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| Summary Of Financial Information By Reportable Segment | The following table presents financial information by reportable segment, which is used by management in evaluating performance and allocating resources (in thousands): Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015Net revenue:       Lift $334,789 $285,249 $642,627 $524,537Ski school74,279 66,216 139,703 123,511Dining51,000 44,003 108,093 90,661Retail/rental79,384 71,078 214,748 195,563Other33,353 33,005 101,439 88,696Total Mountain net revenue572,805 499,551 1,206,610 1,022,968Lodging72,933 67,323 200,026 185,180Total Resort net revenue645,738 566,874 1,406,636 1,208,148Real estate1,734 12,469 14,766 29,694Total net revenue$647,472 $579,343 $1,421,402 $1,237,842Operating expense:       Mountain$281,968 $244,675 $729,382 $645,593Lodging57,422 54,726 176,170 166,407Total Resort operating expense339,390 299,401 905,552 812,000Real estate3,085 14,028 17,043 35,513Total segment operating expense$342,475 $313,429 $922,595 $847,513Gain on litigation settlement$— $— $— $16,400Gain on sale of real property19 151 1,810 151Mountain equity investment income (loss), net211 (129) 992 396Reported EBITDA:       Mountain$291,048 $254,747 $478,220 $394,171Lodging15,511 12,597 23,856 18,773Resort306,559 267,344 502,076 412,944Real estate(1,332) (1,408) (467) (5,668)Total Reported EBITDA$305,227 $265,936 $501,609 $407,276        Real estate held for sale and investment$116,874 $137,740 $116,874 $137,740        Reconciliation to net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc.:       Total Reported EBITDA$305,227 $265,936 $501,609 $407,276Depreciation and amortization(41,472) (38,242) (120,713) (111,587)Change in fair value of Contingent Consideration— — — 4,550Loss on disposal of fixed assets and other, net(164) (71) (3,149) (852)Investment income, net150 119 509 155Interest expense(10,400) (13,735) (31,905) (41,110)Income before provision for income taxes253,341 214,007 346,351 258,432Provision for income taxes(95,804) (80,605) (131,613) (73,654)Net income$157,537 $133,402 $214,738 $184,778Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests95 8 289 118Net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc.$157,632 $133,410 $215,027 $184,896 |

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.
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