St. Regis Aspen Snow Polo World Championship – A tradition that has been going on for 12 years as the start of the mountain city’s winter season and this year proved to be the most action-packed yet, the festivities began with a pre- Dinner disco in Snow Lodge Z Room.
The moody tented living room is a kind of hidden room attached to the St. Regis, where well-known guests gather for après ski and, on the eve of the snow polo championships, bringing together a group of the local Aspen community’s glitterati . and beyond. In one corner, cloak-maker Lindsay Thornburgh and jewelry designer Jennifer Younger can be found wearing sporting goods from their eponymous brands, and in another, couples Billy Magnussen and Erica Firestone and Paul Wesley and Natalie Kucenberg are sporting their new Stetson cowboy hats. Can be found wearing. opportunity. The polo players were also out in full force, enjoying a night away from the stables, including Nacho Figueras, Alejandro Novillo Estrada and Sarah Siegel Magness, who brought along his companion, a teacup poodle named Rosie, for fun. Had brought.
Revelers admired the silent pool gin martinis and over-the-top ice sculptures of caviar bites, thanks to Oretta, whose own caviar tins are labeled with her name and likeness. “There’s a certain over-the-top excitement in Aspen, and I look forward to it all the time,” Gemma Cardoso said sarcastically, gesturing toward a room filled with clippers and cowboy hats and turquoise jewelry. “It’s a very unique place, and really, how can you not have fun?”
The next morning, in a snow-covered Rio Grande Park, Aspen Valley Polo Club founders, Melissa and Mark Ganzi, gathered their best players to give a proper demonstration of polo to the newcomers in the crowd. “It’s always a good day for polo, but today is especially good,” Melissa Ganzi said. circulation During a visit to the announcer’s tent. “We’ve got sun, just enough snow, and no shortage of champagne.”
Yes, in true Aspen fashion, Champagne has played the co-star to date. As the matches progressed, St. Regis brand head George Flack gave a lesson in Champagne Sabres, with Riley Keogh, Billie Lourd, Nicky Hilton Rothschild and Jeremy Pope all trying their hand at the dramatic art of opening a bottle of bubbly. Sabre. Some were more talented than others. Festival regulars Shaun White and Pom Klementieff needed no instructions.
By the end of the day, a talented trio of players—Grant Ganzi, Pierre-Henri Ngoumou and Jason Crowder—took home the coveted championship trophy, and celebrated by hoisting the day’s award and with another spray of champagne for good measure. Together, they led a merry band of party-goers to Boite Hidalgo, a new basement venue inside the W Hotel Aspen, where Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Fortune Feimster and many others performed to mark the end of this exciting kickoff. Danced on tables and sofas. For holiday break.
