Did Marketing Screw Up?

Squaw Valley ➡️ Palisades Tahoe 🎿⛷🏔

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UrAssIsSaaS
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LOL you gotta give the people some context my man. Like 5% of this site is going to understand what this means. 

For those that have no clue, Squaw Valley is one of the most well known ski resorts in Lake Tahoe and hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics. Last year they announced they would be changing their name because the word "Squaw" is pretty derogatory toward native american women and yesterday announced the change from Squaw Valley to Palisades Tahoe. 


I personally agree that the name should have changed but think they fucked this one just as I would expect from Alterra. Olympic Valley was such a layup IMO. 
poweredbycaffeine
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Alterra should go the way of Frosty and melt away. Ruining local experiences for everyone invovled for 15 years.
UrAssIsSaaS
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Ya not a fan of what they have done. However I am hoping they follow through on their cap ex plan to connect the two resorts as outlined last spring. 
poweredbycaffeine
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Yeah, when they bought my main mountain (Sugarbush, VT) they installed the usual big-box bullshit for food services. Luckily the previous owner negotiated covenants for certain components of the resort before he let go.
jefe
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Thank you.. Was so confused.
poweredbycaffeine
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What does this post even mean? Did they move an event?
Sunbunny31
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Renaming of Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe.  They've been teasing the rename for over a year now.  Pretty sure the overall reaction to the name has been "meh".
RealPatrickBateman
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To be clear, no matter what the context is... Marketing Screwed up is ALWAYS the answer. 
Grant_Horun
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Only place you can play true gnar is at squaw valley. Pogues for life! 
mitts2
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I struggle to understand how they landed on Palisades Tahoe. I agree I think Olympic Valley was. the front runner but I think there is a bunch of red tape that didn't allow that to happen. I hate that they just completely deleted Alpine Meadows all together. Personally, I like the mountain better anyway but they are fully denying and suppressing a ton of history that Alpine had / has. 

I appreciate why they changed the name but what they chose is nothing short of ass.
jefe
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Huh?!
thalassophile888
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Yeah I agree! Check this out!
SaaSyBee
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*Googles*
SammySandbags
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they went with the easy, non-offensive route. any new name wasn't going to live up to the history of Squaw, but were in a new era now. Still the gnarliest mountain in the area
Fenderbaum
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I can't keep track of all this renaming.
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