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02-19-2019, 08:13 PM #101"Have you ever seen a monk get wildly fucked by a bunch of teenage girls?" "No" "Then forget the monastery."
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02-19-2019, 08:16 PM #102Registered User
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02-19-2019, 08:21 PM #103
It was a mere 13 years ago when maggots gathered, parked, and camped for free in the last chance lot doing all sorts of things what would make a Bobby Invitational seem like a preschool birthday party.
Cue All in the Family.
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02-19-2019, 08:21 PM #104Banned
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Abasin will get on the IKON Pass next year. Trust me. Going from $10-$15 per Epic Pass visit to let's just say $30 per visit would make a MASSIVE financial gain for Abasin.
Abasin could even join IKON as a partner resort and limit the days to 5 days or 7 days depending on pass. Or Abasin could be special and have 10 or 15 days on the IKON.
Abasin has been on a multi-year agreement with Vail Resorts and really has not been getting a market rate cut of the Epic Pass visitor.
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I bet ABasin has done the math -- they know the average visits per year by Epic Pass holder, then they'll work with IKON Pass to figure out what a 7 day max visit at $X will meet/exceed previous years Epic Pass income.
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02-19-2019, 08:27 PM #105Registered User
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02-19-2019, 08:29 PM #106
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02-19-2019, 08:49 PM #108Banned
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No, not willing to bet, but insider people with knowledge of the situation, seem to indicate IKON.
Basically, Abasin can address the overcrowding problem AND make more money by joining IKON Pass next year. It's going to come down to how many days a pass holder is granted at Abasin and per visit $$$ cut per visit.
I think Abasin is saying coming months because they'll probably want to wait and see a season ending skier visit report from Alterra. This is the first season of IKON pass, so makes sense for Abasin to wait until they can get some numbers.
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02-19-2019, 08:52 PM #109
I know the VD is not known for it's crack reporting, but did you read the article I linked to above?:
https://www.vaildaily.com/news/arapa...oin-ikon-pass/
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02-19-2019, 09:01 PM #110Banned
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Yeah man, Vail Daily has no quote or any fucking intel on "unlikely to join ikon pass". They are just reading in to the press release that talks about parking. All the Vail Daily is assuming is another free-for-all Epic Pass to IKON Pass replacement of unlimited use. Also, we already know that more Epic Passes are sold in Colorado than IKON Passes, so the premise of having the same amount of visitors doesn't fly.
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02-19-2019, 09:05 PM #111
It just seems to me that Al is level-headed enough to want to take at least a year off of any affiliation and see how A-Basin shakes out on its own in terms of parking and skier pressure.
I am willing to bet on that.
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02-19-2019, 09:08 PM #112Banned
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02-19-2019, 09:54 PM #113Registered User
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Repeated speculation/discussion on this forum about resorts receiving kickbacks for skier visits/runs, etc. Sorry, not sorry. Anybody have documented knowledge of this being true?? My thought is that we still don't know how the hell these agreements are working
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02-19-2019, 09:55 PM #114
It would be cool if they went IKON midweek, with a few weekend days.
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02-19-2019, 10:13 PM #118Banned
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What makes you think that no one here is knowledgeable? or at the very least knows someone who is knowledgeable?
Resorts receiving "kick backs"? Yeah dude, what do you think Abasin has been getting from Vail Resorts this whole time? What do you think Sun Valley/Snowbasin expect to receive every time an Epic Pass holder visits next season?
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02-20-2019, 12:11 AM #119
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02-20-2019, 12:38 AM #120Registered User
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02-20-2019, 07:33 AM #121Registered User
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02-20-2019, 07:48 AM #122
Man, Arapahoe Basin sounds so hawt right now.
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02-20-2019, 09:07 AM #123
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02-20-2019, 09:30 AM #124
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02-20-2019, 09:33 AM #125
^good times... and flaming axes
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