England's Chill Factore indoor snow centre.
The British government has decided that skiing and ski tourism are a worthwhile investment.
Snowsport England has announced that it is to receive £985,000 of Government and National Lottery funding to get more people skiing and snowboarding in high quality environments.
Manchester’s Chill Factore is one of the venues set to benefit from the funding. In the past year, more than 1,500 schools from across the North West have taken part in activities at Manchester’s indoor real snow centre, with many building snowsports tuition into their school programmes. Chill Factore also trains some of the country’s most promising young talent.
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The Wycombe dry slope burned down in 2005.
Several thousand supporters have joined a Facebook group supporting the construction of the planned Wycombe Summit indoor snow centre near London, England.
The group calls on the local council to approve plans for the snow dome. The council previously rejected plans for the site’s redevelopment by owners the Snowdome Group, who own Europe’s oldest surviving indoor snow centre at Tamworth.
The original centre, which is home to a long dry ski slope, was destroyed by fire in 2005.
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An artist sketch of Meadowlands Xanadu snow complex.
The story 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.
According to some media reports, the State of New Jersey may be considering seizing the land on which the ‘ultimate mall’, previously considered, “too big to fail” is located. This seems unlikely since owners Colony capital have paid $160 million in advance rent through to about 2020.
On the other hand billionaire Steve Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins football team, is reported to be in negotiations to bridge a $500m gap left by the collapse of investment bank Lehman brothers, potentially enabling it to be completed and opened.
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Snowdomes are popping up all over the place.
There may still be life in the plan for a first indoor snow centre in Cardiff, Wales.
Long-standing plans have re-emerged recently because of heightened interest in indoor snow centres in the UK. Half a dozen UK cities are currently considering proposals.
A report from officers of Cardiff Council recommended that the council agree to procure a developer/operator to design, build, fund and operate a snow facility at the International Sports Village site.
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Snowboarder Nicolien Sauerbreij
Snowboarder Nicolien Sauerbreij made Dutch Olympic history when she became the first athlete from her country to win a medal in a snow discipline.
The 30-year old’s medal in the Ladies parallel giant slalom was also the 100th for the Netherlands in Olympic history. The Dutch are traditional powerhouses in speed skating, but not alpine skiing or snowboarding.
Sauerbreij did much of her training at Dutch indoor snow slope SnowWorld Landgraaf, and staff there are very proud of her accomplishment.
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The Ski season is all year round in the UK.
Scotland’s indoor snow slope is bringing back it’s Himalayan ski challenge this summer.
After a two year break, July 24th 2010 sees the return of the Ski Everest Challenge to SNO!zone at Xscape, Braehead, Glasgow.
The Ski Everest Challenge is no small feat. Individuals are challenged to complete 45 runs – the equivalent of the peak height of Mount Everest (8850m / 29035 feet).
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The Xscape sports centre at Milton Keynes is one of England's several existing indoor snow centres.
SkiRebel.com has learned that two more indoor ski centres are in the works in England.
Councils in Southampton on England’s south coast and Sunderland in the north east of the country are the latest to announce plans for indoor snow centres. The news follows a recent announcement by Blackpool on the Northwest coast of their indoor snow centre proposals.
On the north East Sunderland’s regeneration agency Sunderland Arc have announced plans for an indoor centre at the city’s Stadium Village, where civic leaders aim to create a leisure park to build on the success of the nearby Aquatic Centre and Stadium of Light.
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