World’s Next Largest Indoor Snow Centre Nears Completion
World’s Next Largest Indoor Snow Centre Nears Completion
Published : 21-Jan-2025 08:04
The world's next new biggest indoor snow centre, the first to claim more than 100,000 square metres (25 acres) of indoor snow area, is rapidly moving towards completion.
Huafa Ice and Snow World is being built in Shenzhen in southeastern China, a modern metropolis that links Hong Kong to China's mainland.
Set to open to the public by the end of this year, it will overtake Shanghai's L+Snow which opened in September last year with an indoor snow area of around 90,000 square metres, the current world's largest. It had taken the title from a centre in Harbin's northeastern China, which had held it the previous six years.
In fact, the world's five largest indoor snow centres are all in China, which now has more than 60 of the centres, with reports indicating that about a fifth of all skiing in China is done indoors.
In terms of size comparison, Ski Dubai has less than a quarter of the snow area with 22,500 square meters of indoor ski area; Big Snow, North America's only indoor snow centre offers 16,000 sqm of indoor snow solaced and The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead about 5,000 sqm.
However European centres built more than 20 years ago in France, Germany and The Netherlands will still have the world's longest slopes for now at over 500m (in some cases over 600m) long as the longest of Huafa Ice and Snow World's runs will be 450 meters
Located in the Shenzhen's Qianhai area, Huafa Ice and Snow World will feature "cutting-edge snow simulation technology and offer a variety of ski runs catering to different skill levels," a spokesperson said, adding, "The complex will boast five ski runs, , as well as an 83-meter-high ski jump. Notably, the ice and snow world will also feature a 33-meter-deep "hanging ice waterfall", which will function as a diving facility."
The main structure of the ski centre is reported to be complete, according to Chinese media, and the building is currently in the fitting and finishing stage. Complementary facilities will include a JW Marriott hotel and a walkway connecting the centre to a nearby Metro centre is also currently under construction.
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