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The new sport ex ski village fires. Who can het ashes alight!

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The numbskulls that seemingly have nothing better to do!!

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It amazes me they can find anything to burn up their as the site has mostly been cleared away now. Used to great for Urbexing .

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There is a growing alternative sport scene in this country. The site could have been expanded for more slopes; hotels and all sorts of other businesses could have sprung up around it to feed of it and support it and regenerate the entire area, but alas it wasn't to be. The only growth industry in Sheffield is the university it seems.

 

The biggest problem with the ski village was that it was not easy to access with narrow roads and a low bridge making it unsuitable for buses. It was also expensive for all but the dedicated skier and it was also losing money. If it had not burnt down then it would have had to close anyway.

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It was not losing money at all. Was a nice little Esther for Kevin.

'Esther'? Did you mean 'earner'?

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Is there any reason it's not been redeveloped yet?

 

I remember reading in the paper a while back the ski village owner was pointing fingers at the council??

Not sure I believe him though?

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It was not losing money at all. Was a nice little Esther for Kevin.

 

Was it? I probably exaggerated a bit in saying it was losing money but it certainly was not making much given the money spent on it. The previous owners also failed to encourage visitors or make much in the way of profit hence its demise. Isn't Kevin also a housing developer who would see the land as housing potential with a greater profit margin?

 

In any-case here are a few key moments printed in the Star:

 

1988 Sheffield Ski Village opens

1999 Snow Mountain project first mooted

2000 Xscape opens in Milton Keynes *

2003 Xscape Castleford opens *

2003 Site put up for sale for £1

2004 Firm into administration

2007 Bought by Kevin Pullan

2012 Fire at ski village

2012 Further fires on site

2013 Further arson attacks

2013 Steve Peat opens his downhill mountain biking trails

2014 Kevin Pullan’s plan to put housing on the site is rejected

2015 Council unveils new masterplan for the Parkwood Springs site

 

* Xscape used real snow, was popular and took away a lot of business.

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Guess what! Its on fire again!

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Something serious needs doing about this land

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I'm surprised that theres anything flammable left that hadn't already been burnt.

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I'm surprised that theres anything flammable left that hadn't already been burnt.

 

People seem to be using it as an unofficial tyre dump, hence the dense black smoke today.

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