North America's first indoor ski and snowboard park, in a suburban New Jersey mall, has 5,500 tons of snow, a 160-foot vertical drop, and 28-degree weather year round
Suburban New Jersey, thanks to North America's first indoor ski and snowboard park.The winter sports center, Big Snow American Dream, opened its doors on Thursday to four Olympic gold medalists and a skier dressed as Santa Claus. The park claims to create"real snow" by dripping water from the ceiling and freezing it"through the same physical process by which snow is made outdoors in nature," according to a press release.
The mall is approximately 3 million square feet roughly divided into 55% entertainment and 45% retail space.The $5 billion project created more than 23,000 jobs during its construction, according to a 2018 news release from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy. The project is estimated to create more than 16,000 permanent new jobs on site and over 6,700 jobs in the surrounding communities, the governor said.The retail portion of the mail is scheduled to open in March 2020.
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