New Jersey’s Indoor Skiing Facility
Indoor Skiing photo uploaded by jonrawlinson
Winter, the outdoors, and fresh snow might be what you think of when the word skiing comes to mind. Times are changing. Snow Domes are popping up throughout the world to provide an indoor skiing environment perfect for year-round skiing or for areas that never see a flake of snow.
Just off the New Jersey Turnpike, the Meadowlands Sports Complex is undergoing major construction in order to house the first indoor ski resort in the United States. The 250,000 square foot ski area, Xanadu, will be open all year and will feature a 140 foot tall run. To an expert skier this may seem inadequate but for novice skiers this is the perfect way to learn. Indoor skiing is a great way for kids to learn the sport as well given that they won’t have to battle harsh winter conditions.
For those who don’t wish to enter the giant refrigerator, the Meadowlands facility also plans to become the largest retail and entertainment complex in the U.S. Instead of skiing you can test your luck at skydiving in the SkyVenture vertical wind tunnel or take to racing on the Formula One raceway. Most importantly don’t forget to checkout It’s Sugar!, where you can travel by bridge over a 30-foot chocolate waterfall.
Can’t wait to keep your skills tuned all year-round? This 2 billion dollar complex is set to open in late 2008.
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Wow! Skiing year round…what could be better! And a chocolate waterfall? Right out of Willy Wonka’s factory, hmm? One more place that will keep American’s indoors. A good idea that is working well all over the world (skiing in Dubai anyone?), and great revenue maker, but for die hard skiers, the mountains are the real playgrounds!
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Aleena..Do you have any additional info
regarding the new Xanadu Indoor Slope.
Please contact me if you do. thanks Len
Thanks for posting my photo.
Its a bizarre place. -2C inside. The snow is actually great quality! After about 10 minutes you totally forget you are snowboarding in a massive building!
cheers,
JON.
theradblog.com
does anyone know if there will a terrain park planned to be put in there as well?
or is it just straight freeskiing