North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Avenue will be getting a little slippery this summer.
City council has approved an enormous "slip-n-slide" to take over Lower Lonsdale this August.
Slide the City, a company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, will roll out the one-of-a-kind attraction in conjunction with Car Free Day, an annual celebration that will see Lonsdale closed to traffic south of Esplanade.
The slide itself, a two-lane structure with self-contained water recirculation and purification system, will run from 3rd Street to Victoria Park, ending in a deceleration pool.
The mega-slide measures a whopping 300 metres. Standing vertically, it would measure 100 metres taller than Vancouver’s Shangri-La tower, the tallest building in British Columbia.
Ticket sales have yet to be announced for the for-profit event, but admission to Slide the City events in other cities have fetched between $30 to $60 for an all-day pass.
In its proposal to council, the company included a letter from the Parks and Recreation department of Boise, Idaho, that said despite initial safety concerns, Slide the City adhered to safety plans and there were no injuries sustained during the event.
The company will cover costs of marketing, permit fees, security, washroom rentals, ambulance services as well as partial policing costs, the proposal said.
The event will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Aug. 22.
Slide the City events are scheduled in Toronto and Calgary this summer.
