meadowlands xanadu indoor ski area construction pics

**buckethead** · 06-05-2010, 05:10 PM

so cool to see my 3 year old posts...considering going there and having no idea that opening was (as of current projections) 7 years away.

the ancient egyptians could have built a real mountain in the meadowlands in less time...

so weak

spook · 06-05-2010, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by buckethead

when killington closes april 13, this is gonna be THE place to be in the spring.
10am at exit 16W anyone?

and hey, they already have their theme song:

A place where nobody dared to go, the love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu

And now, open your eyes and see, what we have made is real
We are in Xanadu

A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally

Chorus:
Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) in Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) in Xanadu

Xanadu, your neon lights will shine for you, Xanadu

The love, the echoes of long ago, you needed the world to know
They are in Xanadu

The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu

A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally

chorus

Now that I'm here, now that you're near in Xanadu
Now that I'm here, now that you're near in Xanadu, Xanadu

dude, come on. how many chances do you get to put onj on tgr? (my first love, by the way)...

**steve** · 06-05-2010, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by buckethead

so cool to see my 3 year old posts...considering going there and having no idea that opening was (as of current projections) 7 years away.

the ancient egyptians could have built a real mountain in the meadowlands in less time...

so weak

but yeah - weird to see my 3-year-old post, too.

driving by on the turnpike, the thing has looked completed for a year now. i wonder what's holding them up? knowing NJ, probably not enough grease for the local powers-that-be.

**Moeghoul** · 06-05-2010, 06:15 PM

I drove by it on my way to Jay in April. Pretty hideous looking from the outside. I think the financing dried up when Lehman went down the shitter.

**The Dad** · 06-06-2010, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by steve

weird to see my 3-year-old post, too.

Just make sure he stays out of the Padded Room.

**jonesy** · 06-06-2010, 10:59 AM

Can we get a TR?

**steve** · 06-06-2010, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by jonesy

Can we get a TR?

that TR actually would be kind of epic..

consider:

it would be a poach, since it doesn't open for at least 3 years.

and, of course, no snow.

-steve

**jonesy** · 06-07-2010, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by steve

that TR actually would be kind of epic..

consider:

it would be a poach, since it doesn't open for at least 3 years.

and, of course, no snow.

-steve

No doubt. Prolly will have 10* slope and a fast food box. It's going to be a long summer.

**Slaag Master** · 06-07-2010, 07:18 AM

so how will this measure up? couple hundred vertical and length? i guess when i think bout it bout the same as ice skating in summer.

**pineconepete** · 06-07-2010, 02:09 PM

that ski slope needs a couple of gigantic hydraulic cylinders that adjust the slope angle up to 55' for the dudes visiting from AK

**MadPatSki** · 06-12-2010, 11:30 AM

I'll probably drive down from Canada and ski it once.

Mind you it's probably be on a family vacation thingy and one day of "skiing". Wonder if they let me crossed the border with skis in July (hard enough when I went to Tux in July) to say... yeah, going skiing in New Jersey...in July (or whenever).

The backside is pretty gnarly looking. A pure 90 degree slope.