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SnOasis
An opportunity for Suffolk
and the East of England
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Today’s presentation
• The SnOasis site
• The plans for SnOasis
• Why ski domes are successful
• Who will use SnOasis
• The benefits for Suffolk
• Who’s backing SnOasis
• The programme from here
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The SnOasis site as it was
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Aerial view
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Xanadu Snow Dome - Madrid
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Who will visit SnOasis?
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SnOasis is for local people as much as visitors
Downhill skiing - 4.6m skiers
3m purchase snowsports holidays annually
Snowboarding - 4m boarders by 2008
Ice skating - no current 400m track in UK
Cross country skiing – no current dedicated track
Rollerblading – no current dedicated track
• SnOasis is for recreation and for athlete training
• for day visitors and well as people wanting short breaks
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Support for SnOasis
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British Olympic Association
Minister of Sport, Rt Hon Richard Caborn
Lord McIntosh, Minister MSDC
SnowSport GB
Sport England
East of England Development Agency
East of England Tourist Board
Suffolk Development Agency
British Ski Team
Alpine Ski Team
Kandahar Club
Graham Bell
Konrad Bartelski
Visit Britain
And many more……………
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Who’s backing SnOasis
‘SnOasis would mark a significant step forward in the development of
British athletes. Snowsports GB would like to voice its wholehearted
support for the SnOasis development’
Jason Cockburn, Chief Executive, Snowsports GB
‘The £300 million resort will offer a unique opportunity for all year round
winter sport activity. I am sure the Winter Sports community will see it
as an opportunity to develop next generation Olympians in a range of
disciplines and at the same time, raise the profile and interest in Winter
Sport.’
Simon Clegg, Chief Executive, British Olympic Association
‘SnOasis is a wonderful opportunity to really push Britain forward as a
skiing nation’
Malcolm Erskine, British Ski Academy
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Who’s backing SnOasis
‘I view the SnOasis project as a major asset to the training and
selection of young winter sports athletes’
Konrad Bartelski, former World Cup Downhill skier and chairman
of the British Land Alpine Ski Team
‘If the SnOasis project were to be completed it would enable us to
utilise the facility not only for our elite skaters but members of our
development squads who at present have to travel overseas for any
long term training.’ National Ice Skating Association of UK
‘It is great to think of a local authority that actually has the balls to
proceed with a project that will be a major source of tourist income.
The proposals are so inspiring as they will provide training facilities for
so many sports that have little possibility of ever getting the recognition
they deserve.’ GB Inline Rollerblading
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Who’s backing SnOasis
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‘The Council welcomes the prospect of having a major national and
regional leisure facility on the edge of Ipswich and supports the
principle of the SnOasis proposal.’ Ipswich Borough Council
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‘The council has said it will do whatever it can to support SnOasis. It’s
the biggest thing that’s happened in Mid-Suffolk and would be of
national and international importance’
Cllr Wendy Marchant, Mid Suffolk District Council
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‘We’ve seen all the plans and proposals and we’ve supported it. We
think it will provide a lot of new facilities and attract a lot of business. It’s
important to have facilities for any type of business, not just hi-tech.
We want real jobs here in Suffolk. The site is situated just off the A14
and so its additional facilities could attract business to the area.’
Ipswich and Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
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Local and regional MPs including Bob Blizzard and Chris Mole.
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Who’s backing SnOasis
‘The project potentially represents one of the largest single visitor
investments ever made in the region. The region has few new
attractions with a national catchment area. This project could certainly
change this and put the region on the map as a destination.’
East of England Tourist Board
‘We express our full support for snoasis. It should bring significant
benefits to the East of England’
John Williams, Chief Executive , Suffolk Development Agency
‘I think it is a superb project that will bring a tremendous number of jobs
in the region, a great deal of visitors and overall it will give our economy
and massive lift’ Bob Sambrook, Chairman, IoD Suffolk
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Fenland Skaters
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What are the benefits for Suffolk
• A World class facility for the County and region
• A fabulous boost for local winter sports enthusiasts and budding
young sports stars
• £80m per annum boost to the region’s economy
• Pump primer for Ipswich / Cambridge corridor
• 4500 new jobs (2000 at SnOasis)
• New railway station
• A top class conference centre for 1,000 delegates
• Optimising the use of a large brownfield site
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The timetable for opening
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Outline planning application submitted
Public consultation / exhibition
MSDC planning Comm Approval
Planning Inquiry
Planning Inquiry Result
Start On Site
Full planning application
• Construction
• Opening
June 2004
July 2004
April 2006
May 2007
Autumn 2007
Late 2007
Early 2008
to Early 2011
Early 2011
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For Further Information
• Sign up to the SnOasis website to receive updates on
what is happening
• www.snoasis.co.uk
• Contact EWS