I'm sorry but I don't get this at all. Not in the least. Ski Dubai was/will be successful because you can't take a three hour flight and get to the real thing. Ski Dubai also uses real snow while this will be turf. Those factors immediately discredit any similiarities between these two projects. Why I feel this is silly: It's bound to cost quite a bit of money to ski there. Texans will pay $40/day per person to ski in the Rockies because you are paying for the entire experience. The cold weather, the (real) snow, the mountainous terrain, all of the things that make Colorado unique and "different" from Texas. This will not be, in any way, shape, or form the same. Outside of the period from early December through February, Texas is hot, so this ski resort will have to be pulling in customers when it is hot outside. I don't see people wanting to pay $40/day to ski on fake snow/turf in 85+ degree heat. You aren't in the mountains and you aren't on real snow. On top of all of that, let's look at the "fun" aspects of this. Surely most that are commenting have been snow skiing multiple times. How many times in a row have you gone on the same run? I usually don't go on the same run more than a time or two in a trip. Why? It gets boring to do it over and over and over again. What makes it fun is going down different parts of the mountain with different views, etc. No one likes to go down the same exact waterslide all day. This 15-20 acre park will only offer a couple of runs, so in effect, it's like a waterpark with only a few slides. People want to ski in Colorado because of the experience. It's 180 degrees different than anything they see in Texas- from the terrain, to the weather, to the towns, everything is different. You simply can't duplicate all of that. This project is really just a really nicely themed amusement park with only a few rides. I'm not sure many people will pay that much money for that. The Wolf Creek Lodge concept is a completely different animal. The waterpark there is small, is available only to people who stay at the hotel, and actually loses money for the hotel on an annual basis. That is, essentially, a hotel with a really nice pool and a couple of eating options. Some may counter that this proposed ski project is a hotel with a really cool thrill ride option, which is similiar to Wolf Creek Lodge. That may be true, but the problem is that this place is going to be relying on people coming just for the ski aspect. Everything is centered around having people come and ski. If they don't get skiiers, the park won't make it. The hotel, on the other hand, makes their profit on being a nice hotel and conference center. The pool just help entice families to stay there instead of any other place in town. The really don't care if people use the pool at all. It's just a nice feature to get more people to stay at their hotel.
