Okay, who knew? I guess I’ve had my head buried in the sand or something. Someone sent me a spammy message with pictures of an indoor ski facility in Dubai. Aside from the slanted “this is why gas is $3 a gallon so they can ski in the desert” message, it actually looked pretty darn cool.
Ski Dubai Resort Map (click for larger pic):
Ski Dubai Outside Pic (click for larger pic):
Ski Dubai Inside Pic (click for larger pic):
From the Ski Dubai official site, “Ski Dubai in Dubai Emirates Mall started in December 2005 is the worlds third largest indoor ski slope, measuring 400 meters and using 6000 tons of snow.” This place just opened up in December 2005 so I was giving myself a *little* leeway in not hearing the latest Dubai ski news, not being either a skiier or from Dubai – but third largest???
I did a little searching and it turns out these things are all over the place. It looks like the Dubai facility is the most grand (even if it is 3rd largest) but I’d expect that since it’s the newest.
So far as the spammy message I got showing the Dubai indoor ski slope and complaining about $3 per gallon gas, well, maybe we shouldn’t be so negative since we have our very own U.S. facility in the works. It will be part of a huge entertainment complex in the New Jersey Meadowlands and – insert American pride here – it will most likely blow the socks off anything anywhere else in the world from what I saw at their official webpage.
People in glass houses (building mammoth entertainment complexes and indoor ski slopes of their own) shouldn’t throw stones. 😉
That’s it! We should stop selling them water!