ICYMI: Saudi Arabia Is Building a Skyscraper Next to Ski Resort
This article originally appeared on Ski Mag
Saudi Arabia building skyscraper next to ski resort
Saudi Arabia sees your expansion plans, Vail, and they are raising you about 100 stories. Zaha Hadid Architects have proposed building a skyscraper complete with restaurants, shopping and accommodation above Trojena a new ski resort in the Neom Mountains slated to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games. Though construction on the high-rise hasn't yet begun, a crystalline rendering of the tapered building came out this week and, well, let's hope you don't have to do those stairs in ski boots.
WATCH: 115-foot front flip on dry slope? Sure!
Ski instructor Anthony Robert is crazy for this one. Risking a biblical rug burn, the social media skier took his act a step further this week, bouncing off a European ski jump before launching a massive 115-foot front flip to an ACL-taxing landing. Ah, to be young again.
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Netflix buys Powder Mountain
Ok, maybe not technically the company itself, but Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings put down a cool $100 million last week to take over a majority stake of Utah's 'other' resort. The investment gives Hastings, who stepped down as Netflix CEO in January, reign over nearly 8,500 acres and 500 inches of snowfall a year. Now that's a snow show I'd tune into.
Anyone else watching the Big Sky tram construction vids?
Anyone?! This is nuts. The amount of people and expertise that gets one of North America's most iconic people movers in place is nothing short of brain-melting. Is this baby eagle cam for skiers? Seriously, I can't stop watching these vids!
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