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Thread: Save Saddleback, Maine petition
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11-03-2017, 03:56 PM #101
Fingers crossed for Saddleback - got lots of time on that hill growing up. Terrain was up there with Sugarloaf, with the added bonus of twice the wind (and none of the crowds, but it seems poor form to celebrate lack of crowds). I would go back.
Besides... learned pretty much everything I know about girls in a cabin near there.
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11-03-2017, 07:16 PM #102Banned
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Unfortunately Saddleback is like Burke without the Academy. And even further off of the radar than Burke which is scary. It will only lose money as a ski area. Not a sound investment for anyone expecting to turn a profit or break even.
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11-04-2017, 09:12 PM #103
Had a great time there once when we switched the destination from Sunday River to Saddleback! That was in the 90s.
I read that its 2nd to last sale was to the Berry family for 12 million dollars. Not sure what Majilla paid for it this time....but 12 mil? For a full operating ski resort replete with main lodge and 121 condominiums??? Damn that seems like a steal!...depending on general condition.
New company going with Doppelmayr? Damn, that's some money right there!! Especially for that detachable quad they were talking about!! Hope they can afford it! But if they sink $$$ into the infrastructure like I guess they're doing, they SHOULD do ok...it will take awhile, though. But they desperately need that February President's Week to start getting in the black again. Prolly too late this year for opening up during Christmas Week.
Good luck, Saddleback!!! You gotta lotta things going for ya!!!!
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11-05-2017, 11:19 AM #104
Best case scenario: cheap condos and tons of snow for ski touring xmas week, skintrack party all week, then lifts spin for Presidents' Day weekend. Believe!
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11-05-2017, 01:08 PM #105Banned
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Tons of snow. X-mas week.
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03-13-2018, 05:30 PM #106
Not looking so good for Saddleback, the "buyer" had an ulterior motive....
Majella unmasked: News Center Maine TV broadcast an invesitgative piece: http://www.newscentermaine.com Click on the story "Australian CEO on tape: I 'won't lose any sleep' if Saddleback doesn't open"The sad truth is that whine does not age well
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03-13-2018, 05:57 PM #107Registered User
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talking to family tonight as this story came on for them, caught some of it.
What a prick. Hope they can find some way to screw him and send him back.
EDIT: now I see that the corp still hasn't paid the whistle-blower back back, nor actually closed the deal with the current owners. Seems like a good things.
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03-13-2018, 06:12 PM #108
The old EB-5 scam. The folks over at Jay know about that.
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03-13-2018, 06:59 PM #109Registered User
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03-14-2018, 07:02 AM #110
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10-31-2018, 10:43 AM #111
Future looks grim..
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11-01-2018, 05:25 AM #112Banned
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Remove all snow making and lifts. Turn the place in the premier ski touring destination in the east.
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11-01-2018, 06:52 AM #113powder poacher
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11-01-2018, 08:40 AM #114Registered User
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From what I remember the Barry’s own all the land surrounding the lodge and a good chunk down the access road. IIRC, they only want to sell the “resort” and not the surrounding land, and this might be the sticking point with the sale.
Yurts or cabins would be pretty cool, but I’m not sure how a couple of cabins sprinkled around would really help Rangeley.
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11-01-2018, 08:53 AM #115
Exactly. The yocals I have to imagine would much prefer spinning lifts, since that's gonna bring a lot more $$$ back into town.
While turning it into a touring epicenter would be rad, that can't possibly bring in the kind of dough and traffic that they had previously been pulling in.
How much extra is RASTA really pumping into Rochester? ...go Go GO!
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11-01-2018, 08:54 AM #116
Wierd. Got to assume there’s debt or property taxes not getting paid. Lender or county should have seized the property by now.
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11-01-2018, 09:11 AM #117go Go GO!
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11-01-2018, 01:47 PM #118
Saddleback was such a fundamental part of my childhood and skiing evolution. I sure hope that someone figures this thing out somehow. I'd love to go ski those glades again sometime.
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11-02-2018, 05:52 AM #119
Why would the Barry's lose money to host a touring center that wouldn't attract enough visitors to keep the local area viable?
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11-02-2018, 06:08 AM #120
Functions that way now just without facilities at the bottom and who needs a lodge when you go touring. To the Berry's credit, they have been very welcoming of skiers using the hill while it is shut down. They even run the one cat they have left up to the top for a nice road up.
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11-02-2018, 06:28 AM #121
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11-02-2018, 06:53 AM #122
Who’s gonna foreclose? They own it free and clear.....
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11-02-2018, 07:51 AM #123
Sheriff's sale or foreclosure, makes little difference if the Berry's run out of funds. However, there is little likelihood of that, the Berry family is wealthy enough to keep on just as is for many decades.
They love the place but are tired of managing it. They might also have estate planning concerns but their lawyer seems to know what he is about, so that may be an non-issue.The sad truth is that whine does not age well
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11-02-2018, 08:05 AM #124
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11-03-2018, 07:38 AM #125Registered User
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I wouldn’t say suffering greatly. The town has one of the largest snowmobile clubs in Maine. The town is also pretty busy in the summer and fall. Of course the influx of another user group would greatly help the local economy, but realistically the town is not going to wither and die based on the operating of the ski area.
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