Posted on 01/07/2005 9:19:27 PM PST by lainie
Developers hoping to turn the homey Eastern Sierra town into an upscale ski resort said Wednesday that construction of the area's first luxury hotel would begin with the spring snowmelt.
Intrawest Corp., a Canadian developer that has spent the last 15 years working to remake Mammoth, said it would erect a 230-room, $140-million Westin hotel. It is scheduled to open in the spring of 2007.
Dubbed the Westin Monache, the hotel would be the largest in town and the first to bear the nameplate of an upscale hostelry. It is the centerpiece of Intrawest's planned $1-billion makeover of Mammoth.
"The arrival of the first international hotel brand is a very significant step for Mammoth to be recognized as a world-class destination," said Peter Cowley, Intrawest's vice president of lodging development.
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No, I just meant from the $1-billion :)
"Sears of the ski world?"
Geez, I never thought of Mammoth like that. Their lift ticket prices never reflected "Sears" prices.
I don't get it. We've stayed in some really nice condo's on the chair 15 side of the mountain many times. Right next to "Snowcreek" which is no "Sears."
I guess the "Vail" and other "worldly" crowd are looking more for the glitz, and superficial crap, than what really counts...the actual mountain in which they ski on.
/jmho, of course
Last time I went there the locals shot at us.
Why, now when I think about soaking in Hot Creek, I get flashbacks to that scene in "Dante's Peak?"
No thanks, no more for me!
Wasn't there a hot spring up around Horseshoe Lake where this did happen?
This makes no sense to me.
I've been going to Mammoth since probably 1965, and loving it to this day. It has motels, chalets, condos, lodges all over the place. Doesn't it already have hotels, near the Mountain and just off the main drag? It's got every kind of restaurant you could want, stores of all kinds (except WalMart!)... heck, I remember when it had one gas station, one market, and two or three restaurants.
Further, as long as I've gone there you hear people talknig German, French, Spanish (OK, that's not so unusual) -- how much more international can it get? More turbans?
Makes no sense to me.
Dan
I believe so....brrr! (and not in the cold sense)
Sshhhhh! Don't tell the envirowackos that trees kill trees! :)
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