North America’s First Indoor Skiing Opening Dec. 5th

Starting on December 5th, 2019, visitors to New Jersey's American Dream Meadowlands will have to opportunity to go skiing or snowboarding, whether it's February or July. Big SNOW America is a 180,000 square-foot, 12-story slope located inside a mall offering an almost-unfathomable 5 million square feet of retail space. The mall also has the Western Hemisphere's largest indoor amusement park and the North America's largest indoor waterpark. Pretty wild. 

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The slope is expecting 400,000 visits per year, with 280,000 of those coming from new skiers and boarders, according to NJ.com. Say what you will about the experience inside of a refrigerator vs. the experience at an outdoor ski resort, but there's something to be said for a slope that introduces over a quarter-million people to skiing each year. 

Zack Skovron
Zack Skovron
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Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, now living in Jackson, WY. I’m an avid skier, biker, hiker, climber, and fisherman. Outside of sports, my major interests focus on public policy surrounding land use and energy systems.
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