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Fancy owning a ski resort?
First of all there was the Pakistan resort
of Malam
Jabba , then Laurel
Mountain and more recently Glenshee
and Glencoe up for public sale. There was even the opportunity
to own an entire ski
club with indoor slopes and 40,000 members in South Africa,
but now there's another chance to own your own resort in the US.
US Ski Area For Sale on eBay
The owner of the defunct Maple Valley ski area in Southern Vermont
has put the ski resort up for sale at $2 million on eBay. The ski
area is the second US ski area known to have been offered for sale
on the internet auction site. In 2002 Laurel
Mountain in Pennsylvania was offered for $9.5 million as straight
sale (without immediate success, although generating international
publicity for the sale).
Maple Valley is a 400-acre, 16-trail ski area
with two double chair lifts, two surface lifts, snow making infrastructure
and night skiing. It last opened for the 2000-01 season. The listing
runs for 30 days. "It's a great opportunity to open a family-friendly
ski area," said Michael Granger, the owner of Granger Real Estate
who is handling the sale. "The key to it is finding out how to use
the space year-round."
Lodge and groomers included
The sale includes the base lodge, groomers and various other ski
resort odds and ends. The ski area has been up for sale through
more conventional channels for the best part of a year. Since the
eBay listing went live there have reportedly been fresh enquiries
including one interested party who offered to swap his $2.9 million
dollar yacht for the ski area. Mr Granger stated that he hoped that
the area would remain a ski area under new ownership and reported
that a recent study had shown that the area behind the base lodge
was ideal for the building of one or two half pipes.
Other ski
related gems available on Ebay include a poster priced at $0.01,
a time share in the region of £21,000 and this delightful
Versace
all-in-one priced at £103.
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