Amy Roberts Nails It on Park City and Vail
In today’s Park Record, columnist Amy Roberts expounds on her feelings toward Vail, Park City, and the trademark case. She has encapsulated the issue better than anyone I have read (including us here...
View ArticleThe Anti-Vail Park City Petition URL
We received an email saying: “Jesus Fucking Christmas, will someone please post the anti-Vail petition URL?” Sure. Here it is. Click on any of the below links: All Work and No Play Makes Robert Katz a...
View ArticlePark City Strikes Back
Me thinks this is getting interesting… Below is the Park City Municipal press release on the Park City trademark case, as it relates to Vail: PRESS RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Dias,...
View ArticleVail Should Give Up the Park City Trademark Fight
It’s pretty simple. Vail needs to give up the Park City trademark fight. It’s not because of the public pressure on Vail, with over 100 businesses contesting its trademark. It’s not the “concern” over...
View ArticleToo Big to Vail
News in Park City has been skewed towards the fight between Vail Resorts (MTN), the city of Park City, and local businesses that include the “Park City” name. Some clever bastards even added a TM to...
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Pictures from Today’s Park City “Vail = Fail” Protest
At least 200 hundred people attended today’s protest against Vail trademarking the Park City name… Maybe 201, if we include Vail CEO, Rob Katz, who was in town to meet with Park City Municipal leaders,...
View ArticleDana Williams’ Impassioned Speech at the Park City Vail Protest
During yesterday’s Park City Vail Resorts trademark protest, former Park City mayor Dana Williams gave an impassioned 3 minute speech on how our community has a good case against Vail Resorts...
View ArticleThe perfect song for the Park City vs. Vail trademark fight
Seriously, are there any writers better than John and Paul? Listen to the lyrics. They nailed the essence of our debate with Vail 50 years ago. Just amazing. Rob, Kristin, and Bill… try to see it our...
View ArticleBravo Vail on Withdrawing Trademark Application
Jay Hamburger and the Park Record is reporting Vail is withdrawing its trademark application. The reason, according to the press release was “This has clearly become a distraction that is pulling our...
View ArticlePark City is No Longer Vail’s Largest Ski Property — Vail to Buy Whistler...
Vail is on a buying spree. Today they announced they are buying 100% of the stock of Whistler Blackcomb, North America’s largest ski resort (by acreage). It has also been named the top ski resort in...
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EPIC Local Pass claim of “Paying for itself in just 4 days” isn’t exactly true
You’ve probably seen the ads telling you that Vail’s Epic Local Pass pays for itself in 4 ski days. With the price of the Epic local pass at $609 (as of writing) and a single day lift ticket at $162...
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A reminder that we still have to be vigilant with Vail and the Park City name
KPCW is reporting that Vail is changing some signs in town to use the name “Park City Mountain Resort” instead of Park City. That’s kind of them, I we suppose. However, today we received a random...
View ArticleVail Resorts responds to Park City community concerns regarding Epic Pass...
This winter we have received a few emails from locals who have encountered issues with Vail Resorts suspending passes due to various infractions. Locals’ issues seem to center on: Children who have had...
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Why Park City may not be in the top 20 in next year’s Ski Magazine rankings
Every year Ski Magazine ranks ski resorts. This year, Park City Mountain fell to #13. This was unexpected since Canyons and PCMR had been combined into THE LARGEST SKI RESORT in the known universe the...
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So, this is how desperate things are
I’m glad Vail invested the $50 million in Park City when they did. The post So, this is how desperate things are appeared first on Park Rag.
View ArticleSnowbasin is on Epic Pass Next Year
Good news. Your Epic Pass will provide access to Snowbasin next year. Maybe that will reduce pressure on PCMR/Canyons… but I doubt it. It likely adds some folks north of Salt Lake who will pack...
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Remember when Vail said you would probably be able to ski whenever you...
Opening day for PCMR and Canyons is tomorrow (11/20). Covid-times has turned what is usually an exciting time into a time of anxiety for many people. However, in many respects, it is a miracle we will...
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Vail is desperately stupid in Park City
This imagery from KPCW is the funniest thing I have seen in weeks. Mountains. Check. Well-dressed CEO posing on a multi-million dollar deck. Check. A couple of dollars for employees. Check. Yes, Vail...
View ArticleNo, you didn’t miss out on the lowest EPIC prices of the season
If you are like me, you are trying to determine whether you missed out on the lowest prices of the season at Vail Park City Mountain Resort. Vail’s marketing said May 30 was the day to lock in the...
View ArticleHere we go again with even more Epic Passes being sold.
On a day where the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 are getting crushed, Vail Resorts is up over 1%. Why? Simply, Vail has sold 9% more passes, through May 31, than they did in the same period last year....
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