{"id":89386,"date":"2026-10-01T16:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89386"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:38:24","slug":"snow-city-closes-after-26-years-staff-bid-tearful-farewell-lifestyle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89386","title":{"rendered":"Snow City closes after 26 years: Staff bid tearful farewell, Lifestyle News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After enjoying one last snowfall together on Wednesday (Sept 30), Snow City bid farewell to its last customers after 26 years.<\/p>\n<p>As the attraction closed its doors for the final time, staff tucked into a hotpot dinner before sharing tearful hugs, The Straits Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Snow City also thanked customers for their support over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Wednesday, it wrote: &#8220;To everyone who ever bundled up in our oversized jackets, braved the -5 degree Celsius chill, slide down the ice slopes, or shared a warm laugh in our frozen wonderland \u2014 thank you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for letting us be part of your childhood, your family tradition, your first date, and your happiest moment. You turned a Snow City into the warmest place in Singapore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SnowCitySG\/posts\/pfbid0XCA1HFhNk77LwhJfHhDqmQ2yFfX2YJiKgcaVKzwoquyCyZNj7JUEYnQN6Ho3vMMcl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SnowCitySG\/posts\/pfbid0XCA1HFhNk77LwhJfHhDqmQ2yFfX2YJiKgcaVKzwoquyCyZNj7JUEYnQN6Ho3vMMcl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Snow City&#8217;s farewell messages on social media also received numerous comments from the public, who shared fond memories of their visits.<\/p>\n<p>One wrote: &#8220;All the best to the lovely, humble, passionate, hardworking and professional team Snow City Singapore crew, for your dedication to serve with your hearts, creating many beautiful and fond memories for everyone who came to the magical place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember one visitor lost his wedding ring while having fun in the snow and the team literally combed through the snow to find the ring for its rightful owner! You guys should be very proud of yourselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The indoor snow centre, which opened at Science Centre Singapore in 2000, was the first of its kind in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Snow City&#8217;s closure comes amidst shifting visitor interests and an evolving attractions landscape, Science Centre Singapore said in May.<\/p>\n<p>All eight full-time Snow City staff were offered redeployment opportunities within Science Centre Board, and those who chose to pursue opportunities elsewhere received outplacement assistance and severance support.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:736149]]<\/p>\n<p>minlee.lam@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/lifestyle\/snow-city-closure-farewell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After enjoying one last snowfall together on Wednesday (Sept 30), Snow City bid farewell to its last customers after 26 years. As the attraction closed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}