As one resident pointed out, this impact would not just be to Vail residents: “Eagle, Gypsum and Edwards are all bedroom communities to the hospital and the whole Vail Mountain and ski industry.

Source: https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-county-grocery-suppliers-workers-and-consumers-sound-off-on-kroger-albertsons-merger-at-meeting-with-attorney-general/

Vail Mountain announced it intended to keep the Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin open through the mountain’s scheduled closing day of April 20, 2003.

Source: https://www.vaildaily.com/news/time-machine-30-years-ago-beaver-creek-hosts-us-pro-ski-tour-championships/