That loud ticking sound you hear is coming from the World Championships clock that is counting down the final days to the vote that will determine whether the Vail Valley will play host to the biggest event in skiing in 2015.
For the better part of the past two years, the Beaver Creek/Vail 2015 Bid Committee, comprised of key officials of the Vail Valley Foundation, Vail Resorts and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association, have been lobbying international skiing representatives in an effort to return the FIS World Alpine Ski Championships to the United States.
Now, with a little under two weeks remaining until the final vote, which is scheduled for Thursday, June 3, at the FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey, the Beaver Creek/Vail 2015 delegation is making final preparations that they hope will result in victory.
The Vail Valley is vying for the right to host the Alpine World Championships with St. Moritz, Switzerland and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. All three sites were candidates for the 2013 Championships that were awarded to Schladming, Austria at the 2008 FIS Congress. The Alpine Championships have not revisited the U.S. since Vail and Beaver Creek played host to the 1999 event.
The first piece of the Beaver Creek/Vail contingent is scheduled to land in Turkey on Monday morning as the exhibition booth is already in route. The human element of the Congress presence is slated to begin departing on May 27.
In addition to the three days of operating the booth, the Beaver Creek/Vail Bid Committee will also make official presentations to the FIS Council and the Alpine Committee.
The June 3 vote will be taken by the 16 members of the FIS Council, with an absolute majority required to win the Championships. The announcement of the results of the voting will come around 7:30 p.m. in Turkey, 11:30 a.m. in the Vail Valley.
Beaver Creek/Vail 2015 fans can follow the action from Turkey by checking out the daily blogs, photos and videos on the Vail Valley Foundation website, http://www.vvf.org/. The website will also feature video of the Thursday announcement of the host site for the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships.
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