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Denver Inc.: Former Vail boss Aron now an exec at Apollo

Published September 9, 2006 at midnight

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Adam Aron's career has come full circle.

The former head of Vail Resorts told the Rocky Mountain News this week that he's back as a senior manager at Apollo Management equity investment firm.

Aron points out that Apollo was the controlling shareholder of Vail Resorts from 1992 through 2004.

"The irony is that Rob Katz went from Apollo to Vail Resorts and I am now heading from Vail Resorts to Apollo," Aron said in an e-mail.

Katz took over from Aron as the head of Vail Resorts, owner of Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, and Beaver Creek, in February.

Aron's new gig could prove to be easier than trying to increase skier visits. He reports Apollo has made some $16 billion of investments over the years and has another $12 billion left to invest.

Boulder's happy hours can be found online

Leave it to the wacky people from the Republic of Boulder to come up with this new Web site.

A group of Gen Yers - Meghan McCarthy, Anne Kirkpatrick and Tara Brouwer - frustrated with having to figure out the best place to go for happy hour each night, turned to the Web.

"They had an 'Aha!' moment - what if there was a complete database of all the happy hours in Boulder?

"And thus, it was begun - the construction of a complete online directory for all of Boulder's fabulous happy hours," they write on their site.

The site, , breaks down the happy hours by locations: The Hill, downtown, north Boulder, south Boulder and beyond. It offers reviews and a place for readers to post their own reviews.

Thomas Dolby to perform at mall

Speaking of Boulder. And weird. This one gets points for originality anyway. We can't imagine anybody else coming up with it.

Twenty Ninth Street will feature Thomas Dolby headlining entertainment at the new retail center's Oct. 12 grand opening.

Who?

Come on, you remember Thomas Dolby: "leader of the synth pop musical genre and composer of the 1983 smash hit She Blinded Me With Science," according to the news release. Dolby, whose hits began and ended with that Grammy award winner, is touring again "after a 15-year hiatus" and will take the stage at Twenty Ninth Street as part of "When Worlds Collide: A Fusion of Shopping, Science and Community."

Th $50-per-ticket benefit also features "The Wonder of Science at Twenty Ninth Street," permanent educational exhibits from seven Boulder-based scientific and aeronautic laboratories and research institutions.

Wait staff will don lab coats to serve "Liquid Fusion," a cocktail concocted especially for the event. Shoppers are invited to "perfect their 'science of shopping,' " as they get a first look at the center's 50 stores . . . and frankly that's where the theme loses us and we give up.

But who cares? You can shop, you can eat, you can drink while you reminisce to music from somebody you probably loved in your MTV pop electronic days.

And it's all for a good cause. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Boulder's Impact on Education and science education in Boulder-area public schools.

Go to for tickets and details.

Assistant Business Editor Jane Hoback and Deputy Business Editor Gil Rudawsky write about local business talk that doesn't necessarily end up in quarterly reports. They can be reached at .