ski guyORDA TAKEOVER OF BELLEAYRE COMING
June 24th 2011 12:33
After a relatively profitable ski season, the Lake Placid-
based, Olympic Regional Development Authority--operators
of both Gore and Whiteface Mountains--is vying to take
over operations at Belleayre ski area in New York's Catskills
range.
Belleayre, under the auspices of New York State's Department
of Environmental Conservation has been struggling for decades.
Meanwhile, ORDA wrapped up the ski season US$296,000
in the black---on accounting paper anyway.
Of course, all these state-owned ski areas directly compete
with privately owned ski areas within their drive markets---a
topic which doesn't sit well with the owners of Hunter and
Windham Mountains.
The burning question of the day is: should financially-strapped
New York State, with its inept Legislature and shall we say,
scandal prone governors, be in the ski business at all?
based, Olympic Regional Development Authority--operators
of both Gore and Whiteface Mountains--is vying to take
over operations at Belleayre ski area in New York's Catskills
range.
Belleayre, under the auspices of New York State's Department
of Environmental Conservation has been struggling for decades.
Meanwhile, ORDA wrapped up the ski season US$296,000
in the black---on accounting paper anyway.
Of course, all these state-owned ski areas directly compete
with privately owned ski areas within their drive markets---a
Windham Mountains.
The burning question of the day is: should financially-strapped
New York State, with its inept Legislature and shall we say,
scandal prone governors, be in the ski business at all?
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