---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000812011-26-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTN"
cik: "0000812011"
company_name: "VAIL RESORTS INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-30T20:25:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-30T20:26:07.500845+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vail Resorts appoints MGM CEO Bill Hornbuckle to board of directors

## Summary
- Hornbuckle appointed effective August 3, 2026; board expands from 9 to 10 members.
- He is CEO and President of MGM Resorts International with over 35 years hospitality experience.
- Will participate in standard non-employee director compensation; no related party transactions.
- Hornbuckle brings expertise in guest experience and technology, supporting Vail's 'Epic Experience' initiative.
- No arrangements or understandings existed between Hornbuckle and the company prior to appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000812011-26-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTN
- cik: 0000812011
- company_name: VAIL RESORTS INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-30T20:25:24+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201126000032/0000812011-26-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201126000032/mtn-20260729.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000812011-26-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000812011-26-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000812011-26-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Hornbuckle was appointed as director at VAIL RESORTS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 29, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Vail Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”), based on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, appointed William Hornbuckle as a director of the Company to serve until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal, effective August 3, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812011/000081201126000032/0000812011-26-000032-index.htm

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