Ski Dubai, the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East, opens December 2, UAE National Day.
Now they are completing the latest work on preparing snow and installing lifts. The complex, in which five ski slopes, a snow park and two cafeterias will be open for guests, is unique in that natural snow is created here. The thickness of the snow cover will be 50 cm, and the upper three-centimeter layer will be updated daily. Every night, special installations will produce 30 tons of snow.
Ski Dubai will be open daily from 10 am to 10 pm, the ticket price for two hours of skiing will be 100-130 dirhams ($ 27-35). The complex will be able to receive up to one and a half thousand lovers of skiing and snowboarding at the same time. The organizers expect that at least half a million people will visit the complex per year.
The complex will occupy an area equal to three football fields (22,500 sq. M.). The indoor temperature will be maintained at - 2 ° C, and the climate system is set up so that excess cold air will be used to condition the Mall of Emirates shopping center located next door.
The official opening of the Mall of Emirates, which promises to be the largest trading platform in the Gulf countries (2.4 sq. Ft., More than 223 thousand sq. M.), Is also scheduled for December 2. It is already known that here will open the largest Carrefour supermarket in Dubai and the largest British store Harvey Nichols located outside the United Kingdom. Two luxury hotels will also be located next to Ski Dubai: the Kempinski Hotel will receive its first visitors in early 2006, and the second hotel a year later, in 2007. The complex will be equipped with parking for six thousand places.
