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Race events, Medals Ceremonies, as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies are free to attend for spectators.

Men’s downhill Public Bib Draw, following Medals Ceremony, Championships Plaza (Solaris), Vail.

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MONDAY, FEB. 2 Ladies’ downhill training, 10:30 a.m., Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

Opening Ceremonies, 7 p.m., Championships Plaza (Solaris), Vail.

TUESDAY, FEB. 3 Gates open, 8 a.m., followed by live pre-show, Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

Ladies’ super-G, 11 a.m., Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

Men’s downhill training, 1:30 p.m., Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

Medals Ceremony, 6:30 p.m., Championships Plaza (Solaris), Vail.

Michael Franti & Spearhead free concert, Championships Plaza (Solaris), following Medals Ceremony, Vail.

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Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin finished second in the giant slalom in Beaver Creek in 2013. Shiffrin is set to compete in the giant slalom in the Alpine World Ski Championships on Feb. 12.

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Medals Ceremony, 6:30 p.m., Championships Plaza (Solaris), Vail.

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Ladies’ downhill training, 1:30 p.m., Redtail Finish Stadium, Beaver Creek.

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Opening Ceremonies offer pomp, performance Foundation promises Opening Ceremony surprises

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EAGLE COUNTY — The party starts now.

For the fourth time, the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships will be held on American soil. For the third time, skiing’s biannual celebration of its best and brightest will be held in the Vail Valley.

The 2015 edition of the Championships promises to be the biggest event yet held in the valley.

This year’s two-week event was years in the making, requiring more than $50 million in fundraising and sponsorships. That money has gone into an extravaganza that will be featured on live TV around the world, with the time difference between Colorado and central Europe allowing prime-time coverage there.

The celebration will also feature events and concerts every day and night during the two-week event,

as well as 12 days of apres events in Avon’s Nottingham Park.

It’s all a far cry from the first championships Vail hosted in 1989. Longtime town resident Sybill Navas remembers attending the Opening Ceremonies that year, little more than a march of the teams through Vail’s Ford Park, with hundreds of spectators.

“And boy, was it cold,” Navas said.

This year’s Opening Ceremonies promise warmer weather — when this story was written, the National Weather Service was predicting a high temperature of 40 with a 30 percent chance of snow for the day. That means temperatures should still be in the high 20s at 7 p.m.

POMP AND PAGEANTRY The ceremonies also promise a lot more pomp and pageantry.

The Vail Valley Foundation is the organizing group for the Championships, and Foundation President Ceil Folz said those who come out for the ceremonies will have about an hour of entertainment, including a few surprises.

The biggest draw for the event

is the venue — Solaris Plaza, renamed Championships Plaza for the next two weeks. Better yet, the ceremonies will be free and open to the public.

Folz said Foundation officials first looked at holding a ticketed event at the Golden Peak race course finish area. But tickets would be expensive, she said, and there simply isn’t enough room for a lot of people.

With that in mind, the ceremonies turned into a public party.

That decision was fairly recent.

While the planning for the Championships has been steady for more than four years, Folz said the decision to make the Opening Ceremonies open to the public came just in the past six months or so.

“This way it’s more about the community, and the people who have made this happen,” Folz said.

Those who attend will see far more than a mere march into the plaza.

“We’re going to have performers, five big screens and an enormous ribbon board,” Folz said.

We’re going to have fireworks, too.”

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The athletes will march from the Lodge at Vail to Championships Plaza down a walkway lit by LED lights. Actor Kevin Costner will provide pre-recorded narration for some of the video presentations.

And the crowd promises to be very, very big for Vail.

GET TO VAIL EARLY Championships Plaza itself can hold somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 people. But putting video screens in the area around the plaza makes the venue much bigger. Vail Police Chief Dwight Henninger said the total could reach to between 5,000 and 7,000 people.

Those who want to be close to the action should arrive early, and be ready to have their bags checked.

No weapons, drugs or air horns are allowed, and unattended bags will probably be confiscated or sniffed thoroughly by police dogs.

Beyond the athletes, Folz said people who come to the ceremonies will be treated to a performance of the championships’ theme song, “Fly,” performed by singer and songwriter Steve Azar in a duet with Andreas Gaballier,

who performed at the 2013 championships in Schladming, Austria.

“We hope that sets a tone — this is an American event, but the world is here,” Folz said.

In addition to that duet, a Denver-based children’s choir will be on hand. That group will do live performances the national anthems of medal-winning athletes throughout the championships.

In addition, Folz promised a couple of surprises — and said the surprise performers won’t be revealed until the Opening Ceremonies.

Folz, who was a volunteer for the 1989 championships, said she’s “blown away by how much bigger this is.”

“In 1989, it was 99 percent about racing,” she said. These days, though, with Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey race course a known commodity, and long experience running races in the middle of a still-operating ski resort, organizers were able to focus on extras, and lots of them.

“This year, it’s everything else and the races, too.”

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Welcoming the world to Vail and Beaver Creek ‘READY FOR VAIL’ “I’m ready for Vail!” said Vonn after her 64th Audi FIS Ski World Cup win last weekend. “I feel confident, I’m skiing well and hopefully it will be a good World Championships for me.

The Vail/Beaver Creek World Championships will feature a strong U.S. Ski Team. And it will also be a party all-American style.

The Vail Valley is aglow with excitement, welcoming the world like never before with everything from concerts featuring national artists to cheerleaders.

NEW STARS Since the last time the Championships visited in 1999, the U.S. Ski Team has seen the rise of many new stars. Bode Miller was on that 1999 U.S. team with one of its best results, eighth in slalom. Since then he has won 11 World Championship and Olympic medals,

bit and have them living in their duffel bags for a couple of weeks as opposed to always being the North Americans.”

Fans will see ski racing at its finest. Birds of Prey is a proven classic. And the women’s Raptor is poised. “It’s a very difficult hill and one that requires a lot of tactics,” said Vonn.

It’s especially important for Vonn, coming in her hometown.

“I have more pressure on myself because I want to perform well for my family. Everyone is going to be there. I want to have it be a really fun World Championships for them and have something to celebrate.”

Rest assured, the next two weeks will provide plenty of excitement and, hopefully, much to celebrate!

including four world titles. All eyes are on this week’s team selection to see if he’ll get the nod.

Julia Mancuso kick-started her career with two World Championship bronze in 2005 and now has more Olympic and World Championship than any American woman at nine. Lindsey Vonn has five World Championships medals including a sweep of downhill and super-G gold in 2009. Teen Mikaela Shiffrin closed out World Championships two years ago beating her childhood hero to win slalom gold in Austria. Ted Ligety has four world titles including an impressive three gold medals two years ago in Schladming.

Ligety is coming a bit quietly into Vail/Beaver Creek but with the comfort of knowing he’s won five times on Birds of Prey, including a four-win streak that goes back to 2011.

“It’s awesome having the World Champs in the USA,” said Ligety.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun having a big event in the here. It’s something I’ve never experienced before. It’s always nice to take the Euros out of their element a little

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She’ll maybe steal a glance to the OPENING DAY east, where she grew up racing The FIS Alpine World Ski down Vail Mountain.

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