ski guySTRATTON'S EXPEnsIVE FRee
July 21st 2011 21:44
Well you know, during the hot blazing days of no-snow,
North American summer season, ski areas try all kinds
of things to attract people to their cash registers---alpine
slides, circuses, mountain biking, golf, scenic chairlift
rides---the list goes on & on.
Oh yes, lest us not forget "free concerts." While this is all
well and good---typical ski area thinking is: " Yeah, we'll hire
the band, not charge admission but make our bucks on
BBQ and brew sales. Fine.
However, when a ski area under the control of the current
bleeding Intrawest corporate regime advertises a free
concert schedule line-up and then, sticks in a caveat,
"yeah, US$34.50 for tickets," well then it's not free.
Southern Vermont's Stratton Mountain--part of the going-
downhill-fast--Intrawest family of ski areas--has done just
that with their August 13th "Soulive concert.
We don't know, how does US$34.50 per ticket equate to
a so called "free summer concert summer series," as Stratton
terms it.
Perhaps the corporate treasurers of Intrawest Corporation can
shed some light on this quagmire?
North American summer season, ski areas try all kinds
of things to attract people to their cash registers---alpine
slides, circuses, mountain biking, golf, scenic chairlift
rides---the list goes on & on.
Oh yes, lest us not forget "free concerts." While this is all
well and good---typical ski area thinking is: " Yeah, we'll hire
the band, not charge admission but make our bucks on
BBQ and brew sales. Fine.
However, when a ski area under the control of the current
bleeding Intrawest corporate regime advertises a free
"yeah, US$34.50 for tickets," well then it's not free.
Southern Vermont's Stratton Mountain--part of the going-
downhill-fast--Intrawest family of ski areas--has done just
that with their August 13th "Soulive concert.
We don't know, how does US$34.50 per ticket equate to
a so called "free summer concert summer series," as Stratton
terms it.
Perhaps the corporate treasurers of Intrawest Corporation can
shed some light on this quagmire?
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