18 November 2000

New details have emerged about the planned Salford Snowdome due to open in late 2002.

To be known as Snoworld, the development of the site between the Railway Viaduct and Oldfield Road starts this year and will require 500 builders and a disused canal to be filled in.

The slope should be about 250m and it is suggested there will be a permanent fun park and quarter-pipe or half-pipe.

The £85m development will include the shops, cinemas and bowling alley and will generate 3000 new jobs. You can find more details about the snowdome at their website.

An artist's impression of the new development is shown below: