$649,000 In Linens Alone, A Peek Into Life At Greenbrier

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Apr 7th 2009 at 11:23PM

Ahead of its federal bankruptcy hearing the Greenbrier Resort has released financial statements that give an interesting look at the resort. The records reveal personal property totaling nearly $44 million and real property worth $97.6 million. But it's the details that delight. The Beretta white onyx shotguns worth $6,666, the $205 fudge warmer, the $3,740 pig cooker and two white-tail deer heads worth a total of $500 give a picture of the idiosyncratic nature of this resort which has entertained presidents, royalty and the rich for generations. The fact that this is a resort with a collection of linens worth $649,000 and a fleet of golf carts worth nearly $253,000 is no surprise to those who have enjoyed its uniquely aristocratic charms.

Attorneys for the 6,500-acre resort will appear before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin R. Huennekens in Richmond on Wednesday and railroad company CSX Crop is looking to move forward on the planned deal with Marriott. The deal should help ensure that Greenbrier stays afloat without losing its self-contained, world-apart style.

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Zach Apr 8th 2009 2:31PM

Cheap shot, but I'll take it: the rest of West Virginia probably doesn't have $649,000 worth of linen (unless you count coon skins).

greenbrier employee May 9th 2009 11:23PM

You are absolutely correct on the chep shot, just because you are cheap doesn't mean that everyone in W.Va. has the coon skin linen, it sounds like you are pretty familiar with that type of linen. But it seems to me that the new owner of the Greenbrier has more than the cost of the linen, you think? Its people like you that keep W.Va looking as cavemen, mature up a little and realize that not everyone wants to remain living in te past and would like change in W.Va. If you are a West Virginian, you should consider moving your coon skins somewhere else, if you are not than you should consider moving over to W.Va and see that in fact there are some really nice concerned people in the State!