History
Beaver Creek Resort was envisioned in the 1950s by Earl Eaton, but it was not until the early 1970s that Pete Seibert tried to convince the Denver Organizing Committee to hold the 1976 Winter Olympics alpine events at the yet to be built ski resort. However, when Denver backed out from holding the Olympic Winter Games in November 1972, Seibert's plans of building the resort collapsed. When Vail Associates was purchased by Harry Bass, an oil tycoon of Golaid Oil, he continued Seibert's dream of building Beaver Creek. During the 1980–81 ski season, Beaver Creek opened along with the first hotel property, The Charter at Beaver Creek. Four years later, Beaver Creek purchased the small, adjacent Arrowhead Mountain, formerly an independent resort that caters to the beginner and lower intermediate skier. The construction of Bachelor Gulch Village and an additional high speed quad allowed the two areas to be connected.
In 1985, Bass sold Beaver Creek and Vail Associates filed for bankruptcy a few years later. In 1989, the resort hosted the World Ski Championships, and repeated a decade later in 1999. For the last several years, Beaver Creek has hosted the Visa "Birds of Prey" World Cup downhill ski races early in the season.
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