Indoor Skiing

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In the <A HREF="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/cgi/show.cgi?2508/3935" TARGET="_blank">Killington closing day 5/11/04 thread</A>, joegm wrote: <BR><BLOCKQUOTE><HR SIZE=0><!-Quote-!><FONT SIZE=1><B>Quote:</B></FONT><P>i think the only chance for new england would be some sort of indoor snow dome and that's a stretch too<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR>and Kevin Stojda wrote: <BR><BLOCKQUOTE><HR SIZE=0><!-Quote-!><FONT SIZE=1><B>Quote:</B></FONT><P>I really hope that indoor skiing will become a reality, my uncle visited in April from Germany and showed me the many indoor skiing complexes that exist in europe. This will never equal skiing on a real mountain, but it is better that cutting the grass in August!!<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR>It appears that after several false starts by underfunded proposals, this may actually soon get off the ground -- not in New England, but close to it. <BR> <BR>With sufficient capital, experience (see <A HREF="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/105319912796758.shtm" TARGET="_blank">Xanadu Madrid</A>) and permits already in place, Mills Corp. may well be the first to enter the U.S. market with a snowdome at Meadowlands Xanadu in New Jersey (see our news item regarding their present status <A HREF="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/107055198882884.shtm" TARGET="_blank">here</A>). Now, there may be indoor skiing in the northeastern U.S. by 2006 if they can survive the court challenge to their permit approval. <BR> <BR>The website for the Meadowlands project is <A HREF="http://www.meadowlandsxanadu.com/" TARGET="_blank">www.meadowlandsxanadu.com</A>.
 
That would certainly be a great summertime alternative activity, but crowd control could become an issue so close to Manhattan. Germany alone has 4 of these indoor ski complexes. The prices seemed reasonable to at about 25-30 Euro for a lift ticket.
 
I remember reading that the ones in Japan are extremely expensive. Don't quote me on this, but something around $80 US for a few hours.
 
There was a lot of buzz out here about one of these being built in Anaheim a few years back, but it never happened. One would think that this would be viable and a big attraction for the terrain park crowd, but it hasn't happened yet. Maybe too expensive for that demographic?
 
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