I believe I spent more time at CB this winter than you (tho I could be wrong on that)...But I have deffinatly sure I have skied there more in the last 6 seasons than you have, and I have NEVER once heard, from anyone but you (even after you made all your threads about it) ANYONE ELSE say anything about it...NEVER. Now I might not be talking to the same groups of old farts, but come to think of it, most of the old dudes get to CB even before I do (which is usually around 730ish)....So they don't care.
Happy employees make happy mountains, and if giving up your parking lot can make someone happy, then I see no problem with it