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This September the latest new snow dome scheduled
to open in Dubai, offering 400m runs. Bizarrely with 30+ degree
temperatures outside, it will be necessary to wrap up in jackets
and gloves indoors.
 When
complete, company officials say Ski Dubai will be the third-largest
of the world's almost four dozen indoor ski resorts, and the only
one in the desert or the Middle East. Two bigger indoor ski areas
have opened in Holland and Germany.
Ski Dubai will comprise about a fifth of the floor plan of the giant
$1 billion Emirates Mall, which developers say will briefly be the
world's third-largest and Dubai's largest.
On a typical day, it is estimated that 3500 visitors will pay $40
for a two-hour stint on the mountain, with 5000 arriving on busy
days.
Few in Dubai already ski. In fact as few have even seen snow or
experienced cold weather. Ski Dubai will rent coats, gloves and
hats along with boots and skis.
It remains to be seen how a ski dome will fare in the United Arab
Emirates, one of the globe's hottest countries. In Tokyo, an even
larger snow dome was demolished after it failed to attract enough
skiers.
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