- Mission Ridge’s replacement of the Liberator Express with a bubble chair from Europe is pushed back to 2020.
- Dagmar in Ontario plans to replace its Rendezvous triple with a quad as soon as next summer.
- The scheduled foreclosure auction of Granite Gorge is cancelled.
- Ghost Town in the Sky, a shuttered chairlift-accessed amusement park in North Carolina, goes back up for sale.
- The Indy Pass now includes more North American resorts than both the Ikon and Epic passes.
- Boyne Resorts announces a $60 million private debt offering with proceeds to be used for organic growth including “high-impact initiatives” over the next two to three years.
- Alpine Media raises $2 million more to install digital screens on more chairlifts.
- Mont Orignal plans a second lift as backup for the world’s first detachable six pack.
- A Doppelmayr gondola which was delivered to Parral, Mexico in 2016 but never installed may finally get put together.
- Despite rumors to the contrary, Disney says there is no Skyliner opening date yet.
- The State of California concludes 25-40 mph winds likely caused a grip and communications line to become entangled on the Bayside Skyride at SeaWorld in February.
- The United States Department of Justice argues the Hermitage Club’s reorganization plan is being illegally marketed to creditors and members.
- Millennium Partners may have abandoned its Boston Seaport Gondola idea.
- A chairlift at the Ohio State Fair will sport all new carriers this year due to concerns about the condition of the originals.
- Leitner’s fourth 3S system goes into operation in Voss, Norway.
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