SnOasis

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SnOasis

• An opportunity for Suffolk
• and the East of England

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Todays presentation

• The SnOasis site
• The plans for SnOasis
• Why ski domes are successful
• Who will use SnOasis
• The benefits for Suffolk
• Whos 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?

• 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

• 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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Whos 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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Whos 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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Whos backing SnOasis

• 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
• The council has said it will do whatever it can
  to support SnOasis. Its the biggest thing thats
  happened in Mid-Suffolk and would be of national
  and international importance Cllr Wendy
  Marchant, Mid Suffolk District Council
• Weve seen all the plans and proposals and weve
  supported it. We think it will provide a lot of
  new facilities and attract a lot of business.
  Its 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
• Local and regional MPs including Bob Blizzard and
  Chris Mole.

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Whos 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 regions 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

• Outline planning application submitted
  June 2004
• Public consultation / exhibition
  July 2004
• MSDC planning Comm Approval
  April 2006
• Planning Inquiry
  May 2007
• Planning Inquiry Result
  Autumn 2007
• Start On Site Late 2007
• Full planning application Early 2008
• Construction to Early 2011
• Opening 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