Military hopes to locate hotel at The Canyons

(Park Record) Going on vacation can take a bite out of the pocketbooks of many military families, so Pentagon officials have pushed to build hotels to offer discounts to soldiers.

If a complex agreement is signed by Park City, Summit County and the state Military Installation Development Authority, military men and women may soon be vacationing at The Canyons, skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking or hiking at the largest ski area in Utah.

"What this does, is it gives the lower echelons $50-per-night rooms," Park City Mayor Dana Williams said.

Utah's Military Installation Development Authority this week took a major step toward developing a resort for the Air Force in the Park City area. The Military Installation Development Authority is a state agency charged with helping facilitate development on military lands.

A proposed memorandum of understanding between MIDA, Park City and Summit County provides the framework for Air Force officials to develop a hotel and commercial development on the Wasatch Back.

The project has been discussed for about 13 years, Williams said.

"In the course of those discussions, the size of this hotel kept growing over the years," Williams said. "It would have been bigger than anything we have around here."

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