{"id":807410,"date":"2020-05-13T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383235"},"modified":"2020-05-13T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T23:15:00","slug":"breckenridge-gives-update-on-summer-tourism-outlook-plans-for-opening-main-street-to-pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/breckenridge-gives-update-on-summer-tourism-outlook-plans-for-opening-main-street-to-pedestrians\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge gives update on summer tourism outlook, plans for opening Main Street to pedestrians"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-1-1024x607.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-1-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-1-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-1-1536x911.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-1-2048x1215.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Main Street in Breckenridge as seen Wednesday, May 13. The Breckenridge Town Council is considering closing the road to vehicle traffic and allowing business owners to sell food and fares in a pedestrian-friendly environment.<\/strong><br \/><em>Jason Connolly \/ jconnolly@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 Breckenridge is looking at a 50% downturn in tourism for the summer \u2014 May through October \u2014 according to DestiMetrics lodging data presented to council Tuesday by Breckenridge Tourism Office President and CEO Lucy Kay.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kay said bookings are looking stronger for late July, August and September. In the winter season of November through April, the town ended up with 45% occupancy versus 57% last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll things considered, at least I\u2019m optimistic about late summer and fall, and I really believe Breckenridge is going to do as well as anybody coming back in terms of lodging,\u201d Kay said.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the tourism office\u2019s website traffic is increasing and that the office is working on expanding its responsible tourism messaging, which originally focused on the environment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat responsible tourism strategy across Colorado, certainly everywhere else, is going to move from responsibility for the place to responsibility for the place plus the people,\u201d Kay said.&nbsp;\u201cSo that is how we\u2019re going to weave in the expectation. We expect you to wear a mask. We expect you to maintain 6 feet. It\u2019s all going to be wrapped into that responsible tourism messaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Council member Jeffrey Bergeron asked that the message about masks be crafted in a positive light to encourage the use of facial coverings rather than alienate visitors. Kay said the tourism office is moving toward messaging that says, \u201cYour mask protects me, my mask protects you.\u201d She said the office might start with this messaging to see if it works and hopefully not have to go to \u201csomething stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As far as events, Kay said the tourism office is planning the Breckenridge Oktoberfest as though it would break even fundingwise. She mentioned Munich canceled Oktoberfest and said the tourism office would decide on the local event by early June. If the event does happen, it would be only cans for beer and a \u201cvery different looking event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Council also discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/breckenridge-considers-pedestrian-only-main-street-to-allow-for-outdoor-restaurants-and-retail\/\">pedestrian-friendly Main Street idea<\/a> that members brought up at the special meeting last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-2-1024x587.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-383249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-2-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-2-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-2-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-2-1536x880.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/BTO-SDN-051420-2-2048x1173.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Main Street in Breckenridge as seen Wednesday, May 13. The Breckenridge Town Council is considering closing the road to vehicle traffic and allowing business owners to sell food and fares in a pedestrian-friendly environment.<\/strong><br \/><em>Jason Connolly \/ <a href=\"mailto:jconnolly@summitdaily.com\">jconnolly@summitdaily.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Town Manager Rick Holman said the Breckenridge Reopening Committee is \u201cfeverishly\u201d planning for the closing of Main Street to motor vehicles and opening to pedestrian access and open-air restaurant space. He said the committee is on track in the planning process but is still working out some decisions that need to be made, such as whether businesses can use pop-up tents. The plan is to close north Main Street from Watson Avenue to Ski Hill Road, so Holman said council needs to review parking requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not want to spill out into more public parking areas,\u201d Holman said, noting that the town is losing a lot of parking as it works through the plans. \u201c\u2026 I think Tonapah, Upper Exchange, Ice House lot, Tiger Dredge \u2014 I think those are critical parking reservoirs that we need to maintain over the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holman said he thinks council should be open to businesses expanding into private parking areas, if an arrangement can be made with the property owner, but not into public areas. Council agreed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/breckenridge-gives-update-on-summer-tourism-outlook-plans-for-opening-main-street-to-pedestrians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Street in Breckenridge as seen Wednesday, May 13. The Breckenridge Town Council is considering closing the road to vehicle traffic and allowing business owners to sell food and fares in a pedestrian-friendly environment.Jason Connolly \/ jconnolly@summitdaily.com BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 Breckenridge is looking at a 50% downturn in tourism for the summer \u2014 May through October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 05:05:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}