Swain Ski Resort owner Philip Saunders announced today that the operation will close effective immediately. Assets will be liquidated in August unless a suitable buyer is found. In the announcement today, Saunders was quick to criticize the Town of Canaseraga and its voters, claiming that lack of local support was a large contributor to the companies failure.“I’m done screaming and done complaining. If we are going to get somebody else down here (to operate the resort) it is going to take a new level of cooperation between the town and the school district ... I’ve never been to a town with as many obstacles as there are to overcome than there are in this one,” said Saunders.
Saunders, a very successful businessman, noted that Swain has been operating as a "charity" for years, operating with as much as $600,000/yr in losses. What's really going to be missed is the near $1,000,000 in annual payroll that was paid to county residents, now out of work.
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Wow. This is pretty sad news. I grew up on these slopes, and my girls are just coming into skiing age. I thought Swain would be just right for their first lessons -- maybe Brantling is still open.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Swain is just right for some of the new green energy stimulus money. Would anyone object to a couple of win turbines up top? It could run lifts during the day, pump snow making water at night and sell lectricity back to the grid during the summer. Hell, it might even push lift tickets back $10 and draw skiers awy from other resorts. Who knows?