Triple Crown loses contract with Steamboat Springs
FORT COLLINS — International sports-tournament promoter Triple Crown Sports Inc., based in Fort Collins, has lost its contract with Steamboat Springs, a community where it has operated since 1983.
The Steamboat Springs City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to deny a contract to Triple Crown, even after approving the contract on first reading Dec. 15 on a 5-2 vote.
Representatives from Triple Crown did not return BizWest’s calls seeking comment on the decision.
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Several members of the Steamboat council expressed dissatisfaction with the impact of Triple Crown on the community. Prior to the pandemic, the company promoted multiple youth and adult tournaments in the town. Those tournaments saw as many as 220 teams for a single event.
Public speakers and council members expressed concerns about the community being overrun by unruly participants.
The city, in response to those concerns, throttled back the permitted numbers of tournaments and participants. The proposed contract would have limited the number of tournaments to five and the number of teams to 70.
Despite support from the chamber of commerce and some council members, who said that local businesses suffering from pandemic closures need the potential traffic, the majority of the council determined that it would sever its relationship. Triple Crown still may apply to use city facilities in the same manner as any other profit or nonprofit group.
Dave and Annette King formed Triple Crown in 1982 in response to a bad experience at a tournament, according to the company’s history on its website. In 1983, it added Steamboat Springs to its venues. It now promotes basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and lacrosse tournaments and camps around the country and in multiple countries around the world.
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FORT COLLINS — International sports-tournament promoter Triple Crown Sports Inc., based in Fort Collins, has lost its contract with Steamboat Springs, a community where it has operated since 1983.
The Steamboat Springs City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to deny a contract to Triple Crown, even after approving the contract on first reading Dec. 15 on a 5-2 vote.
Representatives from Triple Crown did not return BizWest’s calls seeking comment on the decision.
Several members of the Steamboat council expressed dissatisfaction with the impact of Triple Crown on the community. Prior to the pandemic, the…
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