NRRT 524 - Ski Area Finance and Investment

This course examines key finance and investment considerations relevant to ski area operations and management. This requires an understanding of seasonality and climatic variability, and how these two areas affects capital structure and expenditure, cash flow, budgeting of labor and resources, and forecasting activities. The use and creation of financial statements and other performance indicators is also examined. Examination of the different forms of ski area ownership and investment that can be found around the world is also addressed, including community non-profit financing, government financing, the role of private investors and investor groups, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and publicly-traded corporations, as well as process of resort valuation, whether for taxation purposes or acquisition.

Section 801

Required

• Entrepreneurial Finance, 6th Ed. (2014)
  Adelman, P.J. & Marks, A.M.

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.