Plans for a more modest snow complex are moving ahead in Calverton

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 the plan is approved, the company can complete their purchase of the property by the end of the year.  Reports indicate the sale price has dropped from $150 million in 2007 to $100 million due to the declining value of land in the area.

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Locals in Lesotho were jumping for joy to learn that their government is planning to invest on a revolving slope to boost tourism.

A Ski Trac giant indoor revolving slope and Space Dome are planned for construction in the highlands of Lesotho as part of a government initiative to increase tourism in that country.

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Longest indoor slope for Russia

The global economic meltdown has claimed another victim with the cancellation of a long standing plan to build the longest indoor slope after MT Development lost their bank liquidity and investors pulled out their funds.

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Beijing Snowdome

SkiTrac reports that their local associates in Beijing have succeeded in putting sufficient funding together to register the Beijing Megadome special purpose company.

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China announced plans to build the biggest indoor ski slope in the world

China has announced plans to build the world’s longest indoor ski slope, when the first kilometer (3,300ft) long indoor slope opens in the city of Guangzhou near Hong Kong.

Guangzhou will characterize itself with a slope of 1 000m in length within a potential market of 100 million peoble living an hours drive within the city.

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The SnowDome De Uithof in the Netherlands filed for bankruptcy this morning citing operational difficulties.

Citing operational difficulties beyond its control, the SnowDome De Uithof in the Netherlands filed for bankruptcy this morning following a spate of major operational problems SkiRebel magazine has learned.
The centre, which was the country’s fifth to open, ten years ago and was the largest facility of its kind until a bigger facility was built in Germany a couple of years later, saw the roof of the adjoining ice rink collapse last winter due to the weight of snow which triggered a series of sequential events leading to its closure.
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Laax Village in the Swiss Alps.

Laax ski area in Switzerland will be the future location for Europe’s first indoor freestyle training centre.

The leading Swiss freestyle resort has announced plans for the facility, which it says will be the world’s second such facility, following Woodward at Copper in Colorado. Woodward uses Snowflex artificial surface slopes among its facilities for year-round training in freestyle technique.

But that’s all the details we’re going to get for now. The resort says more information won’t be released until later this year.

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