S T E A M B O AT
TODAY
FRIDAY
JUNE 12, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 140
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N E W S PAP E R
Intergenerational entertainment
E X P L O R E S T E A M B O AT Your weekend guide
SPORTS
LA takes Game 4 Page 33
Correction The name of Patrick O’Keefe, 11, was misspelled in “Arcade opens in Oak Creek,” a page 3 story in Thursday’s Steamboat Today.
■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Business. . . . . . .32 Classifieds . . . . .39 Colorado. . . . . . .17 Comics . . . . . . . .37 Crossword . . . . .37
Happenings . . . . .7 Horoscope . . . . .38 Nation. . . . . . . . .19 Sports. . . . . . . . .33 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .28
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MATT STENSLAND/STAFF
Four-year-old Allie Van Ness passes an egg to Doak Walker Care Center resident Anna Wichern on Thursday during the Intergenerational Games. Toddlers from the GrandKids Child Care Center, along with seniors, participated in a variety of games throughout the morning. For the full story, see page 3.
Lodging forecast down Summer visitors are booking trips later and in fewer numbers Blythe Terrell
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Summer lodging in Steamboat Springs is showing signs of the same trends reflected in winter bookings. People are booking closer to the time of their trip. They’re looking for value and discounts, and fewer visitors are expected. Lodging numbers could be 10 to 40 percent down this summer
■ LOTTO Thursday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 3-16-18-22-31 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
compared with 2008, said Sandy Evans Hall, executive vice president of the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association. Traffic from Triple Crown Sports teams will be crucial for Steamboat Resorts, Reservations Director Leslie Knutson said. She’s seeing decreases in other big summer markets: destination weddings and family reunions. “Triple Crown has brought some business to our community, and right now, that’s the
■ WEATHER
Afternoon storms in some spots. High of 65.
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majority of the business that we’re seeing,” Knutson said. Steamboat Resorts manages 20 properties, which consist of individually owned hotel rooms, condominiums and townhouses. The company is one of Triple Crown’s 40 preferred lodging facilities. Steamboat hosts its first Triple Crown event of the season this weekend, a girls fastpitch softball tournament, said Jason McCoy, World Series
event coordinator. Triple Crown teams aren’t obligated to book only with preferred hotels and condos, McCoy said. According to the Triple Crown Web site, “The Triple Crown Lodging Department asks that each team book a minimum of 6 hotel rooms or the equivalent of 6 bedrooms in condo properties for a minimum of 5 nights. … If your team See Lodging, page 14
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