Despite relatively weak ratings, the sitcoms "Rules of Engagement" and "Community" have been financial successes for Sony, but over all, the studio has struggled, watching as high-profile, expensive dramas like "Pan Am" and "Last Resort" fail to take off.
Still, the costliness of such resorts failed to deter the 55.1 million people who visited U.S. ski areas during the 2006-2007 season.
It is the last resort of failed careers.
"The proceedings have been issued as a last resort having failed over the last couple of weeks to try and resolve matters without the formality of court proceedings.
The 120-bedroom hotel and 25 golf lodges, which opened in 2007, cost an estimated $47 million to build, but even at the reduced price of $16 million the resort has failed to attract any takers.
After all, most are already being pushed to the brink by huge bankruptcies, actual or pending, such the collapse of Phoenix Resort, a resort operator, which failed on February 19th with ¥270 billion of liabilities.
The Long Island company, Merco, had first sought a site in Oklahoma, but after meeting resistance there learned about a failed resort called the Mile High Ranch in Sierra Blanca.
The two artists screened a video they had made of an old hotel in a failed resort in Mozambique, where thousands of people now squat.
