SnOasis is a controversial proposed indoor winter sports resort

Indoor ski slope

Indoor ski slopes are found in several countries, proving a climate controlled environment can be maintained in which snow can be manufactured using a snow cannon, enabling skiing and snowboarding to take place year-round.-Notable mentions:...

 in Great Blakenham

Great Blakenham

Great Blakenham is a small village near Ipswich, in Suffolk UK.The future ski centre, Snoasis, is planned to be built there and a train station. The Town 102 radio station is based there....

 near Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

, Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

 currently scheduled to open in 'late 2014'. It is planned be the largest real snow indoor ski slope in the world with a 415 metres slope long, 70 metres wide run and a 100 metres drop accommodating 1000 skiers per hour. There are several comparable slopes, including one at Neuss

Neuss

Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, but none have a vertical drop of 100 meters and the overall ski area of SnOasis will be more than double that of any other indoor ski slope in the world.

The project is being promoted by Onslow Suffolk Ltd with a budget of £300 million and would create around 1800 new jobs in the local area once fully open, and 3500 jobs created during the construction phase.