Word: steamboats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...resort near Lake Tahoe, for an estimated $90 million. The sale would mean that Kamori Kanko will play host to more U.S. skiers than any other company. The firm, controlled by Sapporo businessman Katsuo Kamori, 83, and his son Kimihito, 47, also owns the ski resort of Steamboat Springs, Colo., which the Kamoris bought last year for a reported $110 million. The elder Kamori has not confined his interest to the slopes. Besides owning amusement parks and golf courses in Japan, he has converted an Australian farm to a wildlife sanctuary, earning him the nickname Mr. Koala...
...become an ice-rink impresario as well. The company created an ice show under license from the Disney company in 1981 and now has five touring companies. One of the shows, which stars Mickey Mouse, features 60 skaters (average age: 21), who perform scenes from such cartoons as Steamboat Willie and Fantasia. The skaters need 245 costumes, which contain "enough spandex to cover a football field," the promoters...