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		<title>Swiss Villages Band Together to Buy Flims-Laax-Falera Ski Resort to Block U.S. Takeover</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Swiss Villages Band Together to Buy Flims-Laax-Falera Ski Resort to Block U.S. Takeover Julia Schneemann &#124; September 28, 2025 &#124; In a bid to keep one of Switzerland’s largest ski resorts in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Julia Schneemann | <time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-09-28T14:54:23-07:00">September 28, 2025</time> |</p>
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<p><strong>In a bid to keep one of Switzerland’s largest ski resorts in local hands, the municipalities of Flims, Laax and Falera <a href="https://www.gemeindeflims.ch/_docn/6127750/250924_MM_Finanz_Infra_Laax_Botschaften_v0.5_Gemeinden.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced plans</a> on Wednesday, September 24, to jointly purchase the infrastructure of the Flims-Laax-Falera ski area for CHF 94.5 million ($118 million).</strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_374075" class="wp-caption aligncenter" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-374075"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-374075 lazyautosizes ls-is-cached lazyloaded" src="https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min.jpg" sizes="700px" srcset="https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min.jpg 1920w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-600x400.jpg 600w" alt="" width="1920" height="1279" data-src="https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min.jpg" data-srcset="https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min.jpg 1920w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210217_PhilippRuggli_011-min-600x400.jpg 600w" data-sizes="auto" data-eio-rwidth="1920" data-eio-rheight="1279" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-374075" class="wp-caption-text">The Flims-Laax-Falera ski area will stay in local hand. | Image: © LAAX | Weisse Arena Gruppe</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>In a bid to keep one of Switzerland’s largest ski resorts in local hands, the municipalities of Flims, Laax and Falera <a href="https://www.gemeindeflims.ch/_docn/6127750/250924_MM_Finanz_Infra_Laax_Botschaften_v0.5_Gemeinden.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced plans</a> on Wednesday, September 24, to jointly purchase the infrastructure of the Flims-Laax-Falera ski area for CHF 94.5 million ($118 million).</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The proposal, shared by the three municipalities son Wednesday, outlines how the three villages intend to acquire the Weisse Arena Gruppe’s lifts, restaurants, avalanche barriers and other facilities through Finanz Infra AG, a company already responsible for financing of the area’s snowmaking operations.</strong> The “sell-and-lease-back” model would see the infrastructure sold to Finanz Infra AG and leased back to Weisse Arena Bergbahnen AG, which will continue to operate the lifts and manage day-to-day mountain operations.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://snowbrains.com/swiss-villages-band-together-to-buy-flims-laax-falera-ski-resort-to-block-u-s-takeover/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">READ MORE</a></strong></p>
<p>Reposted from SnowBrains</p>
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