Killington Road Traffic Counter Numbers

[RENO]

Where's Dec and March?

You are welcome to go on the Vermont DOT site and get the numbers yourself. While you're at it, go grab the sales, meals, lodging, and alcohol numbers for Killington from the Department of Taxes. I'd be interested in seeing if those declined proportional to the traffic counter on the Access Road.

I would imagine that the "new" Killington is causing a lot of economic hardship to the region. The declines in skier-related tourism are costing Rutland County an awful lot of jobs. Closing the mountain on April 25th simply ensures that everybody associated directly and indirectly with the ski business will be unemployed. If I were a politico in Montpelier looking after my constituents, I'd be taking a hard look at the KSRP lease. From a regional economic perspective, KSRP isn't exactly looking out for "the public good" and almost their entire operation is on leased state land. The added high costs from high business costs, Act 68, and the local options tax can't be helping, either since it's pushed Killington's natural Boston market to Maine and New Hampshire.

I'd rather someone else do the work and create the graphs.

[Big Bob]

I admit it did not look, but what about people, such as myself, who would rather park at Bear when it is open. Any stats on that entrance road.

[trtaylor]

... grab the sales, meals, lodging, and alcohol numbers for Killington from the Department of Taxes. I'd be interested in seeing if those declined proportional to the traffic counter on the Access Road.

[Big Bob]

If Spinmaster was still posting I am sure he would say : Well, at least the alcohol sales are starting to show a rebound!

[Bubba]

Is that Killington alone or Rutland County as a whole? I was under the impression that the state publishes tax receipt data by country, not by town.

[Geoff]

Is that Killington alone or Rutland County as a whole? I was under the impression that the state publishes tax receipt data by country, not by town.

By town

http://www.state.vt.us/tax/statistics.shtml

Town of Killington for sales tax (includes day tickets) in Q4 was down 15% year over year from 2008. Meals and rooms were up slightly... about 5%. Alcohol was down slightly.... about 4%. If you look at how Christmas week lined up this year, the meals & rooms being up slightly makes sense. With no Thanksgiving, sales down 15% also makes sense.

I'd like to see the Q1 data but that won't be up until June.

[Bubba]

OK....for some reason I thought it was by county.

Is the same information available for West Dover, Ludlow, Stowe, etc.?

[trtaylor]

OK....for some reason I thought it was by county.

Is the same information available for West Dover, Ludlow, Stowe, etc.?

Yes (Dover, Ludlow, Stowe)