anyone wanna go in on this deal?

Anybody got $4M laying around?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15825&item=2377120080&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

I'm passing around the cup as I type....

damn, I thought it was Mary Kate and Ashley.

Saddening... after all these years!

I've been hearing it's for sale since the late 1980's. Back then it was a million asking price.

really a person with a little business savvy could probably turn it into quite the money maker. or maybe not?

Unfortunately, the only way to afford buy it would be to develop it further....like condos and such

Problem is the resort will live and die by our up and down Salmon stocks. I know my brother bought a 21' boat and started making trips over there, spending lots of $$$ in the 80's before the big Shut-Down. He since has bought a place in Canada and has not been to Sekiu since. The one good thing is that the King catch-and-release program did well last year. Good luck to whoever buys it. If a couple from California can buy the Vagabond in Forks anything is possible.

Well... I might just buy it... Turn it into a casino, 5-star hotel with 9-hole executive golf course... Dancing gals.. the whole 9-yards.

Of course I rename the town "Downriggin' USA"

could anyone imagine a group of 30-50 new nice cabins fully furnished with emenities and idividual boats assigned to each rented by the month during salmon season. owned and rented out by a group of die hard fishermen who had developed a group to speak on our behalf and work hand in hand with WDFW? oooowwwwwww! someone just pinched me and I am now sitting on the sofa drinking cheap beer and looking for a free boat ride. it would be nice, unfortunately I agree with the above posts, the resort would depend to much on the current regs and they always seem to overlook the HUGE boost sportsmen provide to the economy and give in favor of the tribes. heres an idea, what do the tribes get per pound for thier fish? lets tell the WDFW to sell salmon tags at a higher rate, but with the gauratee that sportsmen get 100 percent of the quota. added to that, any business selling salmon tackle must add 5% to thier prices as a surcharge. this surcharge combined with the salmon tag fee's would go to pay the tribes the equivelent of what they would have made fishing. (they could still buy a tag and fish like the rest of us) I can almost assure anyone involved this would make a ton more money for the WDFW, the tribe and lets not even begin to speak about the local economy. I bet Olsens wouldn't be for sale!

Hmmm... If I had 4 million laying around....

I could probably afford the 50 more cents to buy the rest of the town and...

100 bucks to put up a gate on the road into town...

How cool would it be to fish the caves all alone...

And then you could re-name it " Piper Washington "... That has a ring too it.

More like a "Piper" Dream.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

It's priced at 80 1/4 acre lots @ $50k each. Not sure if the zoning would allow that kind of development. Seems like you would have to sell alot of $200K places to make a decent profit . I doubt the cash flow out for the business adds up to that kind of money.

Olsons is so run down I think they should just burn it down. There is no money to be made up there and won't be unless sports fishing can rebound some day. That day won't come until or unless the nets are all out and the tribes assume the role of normal US citizens and not super citizens who over harvest our fisheries.