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TORA (Travel, Outdoor, Recreation, and Athletics)

Travel, Outdoor, Recreation, and Athletics (aka, TORA) are huge within Utah which is why Utah Money Watch provides perspective and contextual insights on all aspects of these markets regularly, but especially as viewed through a monetary lens.

Say Hello to HXCO, Utah's $1 Billion Sports,Tech, Media and Entertainment Investment Fund Coming to Utah, Courtesy of Ryan Smith and Friends

In case you missed it, Ryan Smith, Utah's 46-year-old business wunderkind, is launching a $1 billion investment vehicle focused on the confluence of sports, technology, media and entertainment. Known officially as Halo Experience Company, its formation was officially declared via the company's first "tweet"

The Top 13 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business "News Nuggets" for March 2025 that You Might have Missed

The Top 13 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business "News Nuggets" for March 2025 that You Might have Missed

In this report you'll find info about 11 Utah-based firms and nine separate executives that we feel made the cut as being among the most "newsworthy" last month, which (when combined together) form our writeup about Utah's Top 13 Monetary, Financial and/or Business

NEWS BRIEF: A New "Canopy by Hilton" Hotel at Deer Valley East Will Cost Close to $100 Million

NEWS BRIEF: A New "Canopy by Hilton" Hotel at Deer Valley East Will Cost Close to $100 Million

McClean, Virginia-based Hilton (NYSE:HLT) will spend upwards of $100 million to build a new 180-key Canopy by Hilton brand hotel in Park City, Utah as part of the Deer Valley East Village complex expansion. According to the Hilton news release, the new property is slated to open in summer

Top 27 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets for February 2025 that You Might have Missed

Top 27 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets for February 2025 that You Might have Missed

In this writeup, you'll find info about 27 Utah-based firms and 19 separate executives that we feel we feel made the cut as "newsworthy" in February 2025. This being the case, welcome to this writeup on Utah's Top 27 Monetary, Financial and/or Business

NEWS BRIEF: Utah's PGR Boosts its Total Skiable Terrain by 67% as it Buys Controlling Interest in Powderhorn, its Fifth Ski Resort

NEWS BRIEF: Utah's PGR Boosts its Total Skiable Terrain by 67% as it Buys Controlling Interest in Powderhorn, its Fifth Ski Resort

According to multiple news reports published over the weekend, Park City, Utah-based Pacific Group Resorts (PGR) has acquired controlling interest in Mesa, Colorado-based Powderhorn Mountain Resort from Denver, Colorado-based Gart Capital Partners and long-time ski industry veteran, Andy Daly. Officially, no financial terms of the acquisition have been published by

Top 28 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets for January 2025 that You Might have Missed

Top 28 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets for January 2025 that You Might have Missed

In this writeup, you'll find info about 31 Utah-based organizations and 17 separate executives that we feel made the cut as "newsworthy" in January 2025. This being the case, welcome to this writeup on Utah's Top 28 Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets

Image downloaded from the Events page of the RevRoad website on the morning of Tuesday, 28 January 2025.

RevRoad Closes its Doors. Kind Of.

In a turn of events both shocking and yet not totally surprising, the RevRoad experiment has come to an end. Sometime in the last week, the RevRoad website shifted from this — to this (on Sunday, 26 January 2025) — Additionally, based upon my review of dozens of LinkedIn profiles this morning,