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Snowmaking Underway Again After 11 Years at North America’s First Indoor Ski Slope

Snowmaking has got underway for the first time since 2008 at the indoor snow centre that’s part of the huge new American Dream indoor theme park and shopping mall complex in New Jersey. The complex, reported to have been conceived in 1996 and under-construction, on-and-off, since 2004 began opening to the public this week.  The indoor snow centre element which

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Paris Snowdome Plan Cancelled Due To Perception of Development in Climate Emergency

A long-standing plan to build an indoor snow centre in Saint-Paul near Paris has been dropped. In a statement issued by the group planning the slope, the reasons given were, “In the context where climate change has become a reality, the project to build a ski trail in Saint-Paul might not be understood and accepted by our fellow citizens. Therefore

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Indoor Snow Centre within American Dream Complex Not Opening until December 5th

The indoor snow centre within the huge American Dream mall will not open until about six weeks after the $5 billion complex begins opening its doors on October 25th. Big SNOW, North America’s first indoor real-snow park for skiing and boarding, will open on December 5th, offering year-round skiing and snowboarding, as well as a retail shop. Private lessons, coaching

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First Indoor Snow Centre Opens in Qatar

A first permanent indoor snow centre has opened in Qatar in the Persian Gulf. Snow Dunes is located within the Doha Festival City Mall and has an indoor snow area of 9,500 square metres.  The centre is themed on an Arabian City and a legend about snow there. Images of the park’s opening show queues forming as excited locals get

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SnowWorld Group Announce Rapid Growth in Earnings and Corporate Re-brand

The rapidly expanding SnowWorld group of indoor snow centres has unveiled a new corporate identity whilst unveiling a 30% jump in its EBITDA figure (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) for the first six months of this year. SnowWorld recently acquired SnowPlanet and the and the two SkiDomes run by the SIS Leisure Group to give it control of

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Indoor Snow Centre Offers Free Skiing to Fair Skinned Red Heads in Heatwave

With temperatures hitting 27C today in Manchester, the city’s indoor snow centre Chill Factore is giving those with red hair and fair skins who are particularly susceptible to strong sunshine the chance to escape indoors to escape the heat, free of charge. Redheads can choose either a free session in the centre’s snow fun park to enjoy some tubing, tobogganing

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