Meydan One in Dubai: Indoor skiing, sky-high dining | CNN

Complex to sport indoor ski slope, 711-meter tower

By Maureen O'Hare, CNN
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Updated 11:29 AM EDT, Fri August 21, 2015
A lavish new project has been unveiled in Dubai that will include the world's longest indoor ski slope, the largest dancing fountain, the tallest residential tower, the highest 360-degree observation deck and the highest restaurant.
Water park, lagoon and more —
A lavish new project has been unveiled in Dubai that will include the world's longest indoor ski slope, the largest dancing fountain, the tallest residential tower, the highest 360-degree observation deck and the highest restaurant.
Courtesy of Meydan City Corporation
The billion-dollar project, dubbed Meydan One, is scheduled for completion by 2020, in time for the UAE-hosted World Expo 2020.
Meydan One —
The billion-dollar project, dubbed Meydan One, is scheduled for completion by 2020, in time for the UAE-hosted World Expo 2020.
Courtesy of Meydan City Corporation
The 711-meter Dubai One Tower would be the tallest residential building in the world. Plans for the tower include a five-star hotel, a yacht club and, on the 161st floor, the highest restaurant on the planet.
Dubai One Tower —
The 711-meter Dubai One Tower would be the tallest residential building in the world. Plans for the tower include a five-star hotel, a yacht club and, on the 161st floor, the highest restaurant on the planet.
Courtesy of Meydan City Corporation
There are also plans for a water park, lagoon, 100-berth marina, 300-meter beach, indoors sports center and 8,000-capacity venue.
New complex will break five world records —
There are also plans for a water park, lagoon, 100-berth marina, 300-meter beach, indoors sports center and 8,000-capacity venue.
Courtesy of Meydan City Corporation
The 57,000-square-meter civic plaza will lie at the heart of the development. It's hoped that the complex will attract up to 78,300 residents.
Civic plaza —
The 57,000-square-meter civic plaza will lie at the heart of the development. It's hoped that the complex will attract up to 78,300 residents.
Courtesy of Meydan City Corporation
It wouldn't be Dubai if it didn't have plenty of shopping opportunities. The Meydan One Mall will have more than 540,000 square meters of retail outlets.
Shopping —
It wouldn't be Dubai if it didn't have plenty of shopping opportunities. The Meydan One Mall will have more than 540,000 square meters of retail outlets.
Courtesy of Meydan City Corporation
New record-breaking Dubai project
CNN  — 

If your building project is to make an impact in Dubai, it’d better be big, bold and beat all the rest.

Meydan One, the Dubai-based Meydan Group’s extravagant new leisure, retail, residential and hotel complex, plans to break not one but five world records by the time construction is finished in 2020.

There’s the world’s tallest residential tower and highest 360-degree observation deck (711 meters or almost 2,335 feet), highest restaurant (675 meters / 2,215 feet), largest dancing fountain (420 meters) and longest indoor ski slope (1.2 kilometers long and 180 meters high).

Dubai’s ski enthusiasts should be happy, as snow is in short supply in the Gulf emirate where summer temperatures can reach 45 C (113 F).

The huge Meydan One Mall will feature 540,000 square meters of luxury and premium brand retail outlets.
The huge Meydan One Mall will feature 540,000 square meters of luxury and premium brand retail outlets.
Meydan City Corporation

Visitors and residents can also cool off at the Crystal Lagoon water park, a 100-berth marina and 300 meters of sandy beach.

Meydan One Mall – because of course there’s a mall – will be home to 652 stores.

Walking through its many aisles should offer the site’s planned 78,300 residents entertainment and exercise enough, but there’s also a 25,000-square-meter indoor sports facility and 8,000-capacity venue.

The estimated $8.6 billion scheme is scheduled for completion in time for the UAE’s hosting of World EXPO 2020, with construction already underway.