway - it seems obvious they really want to buy another ski area. they financing for steamboat was all set, so they don't really have much to lose by trying for a different area. hope all is going well over your way. hi to your 'rents hbh and jth |
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as at all ski areas, it seems, they are very interested in developing the real estate, but they first made sure that they developed the ski area. and are still doing it. go to okemo.com and click on the Jackson Gore link to see the major development they are into. they have poured ALOT of money into okemo, have been trying to work with the town rather than havng an adversarial relationship, give lots of money to the schools, have lots of scholarships available for workers. and try to make it a personal attention kind of place. my boss last year worked for Intrawest before coming to okemo and she said it was a very different experience working at okemo. FWIW, I just cannot warm up to Blokemo. It has a couple of nice trails, but mostly it just feels so .. computer-designed. With a major glitch at the bottom, in the form of those stupid quads you have to ride up to the top of the beginner area, just to access the lifts that actually go anywhere. I do hate that. YMMV. Dave |
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On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:07:44 GMT, Dave Stallard
wrote: FWIW, I just cannot warm up to Blokemo. It has a couple of nice trails, but mostly it just feels so .. computer-designed. With a major glitch at the bottom, in the form of those stupid quads you have to ride up to the top of the beginner area, just to access the lifts that actually go anywhere. I do hate that. YMMV. Not really! The biggest problem with Okemo is that it's not Vail. JP ********************** Vail - Kobe Bryant hangs out there. |
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