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Killington village proposal from 1998

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This might have been posted earlier, but an interesting article. I like the drawing: An ice climbing wall with torches at the top, a Jumbotron, a ski jump onto a crash pad or freestyle aerialists into Snowshed Pond... LOL! :lol:

http://www.seabrain.com/skibrain/040100 ... center.htm
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What could have been.... :D
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Is this for real???
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summitchallenger wrote:Is this for real???
I actually remember seeing this drawing in the Killington Grand lobby a few years back. I don't think it's there anymore. They were a little ambitious at the time, I guess! LOL!
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Good ideas, but pretty amateurish drawing.
Sounds like HS's handiwork.

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See that skier flipping in the air to the left of the town ... haha
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Post by Kskiier1 »

There is an "artists rendition" of the proposed village in the Grand Hotel. It is in the real estate office on the back wall, or was somewhat recently. I think the biggest part of that one was a clock/statue/fountain thing in the middle that people could use as their meeting place. Everything else centers around that.
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Post by Geoff »

Keithus wrote:Good ideas, but pretty amateurish drawing.
Sounds like HS's handiwork.

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No. It was American Skiing Company handiwork which, history shows us, is pretty much the same quality level. 8)

The town got really pissed off last year when Killington tried to wiggle out of building the commercial space in their "first phase" and instead pop up a bunch of condos and trophy homes. I could do without the jumbotron but Killington really does need a Whistler-style walkable commercial area to turn the place into a destination resort and turn the focus to the base village rather than that blight of an access road. Sadly, to attract people off-season it's all about the shopping and restaurants rather than the skiing.
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I WANT A JUMBOTRON!!!!!
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They'd better do it tastefully....what has gone on at Sunrise ruins the landscape there.
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it says more shuttle busses, gues that didn't happen
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rpuck wrote:it says more shuttle busses, gues that didn't happen
I don't know what they meant by "shuttle busses", but "The Bus" certainly runs more often than it did in 1998.
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SkiDork wrote:I WANT A JUMBOTRON!!!!!
Imagine seeing re-plays of Iceman's mogul comp on the Jumbo??
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Go that way, really fast.
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SkiDork wrote:I WANT A JUMBOTRON!!!!!
That would be funny if they put that in! What would they show on it?
Warren Miller? RSN? Outer Limits highlights of the day? Porn? :twisted:
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Post by powbmps »

They should take a look at Mt. Tremblant. That's a nice setup that was built from pretty much nothing.

Now it's a year round destination resort.

No jumbotron though.
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