Ka cika wannan magana: A cikin shekara bakwai, Vail ya zama sanannen wurin shakatawa a Colorado. Seibert ya yi fatan cewa Vail (da kuma Beaver Creek na gaba) za su karbi bakuncin sassan wasan motsa jiki na Wasannin Olympics na 1976, wanda aka ba Denver a shekarar 1970. A farkon 1972, an canza wuraren da ake gudanar da wasannin tsere zuwa wuraren da aka kafa a yammacin ɓangaren duniya, wanda kwamitin Olympic na Duniya (IOC) ya amince da shi a watan Fabrairu. An motsa abubuwan da suka faru na Alpine zuwa Vail daga Dutsen Sniktau wanda ba a gina shi ba (da Loveland Ski Area) a gabashin Loveland Pass, da kuma
Wasannin Nordic sun koma daga Evergreen zuwa Steamboat Springs. Shafukan da aka gabatar a cikin tayin 1970 sun cika buƙatar kusanci da ƙauyen Olympic (a Jami'ar Denver). A watan Nuwambar 1972, masu jefa kuri'a na Colorado sun ƙi amincewa da kuri'ar raba gardama don tallafawa wasannin Olympics na hunturu, kuma a cikin watanni uku an canja wasannin zuwa Innsbruck, Austria, wanda kwanan nan ya karbi bakuncin a 1964.