Vail: Ready for Championships

By scott miller

VAIL — The World Alpine Ski Championships have been held four times on American soil. Vail and Beaver Creek have hosted three of those events. But this year’s Championships have presented a set of very different challenges for event organizers and host communities. Pam Brandmeyer, who’s now the town of Vail’s assistant town manager, was the town clerk during the 1989 Championships. She said that first taste of the World Championships helped establish much about Vail as it is now. “The learning curve was steep back then — it was all new,” Brandmeyer said. “But (that event) was partly responsible …

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