Negotiations over the main contract to build the £300 million SnOasis winter sports complex in Suffolk are nearing completion, it emerged today.

Godfrey Spanner, of Onslow Suffolk, said work on the construction phase was expected to start towards the end of October and would last 30 months, with the centre due to be ready to open in the spring of 2013.

Under the terms of planning consent for the development, the main snow dome and conference facility are due to be built first, followed by the visitor accommodation - totalling 3,500 beds - and associated services including 17 bars and restaurants.

Two potential operators - one British and one German - are in the running for the right to run the main snow dome.

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