Not on thin ice: Ski resort opens skating rink

Dec. 26--BRIDGEVILLE -- After floods and freakishly warm weather, Holiday Mountain owner Craig Passante is taking no chances on Mother Nature. The ski hill and resort opened a $170,000 ice skating rink yesterday. It's the only public rink in the county. It's also, says Passante, another wa...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Whitman, Victor
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 26.12.2006
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Floods
Passante, Craig
Skating
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Summary:Dec. 26--BRIDGEVILLE -- After floods and freakishly warm weather, Holiday Mountain owner Craig Passante is taking no chances on Mother Nature. The ski hill and resort opened a $170,000 ice skating rink yesterday. It's the only public rink in the county. It's also, says Passante, another way to disaster proof his business. In his six years at the Mountain, Passante has soldiered on through mechanical breakdowns, years of no snow and the April 2005 flood that wiped out most of his business.