STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. on Wednesday made official its plans to redevelop Gondola Square into a multiuse plaza with additional restaurants, shopping and entertainment venues. The project is slated to break ground in April. “This is the biggest proposed project since the resort first opened in 1963, and it will benefit visitors and the entire Yampa Valley community, which have been so supportive of the resort through the years,” Ski Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Rob Perlman said. east out onto the base of the mountain, specifically over Burgess Creek onto the snow where the magic carpets are now.