World Indoor Snow News

A mandate has been signed by Ski Trac www.skitrac.com with the tourism corporation of the Lesotho Government to commence the development stage of the Maseru Twin Domes. Financial assistance is being granted to make this a major tourist attraction in South Africa. In addition to the standard ....More...

The Dutch Snowworld indoor snow centre operators have announced a series of expansion plans that will see one of the company’s two existing centres in The Netherlands expand and two entirely new facilities be built in France and Spain. The company’s Snowworld Zoetermeer is to receive a fourth ....More...

American Dream Meadowlands, the decade old project to build a multi billion dollar entertainment complex in New Jersey, USA that will house the continent’s first indoor snow centre has delivered a website, www.americandream.com and a time frame. The facility is expected to open in autumn next year...More...

Dutch company SnowWorld are proposing to take the cold released when pipeline LPG is turned back in to gas to cool a new indoor slope in Madrid, Spain. Cunning. Full article at NY Times.

The world’s biggest indoor snow centre yet, fully powered by renewable energy, is due to open by 2016 near Stockholm in Sweden. Skipark 360° designed by architects Berg Arkitektkontor will incorporate a 700m long indoor ski slope over a 160m vertical, the world’s longest to date and capable .... More...

The Bahamas may be known as a tropical paradise, but the country which came within a whisker of sending its first half pipe competitor to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 was created, American and European scientists have recently reported, that a mega flood or series of mega floods, from ....More...

Work has begun on a new super resort in Thailand which eventually hopes to be home to one of the world’s largest indoor snow centres – although there are no details behind that part of the plan as yet. The $400m(US) Club Koh Samui Resort (http://clubkohsamui.com) aims to be, “...a comprehensive, ..More...

The world’s first indoor-outdoor ski area is scheduled to open in the Baltic state of Lithuania on August 26th. Unlike most of the world’s 60 indoor snow centres currently operating, the new €14.5 million SNORAS Snow Arena, which will have one of the world’s five longest indoor slopes to .... More...

Italy, now one of the few major Western European nations not to have at least one indoor snow centre – although it does have around 400 regular ski areas – has announced plans to open just such a facility in the Lombardy region in the north of the country by 2015. The proposal, for a site at .. More...

American snowboarding pro and twice Olympic medallist, Danny Kass, has credited indoor ski areas as having the potential to develop international standard snow sports athletes to world class. Interviewed by The National newspaper in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kass, who won silver medals at ....More...

The Majid Al Futtaim group, the company behind Ski Dubai, the iconic indoor snow centre, have announced plans to open a new indoor snow centre, ‘Ski Egypt,’ within three years. It would be Egypt’s first indoor snow centre. The indoor ski slope will be part of Majid Al Futtaim's 4.4 billion ....More...

www.skiinfo.nl has reported that one of the eight indoor snow centres in the Netherlands will close after August. The Snowvillage Biddinghuizen, part of the Rivièra Recreation Centre, lies directly on the beautiful Veluwemeer and is surrounded by woods. Opened in 1999 the facility was one of ....More...

Plans for a spectacular Twin Domes tourist attraction in the Southern African kingdom of Lesotho have moved to the feasibility stage says Kevin Ferris of Ski Trac International Pty Lt. The news follows the project receiving final clearance from the Lesotho government to commence. The Twin Domes ..More...

The Casablanca Indoor Snow Centre west of Antwerp in Belgium is campaigning to be allowed to complete renovations of the slope, which is one of the oldest in the world. Work on the new slope began last year after all permits were obtained, but ground to a halt following public objections to the ....More...

SnowWorld Zoetemeer in the Netherlands has received the go-ahead from the local Zoetermeer council to move ahead with its planned fourth indoor snow slope. The new slope was presented to the full council by the new slope’s architects to a reportedly enthusiastic response. The slope will be 300 .. More...

The long-planned and actually built first indoor snow centre in North America looks set to finally move towards opening following the reaching of an agreement that allows the stalled complex to be taken over by Canadian mall developer Triple Five, which runs several of the continent’s biggest ....More...

New pictures published on the website of the SNORAS Snow Arena’s website - www.snowarena.lt - in the past week show the complex nearing completion. The Lithuanian ski centre is due to open this spring and as well as one of the world’s largest indoor snow slopes will feature a raised outdoor .. More...

Shanghai’s indoor ski centre, one of the world’s largest and one of China’s longest established, is reported to have closed for six months of renovations before re-opening in the Spring. The SSS complex is the only indoor ski centre at China’s second city and with a slope 380m long and 80m wide ....More...

Ironically, the indoor snow centre at the moth balled Xanadu Complex in New Jersey, USA was damaged by snow and ice during extreme weather last week. The indoor snow centre structure was largely completed two years ago and snow making has successfully been carried out within the facility, but it ..More...

The future of the Casablanca indoor snow centre in Antwerp, Belgium, is uncertain at the present. The centre closed last year and was undergoing a complete re-build but the latest news from the complex was that the renovations had stopped as the centre became embroiled in legal cases. The ....More...

The entrance to a new indoor winter sports centre in Lithuania that will boast both outdoor ski runs and one of the world’s five biggest indoor runs has been decorated with a huge snowflake formed from more than four hundred mountain pine trees. The idea of decorating the downhill, which .... More...

The Austrian bank Hypo Alpe Adria, which has been nationalised, has sold the Alpincenter Hamburg-Wittenburg in northern Germany to the Dutch tourism group Van der Valk who have in any case been operating it since 2008. Hypo bought the centre out of a bankruptcy in 2008. The slope is one of the ....More...

The long sought new owner of the troubled $2.3 billion shopping complex in New Jersey that was for most of the past decade known as Xanadu and incorporates North America’s first indoor snow slope may have been found. Triple Five Corp, the owners of some of America’s biggest retail malls ....More...

SkiTrac has signed an investment agreement with the Beijing/Badaling and Yanqing County governments to purchase land allocated to them for the building of our proposed one mile diameter Megadome. Using the expertise of ASATI of Rye Brook, New York - the leading authorities in the field - a column-..More...

The BBC has reported that Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, better known as “the Snow Leopard,” who represented Ghana as a ski racer at the Vancouver Olympics, finishing in the top 50, is moving ahead with plans to build Ghana’s first artificial surface snow slope on a 13 acre site in the east of the ....More...

Turkey is the latest, and 26th country to develop an indoor snow centre since the first opened in Australia, Belgium and Japan more than 20 years ago. The new $3m facility in the Deepo Shopping Centre in the Avcilar Beylikduzu area of Istanbul has attracted massive publicity across the country ....More...

US media are reporting that Catalyst Land Holdings LLC have pout forward plans to build an indoor snow centre in Phoenix Arizona. The proposals match successful European initiatives that have seen indoor ski slopes built on former rubbish dumps as the site chosen is one of the city’s landfill ....More...

Unlimited Snow have unveiled plans for a new facility, which the company believes is the world's first indoor snow and ice resort. The “Arctic World Resort” is a unique 40.000 m2 (430.000 d.ft) mixed-use destination where visitors are “beamed” into fantastic Arctic mountain landscapes with huts, ..More...

The original decisions taken in creating the unopened Xanadu indoor snow centre in New Jersey, USA, are being investigated by with New Jersey Senate Democrats received a federal subpoena asking for documents, believed to relate to the early years of the project in 2002. The $2 billion complex ....More...

A new terrain park, the Nike 6.0 Lab has opened inside the Chinese capital’s indoor snow centre, Qiaobo Ice & Snow World. The new park has two kickers, one with an airbag, and four jibs. There’s also a seven metre pipe, a four metre fun box, a six metre down box and a six metre down rail in the ..More...

The world’s oldest remaining indoor snow centre, Casablanca in Belgium, closed earlier this year unexpectedly and the future for the centre did not initially look bright. However a recent posting on the centre’s website indicates that it may not be the end for the 23 year old indoor snow centre ....More...

Turkey is one of the ‘happening’ winter sports nations of the 21st century with the country’s government starting 2010 by announcing plans to open dozens of conventional ski areas in the East of the country. Already home to artificial surface ski centres in Istanbul, the country’s first indoor ....More...

The Skidome Rucphen in the Netherlands has switched to 100% green energy and is believed to be the first indoor snow centre in the world entirely powered by renewable energy. The company is a heavy consumer of energy consuming millions of kWh per year so moving to green power is not a cheap ....More...

A new indoor snow centre which looks set to be the world’s longest is due to open this winter in the Baltic nation of Lithuania. The SNORAS Snow Arena is due to open this winter following an investment of 98 Million Litas (about €28.5 m) of which two-fifths is coming from European Government ....More...

A new indoor snow centre which looks set to be the world’s longest is due to open this winter in the Baltic nation of Lithuania. The SNORAS Snow Arena is due to open this winter following an investment of 98 Million Litas (about €28.5 m) of which two-fifths is coming from European Government ....More...

The De Uithof indoor snow centre in Dutch capital, The Hague, is set to re-open this month under new management. The centre, which originally opened ten years ago in 2000, closed earlier this year due to operational difficulties. The 200m main slope at Uithof has a curved floor, whilst the ....More...

The financial backers of Colony Capital, latest owner of a vast lifestyle shopping mall that contains North America’s first indoor snow slope, have taken over the mall development and are seeking solutions to its current state of limbo directly. The long and very troubled history of the .... More...

Within six months of there being such low temperatures in northern Europe that one of the world’s largest indoor snow centres, Snow World Landraaf, was using it chairlift to access outdoor natural snow, temperatures have risen so high that indoor snow has started melting at one centre in Belgium, ....More...

Germany’s Snowtropolis indoor ski slope in Senftenberg near Berlin is currently closed as the owners file for bankruptcy. The centre, the operator of which has changed its name from Snowtropolis GmbH & Co. KG" to "snow and active GmbH" usually closes at this time of year for maintenance, but it ....More...

The ski season is under way in Lesotho with AfriSki open for snow sports through in to August or September. But year round snow sports may be coming to the mountainous kingdom that’s surrounded by South Africa if a planned Ski Trac and Space Dome are built in the highlands of Lesotho as part of ....More...

Following the opening of an indoor ski area in Helsinki funded by one of Finland’s leading resorts, Yllas; a second top Finnish ski centre, Levi, has announced plans to build an indoor snow centre in the German town of Oberhausen in the Ruhr Valley. The proposed new indoor ski centre, ....More...

SnowWorld Zoetermeer in the Netherlands has introduced automated indoor video filming on demand as a new service available to its clients. Skiers and boarders arriving at the indoor snow centre can pay 3.5 Euros to buy a special RFIS lift pass, complete with micro chip. This sends signals to ....More...

Germany’s Allrounder ski centre at Neuss has announced it will be adding another 1000 square metres of indoor snow space this autumn which will house new beginners terrain and a children’s snow play area. The foundations for the extension to the existing building have already been laid, along ....More...

The SnowDome is proud to be hooking up with Burton snowboards again this summer to offer more fantastic camp sessions! The UK’s greatest team will be on hand to offer advice and tips on how to get started or improve your freestyle snowboarding. All ages and levels catered for… whether your taking .... More...

Plans for a large indoor snow centre in the US state of Georgia are continuing to move forward. The proposal, for an indoor centre with five ruins and covering a million square feet, would see the facility built on 750 acres of land near Red Top Mountain State Park. As well as the ski slopes ....More...

Plans for a large indoor snow centre for Calverton at Long Island in the US have moved forward in the past few weeks with developers Riverhead Resorts asking the town authorities for final approval of its $2.2 billion project on 750 acres of land. If approval is granted, the company can complete ....More...

A long standing project to build the longest indoor slope yet has been cancelled after the company behind the development became a victim of the worldwide economic problems. Freestyle Park Moscow was designed with another list of world firsts from the British team that pioneered indoor snow in ....More...

SkiTrac report that their local associates in Beijing have succeeded in putting sufficient funding together to register the Beijing Megadome special purpose company. Once registration is completed in the near future, the preliminary development work will commence on the mighty 1600m (one mile) ....More...

One of the longest and most expensive sagas in world ski area development appears to be back on track following the intervention of a US billionaire. Local journalist John Brennan of The Record newspaper (www.northjersey.com), who has followed the development of Xanadu for many years, has ....More...

The SnowDome De Uithof in the Netherland has filed for bankruptcy following a spate of major operational problems. The centre, which was the country’s fifth to open, ten years ago, first saw the roof of the adjoining ice rink collapse last winter due to the weight of snow. Then the floor cooling ..More...

China will open the world’s longest indoor ski slope yet, when the first kilometre (3,300ft) long indoor slope will open in the city of Guangzhou near Hong Kong. Guangzhou will feature a slope of 1000m in length and has 100 million people living within a radius of 100km. The new indoor snow ....More...

Are you a qualified Ski Instructor/Snow Boarder? Are you a dynamic person? Are you looking for a temporary Job? Ski Dubai, Dubai's first indoor snow park and the world's first indoor alpine ski resort is looking to recruit temporary staff for 3 months ( June, July &August 2010) or ( November, ....More...

The ultimate success or failure of the giant Xanadu complex in New Jersey, which incorporates North America’s only constructed (if not open) indoor snow centre, continues to rumble on. On the one hand media reports that the State of New Jersey may be considering seizing the land on which the ‘....More...

Plans for a gigantic indoor snowsports centre could put Sunderland on a slippery slope towards parking chaos, councillors have warned. Regeneration chiefs are pressing ahead with plans to build a real-snow ski slope near the Sunderland Aquatic Centre and the Stadium of Light. More...

www.skiinfo.co.uk has reported one unusual twist on the cold weather that is affecting much of the northern hemisphere. A new 2km long ski run opened on January 9th in the southern Netherlands in northern Europe. The temporary trail winds down around the 90m high Wilhelmina mountain. The ‘....More...

Representatives from the emirate of Dubai announced with disappointment this week that its recent debt crisis has forced developers to halt construction on the city's long-planned 22-mile-long indoor mountain range. The culmination of a decade's worth of ambitious and expensive building projects,.. More...

China’s famous 2008 Olympics Bird's Nest stadium is currently full of snow, for a snow festival which will continue through to the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Snowmaking guns have covered 10,000 square meters of the venue with snow up to a metre deep and created from 25,000 .... More...

An ambitious proposal to build a e100 million indoor skiing resort in Dublin 15, which could have created over 1,000 jobs, has been refused permission by the planning board. Developers Twinlite claimed that the Snowtopia project earmarked for Tyrrelstown would have injected e30 million directly ....More...

Acer Snowmec, the company that has put the snow in to Ski Dubai, half a dozen British indoor snow slopes, Xanadu's in Madris on both sides of the Atlantic in Madrid and New Jersey and many more venues worldwide has reported a surge in new interest in the past few months. "From our perspective ....More...

The developers of Xanadu, the long-stalled $2 billion retail, sports and entertainment complex alongside the New Jersey Turnpike, have lost a legal battle against a key lender that backed out of the massive project earlier this year. Ledger Live: Meadowlands Xanadu - A boon or boondoggle? ....More...

The official decision on proposals for Ireland's first indoor slope has been deferred again. Their blog says:Snowtopia the decision has been deferred again! This time indefinitely! An Bord Pleanala told us by phone this means we should get a decision by November, but that they can't put a date on .... More...

Liverpool City Council has a plan on the drawing board re-develop the Beaufort Street site as a snowdome and leisure centre but it has low priority. More...

Nicky Broos, the first ever indoor snow slope built in Holland back in 1995, has announced plans to create a new slope which will open next year. Indoor snow centre specialists Snow Business Holland is working on the designs for the new facility at Rucphen in Holland. The new slope will be ....More...

Belgium’s largest indoor snow centre, Ice Mountain, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. To help its customers enjoy the anniversary, the centre is offering a host of free offers during the first week of September (August 31st – September 6th). The centre will also launch a new Paintballing ....More...

Helsinki’s first-ever year-round indoor ski facility, Yllas Hall, has opened in the Kivikko district to the north of the Finnish capital. The new 10 million Euro centre is the latest Finnish indoor ski tunnel for cross-country skiers, but also has a downhill slope for tubing and offers other ....More...

The official re-opening of the world’s largest fun park, built at SnowWorld Landgraaf in Holland, took place on August 28th and 29th. Contestants from several European countries were present at the two-day re-opening of the facility. The re-opening of the funpark, a spectacular annual event, ....More...

The Duth have seven indoor slopes, all within 2 hours of their homes. Check out themustachio.com's report of their indoor slope Tour of Duty on Onboard. More...

The world's best specialist ski site for indoor snow skiing and artificial surface ski slopes notches up its fifth birthday this month, and to celebrate the Anglo-US team behind www.snow365.com have completely revamped the site, with a host of great new features. "I've been crazy about snow all .... More...

Central Malaysia Properties have announced that they will start developing Lido Boulevard, its multi-billion dollar waterfront development project, this year. Managing director Datuk Chan Tien Ghee told local media land reclamation work would start soon and would take two years to complete. ....More...

Plans for a huge theme park, 20 times the size of Disneyland, including an indoor snow slope, in the Utah town of Hurricane, have been unanimously rejected by the Hurricane City Council. The plans by an organisation called Our World Family LLC to build the theme park and educational resort were ....More...

There may still be no confirmed opening date for the ‘virtually complete’ complex that is home to the first indoor snow slope in North America, but the latest part of the $2.2 billion jigsaw that will make it all work has been finished. A 2.3-mile long rail spur now connects the complex in the ....More...

Construction contracts have been awarded to companies from Turkey, Germany, Britain, United Arab Emirates and Russia for work on Turkmenistan’s Avaza tourist resort, which President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is reported to hope can become a "Las Vegas-style destination.” The Russian CARE-....More...

The first of the giant Ski Trac indoor snow centres will begin construction within the next 12 months, but will it be in China or Korea? And now the Australian company behind the concept, which is essentially a huge, revolving, indoor mountain, has announced that larger versions still are now on ....More...

Basingstoke Council say that by becoming bold and ambitious, the borough could, in 20 years, have thriving and safe communities, affordable homes of the right type for everyone who wants one, a country park, a snow dome or karting track and an international electronic games festival. More...

The latest plan for an indoor snow centre on the West coast of north America has been announced by Steve Rodrigues, owner of the historic Kalakala ship, the first streamlined ferry in the world when it was launched in 1935 and now in retirement. Mr Rodrigues envisages the ship restored and ....More...

The long awaited opening of the huge Meadowlands Xanadu development in New jersey, USA has been delayed to 2010 and will probably take place in phases. It is currently unclear in which phase the indoor snow slope, believed to be largely complete and the first in North America, would be. Xanadu, ....More...

A new indoor snow centre for Holland may be built at Zuidlaren in the north east of the country. The new facility would have three slopes, each 40 meters high, and 250-300m long with artificial snow at the location ´Prins Bernardhoeve´ in the town of Zuidlaren. The slopes would be build next to ....More...

The developers behind a proposed €100m indoor snow centre in west Dublin, Ireland have made a bid to resurrect the project after planners turned it down. Twinlite Ltd has lodged an appeal against Fingal County Council's rejection of its ambitious Snowtopia plan for Tyrellstown. The council ....More...

Snowplanet, New Zealand’s only indoor snow centre, is going against the trend of job losses and redundancies by creating 35 new full- and part-time jobs. The centre has benefited from growing numbers of customers using the -5C indoor ski slope despite the economic slowdown, and wanted to ....More...

The operational status of the world’s oldest surviving indoor snow centre, Ski Casablanca in Belgium, is currently in doubt. A notice on the centre’s website says, “The ski centre is closed during the summer for an indefinite period.” Ski Casablanca was one of the first three in the world to ....More...

After a successful winter season, Burton refuses to rest with the summer 2009 re-launch of The Burton Qiaobo Mellow Park, Beijing’s only year-round indoor snowboard park. Together with the country’s top park firm Mellow Parks and state-of-the-art indoor ski resort Qiaobo Ice & Snow World, the .... More...

A Polish newspaper has reported that a large indoor snow centre is due to open in the town of Karpacz this summer. “Karpacz will open an indoor ski slope with double lift hall 550m long in summer 2009.” says the report. If correct the slope would be one of the world’s three longest. ....More...

A sudden rush of features in the US media indicate that the 2.3 billion dollar Xanadu development in New Jersey, incorporating North America’s first indoor snow centre, may be delayed again. Reports indicated that in the current economic climate the huge project is having difficulty finding .... More...

The Irish Development Agency has rejected a planning application for the Snowtopia indoor ski slope plan for Tyrrelstown in the country’s capital, Dublin, saying it was unsustainable and contrary to existing development plan requirements for the region. "[It] would be in conflict with the ....More...

Plans for a new indoor snow centre in Lyon, France have been announced by the projects backers who include Jean-Michel Provini, President of the Lyon Ski Club and Jean-Jaques Queyranne, president of the Rhone-Alps area. It would be the second such centre in France, following on from Amneville in ....More...

Belgium's Skibaan Casablanca on the outskirts of Antwerp will come of age this year when it celebrates 21 years in operation. The slope is one of four claimants to the title of 'World's First Indoor Snow Slope' along with Telford in England, Mt Thebarton in Australia and Ski In Tsudanuma in ....More...

The target opening date of June 2010 for the innovative West Coast Snow Park Perth, planned for the Western Australian city, is now looking unlikely as the impact of the US sub-prime financial crisis hits the local investment market. “Investment funding has become extremely hard to source, and ....More...

A first central European indoor snow centre, ‘Winter and Adventure Park Vienna’ is on the cards for Austria with a planned investment of 100 Million Euro. The Winter and Adventure Park Vienna is the brain child of Gerhard Hrebicek, President of iconvienna, and Martin Dolezal, President of .... More...

2009 should at long last herald the opening of the first indoor snow centre in the USA, at least 20 years after the first such centre was proposed. The controversial, and much delayed Meadowlands Xanadu project, is due to open this year. As always with the project precise opening details,.. More...

The future of Dubai’s second significant indoor snow centre remains uncertain as media reports question the viability of Dubailand and the status of the Emirate’s entire development program in the face of the global economic slowdown. Dubailand had aimed to attract 15 million visitors by 2015. ..More...

Snowfunpark Wittenburg has re-opened with a new name after the original facility ran in to financial difficulties after failing to attract enough users. It is now known as the Alpincenter Hamburg – Wittenburg. Located in former Eastern Germany, an hour’s drive from Hamburg, the activity .... More...

Construction work on the long-awaited fourth indoor snow centre for Belgium is reported to have commenced, with pictures of ground works underway at Snow Games posted on the centre’s website at www.snowgames.be The 86 million Euro project was first envisaged more than a decade ago and aims to ....More...

The Irish Times reports... A white Christmas may be unlikely this year but skiing and ice-climbing at Ireland's first indoor ski resort are on the cards in 2010. Plans were unveiled yesterday for Snowtopia, a leisure and extreme sports centre at Tyrrelstown, 14 kilometres northwest of Dublin. .. More...

A second indoor snow centre has been proposed for Korea. Ice Park will be built on Jeju Island. Along with a snow slope the facility will include a short track speed skating rink. The International City Development Center announced that the Jeju IcePark will be a core project of the .... More...

Although the world’s first Ski Trac is yet to be built, one advantage of the delay, the company reports, is the availability of new technologies which will provide enormous cost-saving benefits. One of these is a power generation system from the UK using a physiochemical process which creates ....More...

Reports from Germany indicate that the new Snow Fun Park indoor centre, which opened a year ago, is having financial difficulties as high fuel prices have caused operating costs to soar whilst at the same time the popularity of winter sports in the region appears to have declined. Unlike the ....More...

Unlimited Snow has been appointed as general consultants responsible for design, engineering, installations, rides and activities as well as operational support for the new Snow Land in Mexico City. Snow Land, Mexico will be a 12,000 square metre indoor snow and ice fun park including every ....More...

thisishampshire.net has revealed that plans for the return of an ice rink to Southampton may form part of an indoor sports complex that will include a 200m indoor slope if X-Leisure have their way. More...

Abu Dhabi’s National newspaper (www.thanational.ae) has reported that a team of 114 German engineers have been laying ground works for what will be by far the biggest indoor snow slope in the world at Jebel Hafeet at 2.6km (1.7 miles) long. That is five times longer than the existing longest ....More...

The Arab emirate of Ras Al Khaimah has announced plans to go one-better than neighbouring Dubai’s indoor ski resort by constructing a conventional ski resort in local hills where temperatures regularly reach +35°C. The ski slope will be created using the latest snowmaking technology which ....More...

The Chinese snowboarding landscape was re-shaped forever as Burton and Mellow Constructions China unveiled their brand new indoor terrain park in the Qiaobo Ice and Snow World just outside of Beijing. While most locals were left in hot and humid conditions in the city, China’s snowboard .... More...

Burton’s first indoor terrain park in China will be unveiled June 14th, 2008. In one of the most exciting strategic moves in the Chinese snowboard market to date, Burton has signed as the title sponsor of The Burton Qiaobo Mellow Park, a brand new indoor year-round terrain facility in the .... More...

An interview with Royal Caribbean executive vice president Harri Kulovaara by USA Today has revealed that the company has considered installing an indoor snow slope on its giant luxury cruise liners. Asked if he ever dreampt of anything “just too ambitious?” Mr Kulovaara responded, “ Ski ....More...

Acer Snowmec, the company behind the snowmaking in many of the world’s leading existing snow centres including Ski Dubai, Xanadu in Madrid and the UK’s Xscape and Chill Factore centres, have reported that they have received enquiries for indoor snow slopes up to 2km long and covering areas up to ....More...

Plans for what currently appears to be one of the more likely candidates to be the second North American indoor ski area, at Riverhead in Long Island, have received good and bad news in recent weeks. Good news has included the presiding officer of the local Suffolk County legislature sending a ....More...

Media and political attention to the giant $2.3 billion Xanadu development in New Jersey is growing in America. The complex will include North America’s first indoor snow slope when it opens, hopefully in November this year. The latest controversy is centred on the light blue, yellow, orange ....More...

Plans for a giant indoor snow centre at the huge Dubailand theme park currently under construction in Dubai appear to have finally died. The ‘Duba Snowdome’ is no longer featured on the Dubailand website. The complex, originally entitled ‘Sunny Mountain’ was originally mooted more than five ....More...

Although opening dates have been mooted on several occasions over the past 15 months, the latest suggestion of March 2008 comes from Moscow’s first indoor snow centre’s own website. The centre, called Snej.com,is located on the Western side of the Russian Capital, next to the outer ring-road. It .. More...

Long mooted plans for a major indoor snow slope in Bahrain appear to have been revived. ‘Iceberg Tower’ has a reported budget of US$175 million with a 1.5km ski run descending around a multi-storey building with a total area of 150,000 square meters. The plan, resembling a concept patented in ....More...

Germany’s SnowFunPark which opened 14 months ago with the first full sized indoor super pipe in the world has been awarded a stage of the 2008-9 season FIS World Cup Halfpipe snowboarding competition next November. The event, to be staged from 7th – 9th November will host the best female pipe .... More...

World’s Largest Indoor Ski Centre Opens Fifth Slope, Restaurant and Hotel. SnowWorld Landgraaf in the Netherlands has opened its' fifth slope. This new slope is perfect for beginners but has enough of a gradient to get moving. A new restaurant has also opened, underneath the Sporthotel ....More...

Although opening dates have been mooted on several occasions over the past 15 months, the latest suggestion of March 2008 comes from Moscow's first indoor snow centre's own website. The centre, called Snej.com,is located on the Western side of the Russian Capital, next to the outer ring-road. It ..More...

The Hollywood studio DreamWorks is planning to build its first theme park in the booming Persian Gulf state of Dubai, which will include an indoor snow slope. More...

Ski Trac International has announced that work will begin this month on the world’s first Ski Trac revolving ski field. “After many years of stops, starts and recurring frustrations, Ski Trac International has its first official project.” said a company statement. The development follows the ....More...

Ski Dubai recorded its highest number of visitors so far on a single day on the first day of Eid celebrations. More than 7,800 guests used the facility.“Eid is always a busy period, but this figure has exceeded all expectations. This is our highest recorded number of visitors in one day since Ski ....More...

Expanded Ice Mountain Gets A New Magic Carpet Lift.The latest indoor SunKid Wonder Carpet was installed in the town of Komen, on the border between Belgium and France and is the latest addition to the ICE-Mountain ski and snowboard centre which opened a new slope in October 2006.The aim of the ICE-.... More...

Dubailand Snow Centre To Be Carbon Neutral, Opening Date Set For 2010.The long planned indoor snow centre at Dubailand will aim to recycle energy and be carbon neutral the company behind the project, the 32Group, have told local media. Solar panels built in top the top of the giant structure will ....More...

$1BN World’s Biggest Indoor Snow Resort Proposed For Georgia, USA.Plans for a new indoor ski resort to be called ‘The Falls’ to be opened in the US state of Georgia have been unveiled by a company called SRW International LLC ‘The Falls at Lanier Highland’ will be built on a 400 acre site in the ....More...

After several decades of proposals that have failed to materialise, South Korea’s first indoor snow centre, Tiger World, will open this Saturday, July 7th.Tiger World is located in Gyeonggi province, in the Bucheon Sang district. The centre features a 270m main slope and an additional 70m training ....More...

The team behind the SnowVolution venture, is preparing to take the concept to the next stage after receiving substantial investment by the company for design testing and enhancements. The SnowVolution patented concept is for a dome shaped building containing a series of parallel giant circular ....More...

This is one of those projects you don't hear very much about, so we though you might be interested in 19 Euros for two hours on the 500m Snowhall in Amnéville, France. More...

The Ski Trac is being promoted as an answer to the problem of climate change for ski areas by the Australian designers of the system,“With the winter snow on some ski slopes already diminishing due to the increasing temperatures of global warming, the Ski Trac will emerge as a solution, with year-....More...

Seoul plans to build an indoor ski resort next to the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Sangam-dong, Muhwa Ilbo, according to city mayor Oh Se-hoon and other city officials, speaking last week.The urban ski resort is part of the municipal government’s plans to set up a 3.3 million square meter theme park ....More...

Las Vegas WET, the company behind a water and indoor snow park proposal for Las Vegas, have made an offer to acquire over 200 acres of land along Las Vegas Boulevard. The offer was made towards the end of February."We have exchanged a few counter offers over the past few weeks, and we are certain ....More...

The leading Swiss resort of Zermatt is reported to be leading a group of Swiss resorts considering funding an indoor snow centre in one of the country’s major metropolitan areas to try to boost the numbers of skiers and boarders entering the sport, reported to be declining at a rate of ten percent ....More...

The shiny metal skeleton of the long-planned Xanadu indoor snow centre, North America’s first, has been sighted rising in to the New Jersey sky.Work on the $2 billion complex began two years ago after many years of planning and overcoming legal hurdles. Since the project began, the main driving ....More...

Russia’s first indoor snow centre, located north of Moscow at Krasnogorsk, is reported to be close to opening.The new facility will have one of the world’s longest and largest slopes at 400m long and 60m wide. It will use Geneglace snowmaking at an inside temperature of -5°C will be maintained year ..More...

Proposals for a third major indoor snow centre in the US, first announced last year, were unveiled in more detail to the Riverhead Town Board in Long Island yesterday by developers Stewart International Marketing.The $750 million destination resort complex, to be named SnowValley Sports Park, ....More...

More information has been slowly emerging on the snowdome at Dubailand, originally called the Dubai Sunny Mountain Skidome and now simply ‘Snowdome.’The project, from the 32Group, involves the world’s largest transparent dome structure supported by steel. It will have a 220m (722 foot) diameter ....More...

The latest news from the proposed $1.1 billion Las Vegas Wet snowdome and water park earmarked for Las Vegas Boulevard South is that the extensive facility will implement fuel cell and a micro turbine power system to supply 95 percent of the resort's electrical needs.Steve Dooner, chief executive ....More...

Reuters has reported than the Swedish Arctic town of Kiruna is planning to move 4km (2.5 miles) to the left. The move is due to the century old iron ore mining business which is the town’s main business, the mining company wants to access a further 800 million tons of ore and that is undermining ....More...

Western Australia is moving closer to opening its first ski slope, thanks to a proposal for a $50 million (Aus) indoor snow park at Perth.Plans for the privately-financed project include two parallel runs about 350m long, with one at 15 degrees for beginners and the other at 30 degrees for ....More...

Plans for the world’s largest snow centre, Snow Games in Belgium, are reported to be moving forward ten years after the project was first envisaged. The 86 million Euro Snow Games would have a 100,000 square metre snow surface, nearly three times the largest indoor slope that currently exists, and ....More...

Western Australia is moving closer to opening its first ski slope, thanks to a plan for a $50 million (Aus) indoor snow park. Australian companies have been pioneers of indoor snowmaking since the 1980s when one of the first indoor snow slopes in the world opened in Adelaide. The country has also ....More...

The long awaited SnowFunPark, Germany’s fifth indoor snow centre, will open on 8th December with a weekend long party. The indoor slope, one of the world’s largest, has been built with the support of Europe’s largest ski club. Amongst its many attractions it will feature the world’s largest .... More...

The Immacor property development group plans to invest 170 million euros in the biggest sports park to date in France.Optimistically named Victory Park, the complex is planned to cover 29 hectares and to be completed by 2011.The facility will incorporate 35,000 square metres of indoor sports ....More...

Unlimited Snow has been appointed as general consultant for a new snowdome and entertainment centre in Riga, Latvia. Although full details have not yet been released it will include a variety of snow slopes for beginners to advanced as well as a moguls slope and half pipe. In a novel development ....More...

Russia’s first indoor snow centre is due to open in the next few months, but several more are either under construction or close to it, most exciting the Freestyle Park Moscow. This has been designed with another list of world firsts from the British team that pioneered indoor snow in the early .... More...

Some five years after the last of Germany’s three existing indoor snow centres opened, the fourth, “Snow Dome Sölden in Bispingen” opened this weekend on 21st October. A fifth, the long awaited SnowFun Park, is scheduled to open in December.Snow Dome Sölden in Bispingen is sponsored by Austrian ....More...

The long running saga of what still seems likely to be the first North American indoor snow centre has entered a new phase with a $500m investment by Colony Capital Acquisitions in to the $2 billion project.The future of Xanadu, which has been under construction for 18 months, was in some doubt as ....More...

Plans for a $1.1-billion destination resort in Las Vegas including an indoor snow park have been unveiled. The project, tentatively named Las Vegas Wet, is primarily for a water park, but with the snowdome a major element. The site is planned for a 100 acre plot on Las Vegas Boulevard south of .... More...

The Dubai Snowdome project will cover an area of 1.36 million sq ft (126,347 sq.m) and consists of the largest free-standing, see-through dome structure in the world with more than 200 m diameter and 70 m height. More...

A group of former Disney and Universal Studios executives, designers, architects and engineers have teamed up to propose a new destination resort in Las Vegas featuring an indoor ski dome as well as North America's largest indoor water park, two hotels, a casino, an events arena, and retail and .... More...

More information has been published on the new indoor snow centre for Moscow that is currently under construction at KrasnogorskGerman company ThyssenKrupp Hoesch Bausysteme have been contracted by the centre’s developpers, Snow Cupol, to produce the arched profiles and sandwich panels required for ..More...

The principals of SnowVolution and Ski Trac International have announced the signing of an agreement with a Korean company to develop the SnowVolution system for a location in Korea. SnowVolution and Ski Trac have agreed to jointly develop the product, drawing on the expertise of each other for ....More...

A $787m plan for a giant leisure complex including the second Legoland in the US and an indoor ski centre has been submitted to Olathe City Council in Kansas.Dubbed the O-Zone project - short for Olathe Zone – it would include the second Legoland theme park to be built in the U.S., a resort-style ....More...

A report states that a $400m indoor snow slope is planned for Afyon in Turkey. It also says other similar sites already exist in the US... which they don't. More...

A feasibility study is almost completed for the construction of the long-awaited first Ski Trac. All indications are that this will be at Dammam in Saudi Arabia. The trade and real estate investment group Jzala, of Dammam, will be providng 70% of the construction funds for the project which will ....More...

The long planned Snow Funpark in Wittenburg, Germany is scheduled to open in December.The dome will have one of the world’s largest indoor snow areas with 30,000 square meters of slopes. The main 330m long, 80m wide slope will be complimented by a beginner’s run measuring 90 by 40 meters. A key ....More...

Ski Dubai, the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East, today announced the introduction of top level snowboard training in the UAE, with the launch of a series of summer camps sponsored by Burton, a legend in the sport.The Burton Snowboarding Camps will run from August 5 to 9 at Ski Dubai at ....More...

Development of the Jahor area of southern Malaysia along the coastal area across from Singapore Island is continuing at a rapid pace despite the government’s decision to abandon plans for a bridge across the straits which was planned to relieve increasing congestion on the existing causeway.One ....More...

Work on a Ski Trac snowdome at Shenyang in China should get under way next year according to local media reports, confirmed by the company. Shenyang is a populous and fast-developing city in Liaoning Province, China.The Shenyang government has agreed the development in the heart of Shenyang city ....More...

The Virginia-based Mills Corporation which built the Xanadu snowdome and mall in Madrid, Spain and is building the second Xanadu in New Jersery, the first snowdome to begin construction in North America, is up for sale either as a whole or in parts. A sale of the whole company, which operates 42 ....More...

Skiers and boarders had to be evacuated from the indoor slopes of Ski Dubai within the giant Mall of the Emirates retail and leisure mall in Dubai this week when a power supply failure cut lighting to the centre.The mall, ski slopes and surrounding area lost power shortly after 2pm on Sunday, June .... More...

Russia will become the latest country to introduce indoor year round skiing when it's first snowdome opens on the outskirts of the city's capital, Moscow, in December.The new 360m slope at Krasnogorsk, just northeast of the city's limits, is being built be developers at a rumoured cost of about $....More...

Some five years since its last indoor snow slope opened, Germany is set to another two new snow domes this autumn, taking the country's tally to five, a total beaten only by The Netherlands and Japan.Along with the new Snow Fun Park due to open this Autumn, a new snow dome at Bispingen in Northern ..More...

Check out the construction cam for Snow Dome Bispingden near Hamburg. The main site is at www.snow-dome.de. The slope seems to be 300m long and 100m wide, with a 6-person chairlift and a conveyor for beginners.

A report on The Moscow Times says that a 360m slope will open in December just north of Moscos in Russia. Other projects are also proposed, including one for the city centre and another is under development in Yekaterinburg. More...

In one of the longest running ups and down in indoor slope history, Mills corporation have said that the lease with the operator of the indoor snow dome, the signature feature of the promised sports district in Xanadu, will be finalised soon.The original plans for this huge extreme sports mall have ..More...

Here's talk of another indoor slope for Malaysia. The article on New Straight Time online says:Its developments include condominiums, a theme park featuring an indoor snow park, a cultural centre, a hotel and a shopping mall.Just think, with global warming as it is (and assuming the North Atlantic ....More...

An article on Globe St.com includes the paragraph:Located near the under-construction Interstate 69, Myriad's first gaming venture will feature the world's first indoor golf course in a climate-controlled dome. Plans also call for development of an 80,000-sf casino, 1,200-room hotel, convention ....More...

New Jersey Xanadu opening date likely to slip six monthsThe Mills Corporation's new chief operating officer, Mark Ordan, briefed journalists earlier this month on the current status of the giant Meadowlands Xanadu retail and sporting development including what still seems likely to be North America'..More...

According to sources with Dadong District, Shenyang will build a large indoor ski center next year. The whole project including a surfing facility is to be completed by the end of 2009.With an total investment of 1billion USDs by an Australian company, the 280 thousand square meters snow center ....More...

The International herald Tribune reports on developments of the Dubai Sports Village. The report says:Dubai Sports City represents the latest attempt by Dubai's royal family to prepare for the day its oil reserves run out. And it is just a speck within the larger Dubailand area, where a theme park ....More...

A new casino complex called Myriad Botanical Resorts has been proposed for Tunica County in Mississippi with a one point nine billion dollar price tag by developer Myriad.The company wants to put its casino and resort on 540 acres owned by a retired Tunica County Farmer, close to existing casinos ....More...

The Ras Al Khaimah Government and the PDSI Development Group have launched a Dh20 billion ($5.44 billion) real estate project that will include a mountain resort, wildlife sanctuary and marina. Ras Al Khaimah is the northern most emirate of the United Arab Emirates, previous indoor developments ....More...

The first ski hotel in Dubai is due opened this month at the Ski Dubai indoor snow centre. The new Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates has both slope side rooms and views over to the Arabian Gulf.The five star Swiss chalet-style hotel has 393 rooms and 15 ski chalets with views over the slopes. ....More...

Former Congressman and House Majority Leader Dick Armey Gets Behind Ambitious Project with Bearfire Group LLC, Baker Leisure Group, Kirk Design, Thinkwell, McGillivray Consulting, and Others for the Creation of the World's First Year-Round Winter Sports Theme Park(Dallas, TX) March 27, 2006 — ....More...

Following China's first ever gold medal in a snow sport event at last month's Turin Olympics, the head of the country's Olympic delegation has called for faster expansion of the country's winter sports facilities, including snowdomes in cities distant from natural ski terrain, so that the world's ....More...

The City of Espoo in Finland has identified and secured a prominent site for a large indoor entertainment complex provisionally called Lifestyle Park. The site is close to shopping centres and a rail station with fast rail links to Helsinki, and the main road network.Lifestyle Park is to be ....More...

An organisation called the 110th Street Corridor Development LLC, has announced plans to develop a large leisure centre, incorporating the largest free standing dome in North America, on the town of Edwardsville's 650-acre Riverview Redevelopment Area in Kansas.The plan envisages the world's first ....More...

Okay, so the travel expenses might be a bit prohibitive, but we quite liked this idea from Snow Planet in New Zealand.Direct your own underground freestyle movie with Snowplanet snow!Come and pick up a trailer load of snow from Snowplanet and set up a Snow Jam in your own backyard! On Saturday ....More...

Groundwork started recently for the $1bn Snowdome project, which will complement other attractions in Dubailand.The Snowdome project, to be completed by 2008, will offer a leisure winter wonderland experience with attractive features for visitors of all ages. It also has hotels and lodging ....More...

A few weeks after Mills Corporation met with New Jersey state officials to reassure them of their commitment to the giant Xanadu leisure and retail project including the long awaited first US snowdome; local media has reported that the troubled companyhas hired two investment banks to advise the ....More...

The Beijing Snowdome which opened last summer placed the biggest single order for ski equipment in the country's histpory, according to a report by Bloomberg.The order for 1,300 sets of equipment was made from manufacturer Quiksilver who had been marketing their product in the country for several ....More...

The Snowdome in Adelaide, formerly Mt TheBarton and one of the claimants to the "World's first snowdome" title, is reported to be up for sale again after the new owners went in to receivership.Up to 400 people face losing their jobs following the demise of Adelaide catering company Golden Chef, ....More...

Here's an article from CNN with our good friend Patrick Thorne from Snow365.com. It talks about indoor slope around the world with lots on MK and Cas. No mention of Tamworth SnowDome though. More...

Dutch-based company Unlimited Snow/Snow Biz have been appointed general consultants on a new indoor snow centre project for Moscow, Russia.The complex, which would be the first in the country and could open by 2008 or 2009, envisages an indoor snow surface of 40,000 square metres. That is 5000 ....More...

Check out this article from Christian Science Monitor about China's raft of new indoor slopes. It also has some snippets about the first two snowdomes planned for the US. More...

Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum died today, but one of his many legacies in Dubai is the largest area of indoor snow in the world. Here's an interesting article from Times online. More...

Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, in the presence of General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister, visited Ski Dubai on 30th November after officially opening the $3 billion Mall of the Emirates of ....More...

The vast Xanadu development, incorporating what looks likely to be North America’s long awaited first indoor snow centre, is continuing construction began last Spring despite a succession of as yet unsuccessful law suits against it, several reported to be still pending.In the latest a federal judge ..More...

In this article from www.itp.net, we get some great info on the new slope and see that boarders, with their one edge, are thought to be the main problem for scraping snow off the slope!

World’s Third Longest Indoor Slope With Greatest Indoor Vertical The long planned indoor snow centre in the former steel town of Amneville in North Eastern France, close to the Belgian Border, will open on November 30th, according to the local tourist office, at a cost of some 15 million Euros.At ....More...

We posted a few exclusive shots from the inside of the soon open Mall of the Emirates. Apparently, they were less than chuffed with those, but did send another shot our way showing some more detail of the slope.We also have some words on the development from Patrick Thorne who runs the well .... More...

John Duffy sent some shots (by his mate Spencido) of the interior of the Mall of the Emirates indoor slope in Dubai. The slope is due to open within the next few weeks and visitors to the place have just been bowled over by the sheer scale of the slope. More...

China's fourth indoor snow centre, the first in capital Beijing, is complete and reported to be on the verge of opening by local media.Qiaobo Ice and Snow World has been built by Beijing's Tsinghua University, with expert help from Cimco Refrigeration, a Canadian company whose specialty is building ..More...

Leading ski resort developer Intrawest is to take over operations of the indoor snow centre at Madrid’s Xanadu complex.Intrawest operates all or part of many of North America’s leading ski areas, including 2010 Olympic centre Whistler. In Europe the company has built Arc 1950 at Les Arcs and has ....More...

Despite several legal challenges and complex negotiations with various interested parties, building work at Xanadu, the Mills Corporation’s 1.3 billion dollar office and leisure complex is “a little ahead of schedule” according to a company spokesman.The latest legal challenge was an environmental ....More...

It's all happening in China it would seem. The country is pursuing some of the most extreme engineering projects imaginable, from the world's highest railroad reaching across Tibet, to the massive Three Gorges Dam, to a water diversion pipeline stretching thousands of kilometers. But the ski dome ....More...

Work has begun on Meadowlands Xanadu, New Jersey, dubbed “the ultimate sports, leisure, family entertainment and shopping complex in the United States”. The vast complex includes what looks likely to be the first snowdome in North America after at least a decade of project initiatives in Canada ....More...

A second snowdome for Spain is being proposed for the city of Valencia. The new indoor snow centre will be larger than the existing Xanadú centre near Madrid, making it one of the world’s largest, and will be visible from almost any point in the city.The company Snows and Trade, integrated by ....More...

Although Ski Dubai, scheduled to open in three months, is the headline snowdome development in Dubai at present. There are several other indoor snow centre projects in the Emirate making quiet progress in the background. On of these is the Snowdome in the Dubailand theme park being promoted by the ..More...

Ski Trac, the company that has been promoting a whole new approach to indoor snow centres for several years, is optimistic that work will begin on the first Ski Trac facility later this year.The Ski-Trac Dome concept is to house a huge 175-metre (570 ft.) diameter rotating snowfield. Its outer 50 ....More...

The worlds first indoor snow centre, The Snowdome Adelaide, formerly Mt TheBarton, has closed due to spiralling costs resulting from Australian government privatisation policies and rising insurance costs.The centre first opened with two ice skating rinks (one large 56 x 26m rink and one smaller ....More...

Ski Dubai has recently launched its website and will open to the world in the not too distant future. We're currently negotiating a discount with them for all SCUK members, so watch this space.

The waiting is over for the world's latest indoor snow slope; Snowplanet in New Zealand will open its doors to the public on Saturday 5 March, 9am. Check out the slope at www.snowplanet.co.nz

The mayor of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Carlos Méndez led a presentation to promote the construction of an “indoor snow mountain” in the city.Méndez said that the project was perfectly feasible to a cost of at least 4 million dollars, with the import of the technology that allows the creation of real ....More...

The Mills Corporation Chairman and CEO Laurence C. Siegel said today he is gratified by New Jersey Acting Governor Richard J. Codey's support of the massive Meadowlands Xanadu project.Meadowlands Xanadu, billed as “the ultimate sports, leisure, family entertainment and shopping complex in the .... More...

British company Snowbox plans to invest $200 million in the construction of an indoor snowdome with 300m slope in the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone (BJFEZ) in Korea. The complex will include hotels, and shopping malls, in an area of 85,000 square meters inside the BJFEZ.Korean officials have .... More...

The apparently insatiable desire for ski facilities in China has led to Tsinghua University in Beijing backing the capital’s first indoor ski and snowboarding centre, scheduled to open in April next year. The facility will be about 10 storeys high and cover more than 250,000 square feet; the main .... More...

Snowplanet’s cooling plant was turned on just prior to Christmas in preparation for the snowmaking activities. No less than sixteen air handling units are pumping cold air into the snowdome 24/7 with the temperature now fast approaching freezing point. We now expect the first snow in Auckland since ..More...

If you're waiting for the completion of SnowPlanet in New Zealand before you emmigrate, then these shots show how close they are to completion. More...

Malcolm Clulow from Acer Snowmec Consultants Limited, was in touch today about the design of the Mall of the Emirates indoor slope in Dubai, which is currently under construction.Opening is still scheduled for 1st Sept 2005, although the initial 500mm snow base will be finished about 3 months .... More...

Retail development leader Majid al Futtaim Investments has announced the official title of the snow park in its Mall of the Emirates retail and leisure development will be Ski Dubai. "It will be the world's first alpine-themed, all-inclusive indoor ski resort, third longest indoor slopes in the .... More...

The Mills Corporation, leading developer of innovative retail and entertainment destinations, today announced a September 29, 2004 groundbreaking for Meadowlands Xanadu in New Jersey, USA. Following on from the company’s completion of the Madrid Xanadu last year, it is hoped that this vast new .... More...

We thought this one had died a death after a promising start, but it seems there's life in the old dog yet. Shame it's the wrong side of the pond really.[From The Record]Xanadu project developers use Web to woo future New Jersey customersThe $1.3 billion Xanadu project isn't a reality yet, but ....More...

SnowPlanet, the first indoor snow centre in New Zealand and only the second to open in the southern hemisphere since one of the world's first in Adelaide, Australia in the late 1980s, no plans to open "early 2005." Snowdomes in Kuwait and Dubai are under construction and both look likely to also .... More...

Here are a couple of shots from the construction site at the Mall of the Emirates Snow Centre in Dubai. More...

Malcolm Clulow is Managing Director of Acer Snowmec Consulting, the Birmingham based company responsible for the creation of the snow-making technology used at the Xscapes and other major indoor slopes around the world.He tells us that the Mall of the Emirates Snow Centre in Dubai, is now well .... More...

Dave Murphy tells us that there is a Dublin based consortium currently making an application for planning permission for an indoor snow centre in the west of Dublin, Ireland. The development is currently called "Snow City". They are rumoured to originally have been in talks with Xscape about ....More...

Construction is going to plan on New Zealand's first indoor slope. Just north of Auckland, Snowplanet will have two slopes, including a 200m slope complete with snowpark. Read the article. More...

In an article about Marina Mall celebrating its third anniversary, we read:Marina Mall is set to dominate the retail scene in Abu Dhabi for a considerable period of time as it expands its current facilities by adding a second phase, which is currently under construction and due for completion in ....More...

The long awaited world's first Ski-Trac may finally begin construction in the booming north west Chinese city of Dalian and be open by the end of next year.Chinese media has reported that construction of a $100m (US) "indoor ice and snow sports park" will begin shortly.Although the Ski Trac concept .. More...

Snowplanet got in contact to say,"It's about time we contacted you with an update on how things are developing in New Zealand regarding Snowplanet. Earthworks are now well underway with a new website, www.snowplanet.co.nz, recently set up to address initial web queries. As construction progresses, .. More...

Here's a shot provided by Acer Snowmec of the plans for the Mall of the Emirates. Nice. More...

British winter sports research company Snow Hunter Ltd has published a 70 page document listing all of the snowdomes (indoor real snow halls) built in almost 20 countries around the world since the first opened in 1988.World Snowdomes contains images, description, standard ski run data, website ....More...

India’s second indoor snow centre has opened in the city of Hyderabad. It is the second new Indian ‘snowdome’ in three months.‘Snow World’, created by Ocean Park Multi Tech Limited, has a snow covered area called "Cryo Zone" which is maintained at minus 5 degrees Celcius, whilst the outside .... More...

Billed as North America's Coolest-Hottest Franchise, WaterSnoGo is the summation of technology alliances between Acer Snowmec, the world patent holder, designer and developer of real indoor snow, and the Schlitterbahn Group, the world leader in design, development, manufacturing and management of .... More...

Acer Snowmec are a Halesowen based company responsible for the snow-making technology used at Xscape and several other slopes around the world. They've been doing this for years and arguably create the best indoor snow in the world.Current projects include Mexico, Beijing, Brussels, Paris, Hungary ....More...

Construction work has begun on the vast Mall of the Emirates retail and leisure complex in Dubai, which will include an 85m (300 feet) high snowdome. The Mall will be the largest retail centre outside the US and is expected to open in September 2005.The Majid Al Futtaim group's billion dollar .... More...

We don't often get much from Iran, but the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting website had this to report of the Dubia ski dome plans.Dubai, which is building its own version of disneyland, has announced that the latest megatourism project will include a one-billion-dirham (272-million-dollar) ....More...

The world's 40th indoor snowdome is due to open this month in India, the 13th country to open an indoor snow facility.The new facility is a joint venture operation between the Indian theme park operators Polo, who also have plans for a new indoor snow facility on Australia's Gold Coast and the .... More...

The halfpipe and freestyle snowboarding park planned for Las Vegas by SCI has been delayed for a year as the finance stage took longer than was expected. This means they've been able to spend longer on the design, so expect something this time next year.

SnowPlanet in Auckland, New Zealand has now completed all of its development milestones, has secured full funding for the construction of the snowdome and will commence construction on-site in November 2003. We'll have more on this soon.

Xanadu Madrid, in spain, which boasts 23km of man-made ski slopes, says all attendance records were broken in the recent heat wave. During August, when the outside temperature was frequently topping 40 degrees, Madrid Xanadu was welcoming around 1,600 visitors a day into an environment with a ....More...

The Emirates reports:The Majid Al Futtaim Group promoted 'Souk Al Nakheel' scheme in the UAE has acquired a new name - 'Mall of the Emirates', has doubled its size and raised its indoor ski facility to become the third largest in the world. It will stand as the largest shopping mall outside of ....More...

Copyright 2003 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business NewsCopyright 2003 Kyodo News International, Tokyo Kyodo News International reports:The Japanese unit of Swedish home furniture retailer Ikea said Thursday it will open its first outlet in Japan on a site to be vacated by tearing down the Ski Dome ....More...

A design by London-based architects, GMW, in association with French architects, Serau, has been chosen by developer, Bouygues Immobilier, for its £37m, 50,000sq m leisure and retail development, Libercité, at Noisy-le-Grand outside Paris. The 26,000sq m shopping centre will be complemented by a ....More...

Developers and the state sports authority have worked out many details in the transformation of the Continental Airlines Arena site into an entertainment and office complex.The developer's agreement will be ready for signing once attorneys for both sides review it. An announcement is expected in ....More...

A year after the closure of the SSAWS snowdome in Tokyo harbour, the twenty storey high, $200m structure looks set to be demolished.Built next to the Zaus shopping and leisure complex by Tokyo Harbour in 1994, ambitious income targets were never reached and the economic slowdown coupled with a .... More...

Lewis Craik sent us this review and pictures from the Snowworld indoor slope in Langraaf, Netherlands. At the moment the park is looking OK, with a medium kicker (gap jump), a rainbow, an "up - along - down" rail, a gas pipe and a quarter pipe , which for some reason don't seem to be used that much,..More...

The indoor slope in Amneville, France is now under construction and by the look of the shots the groundworks are well underway. Check out the progress of the construction. More...

The nice people at the Xanadu project have sent us a vast array of facts and figures concerning their recently opened slope near Madrid. Here are some of the more interesting points.The most innovative, revolutionary and differentiating feature of the Madrid Xanadú shopping and leisure centre with .... More...

The Xanadu development near Madrid, Spain opened last month. Check out the 250m Parque de Nieve slope with the official press release and photos. More...

The remarkable details of the proposed Bahrain snowdome have been outlined. The dome will incorporate a 160 metre (550 feet) high tower around which a 1km (3,300 feet) long, 30 metre (100 feet) wide snow slope will wind down, using a new indoor snowmaking system.The German company behind the new .... More...

Nothing particularly to do with Xscape, but we're sure plenty of Xscape regulars will be attending. Ali at Ellis Brighams has organised a handrail competition for skiers and snowboarders at the longest handrail in Milton Keynes.There will be a 10' drop in ramp and 2' booter onto the 50' rail. They ....More...

Developers for another German slope in Sasbachwalden are still in the process of checking the legalities of being allowed to carry out this project as Sasbachwalden is only a small hamlet. The decision will be made by 10th July and, according to current plans, construction work on this project ....More...

A new snowdome, believed to be the country's third, has opened in Eastern Germany.Snowtropolis in Senftenberg has a 130m (450 feet) long slope, 36m (120 feet) wide and covered with 3,500 cubic metres of real snow. The dome is open from 9am to midnight daily.The dome is located between Berlin and .... More...

The Mills Corporation have been selected by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to have exclusive rights to negotiate a developer's agreement, for the development of a $1.3 billion family entertainment and recreation complex, complete with office complex and hotel at the Continental .... More...

Long standing snowdome plans for oil-rich Dubai look to be finally nearing fruition as some of the Emirates extravagant construction plans - including the incredible $3.5 billion man made Palm Tree Islands which will add 130km (80 miles) of beaches to the largely beachless nation.The most advanced .... More...

South Korea has had plans for several snowdomes, including one the would have been the world's largest, for over a decade. But in the nation that is one of three still in the running to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, snow is yet to fall indoors.Now the giant metropolitan area that includes Korean .... More...

The desert nation of Bahrain plans to build a $175m (US) snowdome, dubbed Iceberg Tower, on an artificial island made of reclaimed land.The country's Economic Development Board are working with a company called Riyada Consultants who have employed German firm BCB Bartels Consult to work n the .... More...

Dutch Company Unlimited Snow intend to open the first snow amusement park close to Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Dubbed 'The Arctic' the facility will open in late 2003, pending a final go-ahead from the Dutch government.Visitors to The Arctic, will be able to choose between a number of activities,.. More...

A vast shopping complex incorporating a 27 storey high indoor snowdome will open in Madrid in a few weeks time. Dubbed "Xanadu", the facility is the work of America's Mills Corporation who seem most likely to ultimately open the first US snowdome project to finally make it to fruition in New .... More...

TORONTO--April 15, 2003--Abraham Reichmann, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Syata Group LLC, has signed a letter of intent to develop a unique US$100-million indoor, year-round entertainment, sports and themed-shopping destination in Buffalo, New York. The letter of intent, which has been ....More...

The New York Times reports that Madrid's version of Xanadu, which shares the name of the stately pleasure dome decreed by Kubla Khan and imagined by Coleridge, is a vast shopping mall under construction by America's Mills Corporation and Spanish partners that aims to seduce shoppers into spending .... More...

SnowWorld Landgraaf in southern Holland, close to borders with France, Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium, are building a second 500m indoor slope, to add to the existing 520m (1650 feet) and 100m (330 feet) slopes.The new slope, due to open in October, will be served by a new six seater Chairlift .... More...

Industrial Refrigeration of India have approached Acer Snowmec based in Birmingham to put a proposal together for setting up a Snow Leisure Centre in Chennai, South India. The proposed site has 15 acres of land and has a total budget of $7,000,000.

The SnowWorld website reports that the slope near Maastrich in the southern Netherlands are getting an second 500m slope, with a 6 man chairlift.[From Craikeybaby]

A new indoor park in Amsterdam is being wasted as a leisure attraction as there will be no skiing or boarding. The report from Leisure Management Magazine reads:A complete indoor snow and ice amusement park by Unlimited Snow, is to bring winterland magic to Holland. The Arctic is a new attraction ....More...

The mayor of Amnéville has announced the creation, on the thermal and tourist site, of an indoor ski slope, 500 metres long and 34 metres wide. Skiers, protected by a tunnel, will be able to practise there all year long on 40cm of real snow. An achievement which will be unique in France.From next .... More...

The Australian Gold Coast's fifth theme park, with an indoor snow park and Indian health spa, could be open for business by Christmas 2003.The park is planned by a Delhi-based family which believes the Coast will, in 10 to 15 years, supersede Orlando, Florida, as the theme park capital of the world... More...

The apparently insatiable desire for ski facilities in China has led to proposals for a giant indoor snowdome for China, which would be the latest to claim the title "World's biggest" if it goes ahead.The new dome for China's capital, Beijing, would cover 132,000 square metres, exceeding the area .... More...

Les Echos (National Newspaper in France) provides the following information on the proposed slope in Metz, France.Amneville-Les-Thermes was a coal mining city and with the recent developments the area now provides hot spring services hence "Hot Spring City". The Proposed Snowdome will be built in a ..More...

CB tells us that there is going to be a new snowdome opening in Metz in Eastern France towards the middle of next year. This is according to the guys in surfin' snowboard shop in Luxembourg. We can't find anything else about the slope, but you never know.

Plans for the long awaited first US snowdome have edged a little further forward with Mills Corporation's Xanadu project appearing to be the favourite of six applications for a massive redevelopment of the Continental Arena in New Jersey. Mills are involved in a similar development by the Spanish .... More...

Sinocast reports that the world's largest indoor skiing stadium will be built in northeast Beijing. A reporter from Beijing Recreation & Information Daily says that the program examination has been passed by Beijing Town Planning Board. An insider reveals that this skiing stadium is located in the ....More...

The Majid Al Futtaim group has completed site preparations for its Souk Al Nakheel complex on the Sheikh Zayed Road which will incorporate an indoor ski resort.The first phase, which includes the skiing centre, will open in September 2005. The 200,000 square metre complex will serve the new .... More...

A 1½ mile long year round snow slope has been proposed for construction on the Flimjoch-Piste in Ischgl. The concept is to build a glass cover to protect the snow on the 25m wide slope at a projected cost of 180 to 250 millions Euros/US Dollars.Conscious that the Tyrol also has a number of .... More...

The Madrid Xanadu park will open in May. The park will consist of a shopping centre with over 250 outlets and an indoor ski slope. The complex is being built in Arroyomolinos, 23km from Madrid. The exact opening date will be announced later this month. Almost $250m has been invested in the complex. ..More...

Las Vegas is now the front runner in the (very) long race to establish the first indoor snowdome in the US. Snow Creation International (SCI), creators of "SnowLab" which they describe as a "revolutionary indoor ski and snowboarding facility" have received unanimous approval for their plans to .... More...

Possibly the most exciting thing to come out of New Zealand this year is news of the Auckland Snowdome. The proposed ski hall contains two slopes - 260m x 40m main slope and 85 x 25m learner slope. A park and halfpipe ("at certain times"?) are also proposed. The majority of the main slope is ....More...

Las Vegas, NV – August 2002 - Snow Creation International (SCI), creators of “SnowLab” the revolutionary indoor ski and snowboarding facility, have been granted a Special Use permit by Las Vegas, NV officials. Nevada’s Clark County planning commission and local town council .. More...

Bucceri Technologies are moving into the outdoor snowmaking market in the Austrian Alps this season, but their roots remain in the creation of indoor snow and the creation of snow are high temperatures and humidities.They have recently supplied their snowmaking technology to two real snow .... More...

Plans for an $800 million, half-million square foot SnowWorld attraction in Hong Kong, initially backed by property giant Sun Hung Kai, have fallen through. Sun Hung Kai controls most of the land in the northern part of the island, where it is set to build a separate theme $1 billion park, which ....More...

In Shanghai 300 million Yuan (US$36.2 million) has been invested in one of the world's largest indoor slopes art 300m (1000 feet) long and a 40m (140 feet) vertical. Developer Shanghai Dashun Hokkaido Skiing Co. Ltd. State that the facility will be capable of generating 450 cubic meters of snow .... More...

Late 2003 should see the opening of Snowlab Las Vegas.The building will be 15 minutes from the main strip and will house a real snow environment. Inside you'll find a super pipe - 140m long, 5m high side wall and 3m wide decks on each side and at the drop in. This is being designed by Snow Park .... More...

China's largest indoor ski field recently officially opened 100 km northeast of Beijing. It's in a man-made cave, covering 5,000 m2 and has a ski lane is 120m long, 14m wide and 7m high. There is no mention of boarding on the list of available activities.Full article.[] More...

According to the schedule the site will be finished by summer 2002. This new development will be the largest interior ski centre offered to the central Shanghai area.The new development can be identified from the Shanghai Rainbow Bridge Airport by its streamlined red roof.The facilities include .... More...

That's all we have. If anybody is over there can they find out more? Hello? Anybody?

Snow Valley, an indoor ski center located in Peer (Belgium), is the first indoor ski hall in Europe offering a complete Indoor Snow Park "Boarders Paradise". Besides the main ski slope (length 235m - width 30m - height difference 40m) and a ski slope for beginners (length 95m - width 25m - height .... More...

The developers of the Snowfun indoor slope in Cape Town are working flat out to finalise that and another slope in Johannesburg. They hope to open before the end of 2003. The Johannesburg resort will now have everything Cape Town will have except for a longer and higher slope - 865 meters long and ....More...

The latest in a tally of more than a dozen indoor snowdome proposals for the United States over the past five years has mooted New Jersey as the potential location of the first dome to actually be built.Mills Corporation, who are involved in proposals for a similar development by the Spanish .... More...

The latest forecasts from sunny Dubai in the Arabian Gulf is that thegiant snowdome project first mooted three years ago remains on course.Towards the end of 2003, the Majid Al Futtaim group will start opening the Souk Al Nakheel complex which will introduce the next generation of entertainment, .... More...

By trunners:First of all, I cannot believe a slope this large and this good should be closed down. Yep, as things currently stand, you could turn up on the 1st October and be turned away - the slope officially closes on 30th September and then possibly no more???Other people have said it before, ....More...

Sweaty Shanghai is opening its first indoor ski slope. A Shanghai-based developer said Tuesday it will spend $36 million to build an indoor ski slope, including enough snowmaking equipment to conjure an artificial blizzard. When completed, the 130-foot-high structure will resemble an oversized ....More...

US leisure park group Mills Corporation plans to open a complex in Arroyomolinos, 23km form Madrid, Spain, which will include Xanadu, Europe's largest covered ski slope. Xanadu is set to open in spring 2003.

A Silicon Valley-based company with the working title Snow Palace has announced plans to build an indoor snow centre within an existing building in the San Jose bay area of California, about an hour from San Francisco. The news comes within months of the collapse of the ambitious Gotcha Glacier ....More...

As we've already reported, the SSAWS in Japan will close at the end of September this year. But is it worth of visit if you're over there? It's certainly the indoor biggest slope in existance at the moment and it seems the Japanese are well clued up on running the slope. Shame it's not making any .... More...

On March 4th there was a press conference in Hyderabad, India for the project Maya Bazaar ("Maya" means "magic"). The Magic Bazaar will be an indoor amusement park of approx. 50,000 sq.ft and is expected to open by the end of 2002. The ground work is in progress and this Unlimited Snow concept will ..More...

The SSAWS indoor slope in Japan will close on September 30th 2002. The SSAWS was one of the first indoor slopes and until recently the longest.The ten-storey high centre, visible for miles around, opened in 1994 following a $400 million (US) investment and has remained the giant of indoor ski .... More...

British skiers may not have to travel so far to reach European skiing thanks to the creation of a 'City of Sport' at the French end of the Channel Tunnel, due to be operational by winter 2003-4.The 150 million euro project in Victory Park, and a second complex themed on a 'virtual garden' inspired .... More...

Things go well across the pond at Snow Creation Inc, where they have signed a letter of intent on a Las Vegas location and plan to have the lease finalized by April.The only major new change to the project is the possibility of hanging the chair lift from the ceiling - their Japanese partners think ..More...

The Madrid Xanadu ground breaking ceremony took place on 19th September 2001.Three major components of the Madrid Xanadu have already been announced, including a first-of-its kind indoor Snow Dome designed as largest of in Europe, will offer a theme park-style collection of family attractions, ....More...

Snow Creation Inc. (SCI) is bringing year round snowboarding to the desert. SCI has identified Las Vegas, as the first city in the United States to have one of its SnowFX indoor snowboard and ski parks. The SnowFX park is a 200,000 sq. ft. indoor snow facility that pairs radical slope terrain .... More...

Construction has begun on the Madrid Xanadu in Arroyomolinos (Madrid), Spain.Madrid Xanadu, a trailblazing full-price retail and entertainment venue of approximately 1.2 million square feet (124,000 meters square), will feature over 200 specialty retailers, 20 anchor stores, and a variety of dining ..More...

Swell (2nd September) reports that the Gotcha Glacier project -- a proposed $140 million Anaheim indoor facility featuring surfing, snowboarding and skateboarding -- is now officially stalled as the developers have failed to renew the lease on the site near Disneyland.The project manager stressed .... More...

SnowMagic Entertainment Industries (SMEI) has entered in to discussions at four potential sites in major cities across the US to develop multi-activity indoor snow facilities. These would be the first of many that SMEI plans to construct and operate.

The Mohammed al-Otaibi Group Est in Dubai has announced plans for a 'desert snow dome' one of at least three proposed indoor snow projects for the United Arab Emirates - currently oil rich but looking to a future as an international playground once the oil supply begins to slow down.The Mohammed al-..More...

From April 1st 2001, Aspen allowed snowboarders on to Ajax (Aspen Mountain). The remaining US ski resorts that don't allow snowboarders are Toas in New Mexico, Alta and Deer Valley in Utah and Mad River Glen in Vermont. Japan too had their own "boarder bans" up to the late 1990's. Before that ....More...

As we've mentioned before, last year saw the opening of the AlpinCenter in Bottrop, Germany. There's nothing funny about Bottrop. "We have a really long one in Bottrop" and no doubt there's a few of you out there would love to visit Bottrop (you can get ointment from the chemist), for it has the ....More...

AS sent us a review of the longest indoor slope in the world and it will make you weep.Once again I visited the slope in Bottrop (13 hours slope time GBP16.33). Having recently been to both Tamworth and Milton Keynes it seemed better than ever - the snow is getting better too, its more Milton ....More...

Okay, it's not in the UK and we thought you might like to see this movie from the Snowworld slope in Zoetermeer. This link will download a 6Mb Quicktime movie of a rather nice indoor slope. If you're not cabled up, then prepare to wait.

The German Winterworld slope opened its doors very recently and we couldn't resist giving you all a peek of the first shot of the interior thanks to a regular Canadian reader, RB.It's very long and very wide. It's even got a chair lift to the top.What it seems to lack is any protection for people .... More...