2. Retail & Services
Worldwide television
viewers annually for
the VVF’s Winter &
Summer Mountain
Games + Audi Birds
of Prey World Cup +
American Ski Classic
VVF’s annual Athletic events are an infusion to the local
economy with Audi Birds of Prey World Cup providing
$4 MILLION to the local economy, Winter & Summer
Mountain Games provides $5 MILLION to the bottom
line and the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
will bring $20 MILLION to the community!
$4,000,000
BIRDS OF PREY
MOUNTAIN GAMES
2015 CHAMPIONSHIPS
$5,000,000
$20,000,000
2015 FIS Alpine World Ski
Championships, SECOND ONLY
TO THE OLYMPICS in scale, will
bring $20 MILLION to the Vail
Valley community with an estimated
Spectators attend
VVF athletic events
throughout the year
Food & Beverage
Lodging & Hospitality
“(VPAC) is one of
the most beautiful
theatres if not
the prettiest that
we’ve even had the
chance to play in.”
– Alison Krauss
ONLY 30% of the
cost to bring world-
class performers to
the VPAC and Vail
International Dance
Festival are covered
by ticket sales
6,000 Students attend shows at the Vilar
Performing Arts Center for FREE through
the S.T.A.R.S program
“The scope of the (Vail International
Dance) Festival is remarkable by
any standard.”
– The New York Times
2013 marks the 25TH ANNIVERSARY
of the Vail International Dance Festival
and the 15TH ANNIVERSARY of the
Vilar Performing Arts Center
In 2012 VVF hosted
VVF owns & operates 2
performing arts facilities:
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
(Vail) & Vilar Performing Arts
Center (Beaver Creek)
PEOPLE experience a live performance at the Vilar Performing
Arts Center & Vail International Dance Festival each year INTERNATIONAL TV VIEWERS
600 CHILDREN participate in
the Magic Bus early-childhood
program, making it the largest
pre-kindergarten institution in
Eagle County
PwrHrsstudents
achieve3TIMES
theliteracygrowthof
non-PwrHrsstudents
Average Student-Teacher
ratio in the U.S.
Student-Teacher ratio for
Youth Foundation programs
Eagle County School
Children ELIGIBLE
FOR FREE OR
REDUCED LUNCH
(or from a family of four
with a maximum annual
income of $39,220)
“Our country’s future lies in the
well-being of our youngest children.
To ensure that all of Eagle County’s
children grow up healthy and ready to
succeed in school and in life, we need
to provide adequate resources and
support to parents, our children’s first
and most important teacher.”
– Kathy Brendza
Early Childhood Specialist
It is the generostiy of people like you
that allows the VVF to continue to
make such an incredible impact on
the Vail Valley community.
$15 Sends one local student to
a S.T.A.R.S performance at
the Vilar Center
$50 Provides 25 books for the Magic
Bus early-childhood program
$100 Allows one child to attend two
days of Celebrate the Beat’s
“Pop Hop” dance camp
during the Dance Festival
$215 Supports bringing the 2015 FIS
Alpine World Ski Championships
to Vail Beaver Creek
$500 Helps the VVF to provide
first-class arts, athletics and
educational programs to our
local community
$1200 Sponsors one local child for one
year of PwrHrs Afterschool
$2500 Supports creating a world
premiere in Vail during the 25th
anniversary of the
Dance Festival
$2500 Underwrites the cost to bring
a world-class performer to the
Vilar Center stage
$5000 Provides tutoring for 20 local
high-school students
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