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Vail Resorts Finalizes Its $1 Billion Purchase of Whistler Blackcomb

Deanna Ting

Photo Credit: Vail Resorts just purchased Whistler Blackcomb for approximately $1 billion, adding to its global portfolio of ski and mountain resorts.  Whistler Blackcomb / Blake Jorgenson

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Vail Resorts is strategically becoming one of the most dominant, global players in the ski business, and its acquisition of B.C.’s Whistler Blackcomb is only further proof of that.

On Oct. 17, Broomfield, Colo.-based Vail Resorts completed its $1.05-billion purchase of Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, Canada. Vail, which owns ski resorts in Colorado, California, Vermont, Australia, and other regions worldwide, paid approximately $13.30 in cash ($17.50 in Canadian dollars) and .

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