It boasts a 300-metre indoor beach, a skating rink and an IMAX cinema.
"It's called the Ocean Dome, and when I took this picture 15 years ago," says Parr, "it was the biggest indoor beach and pool in the world".
Stunts will include a talk by former US president Bill Clinton and creating an indoor beach from 20,000 tonnes of imported sand.
Surf's Up, Inside An indoor beach party with chowder, lobster, clams, oysters, fried chicken, fried fish, corn and unlimited beer and lemonade will be held on Aug. 3 at 6 30 p.m. at Beacon, 25 West 56th Street.
Deng Hong was the man behind the New Century Global Centre in the city of Chengdu, a cavernous shopping complex (complete with 300-metre indoor beach) that China's media call the world's largest building.
Born in Brooklyn, he grew up in Puerto Rico before going to graduate school in Rochester, where he is now a fixture of the city's wintertime indoor beach-volleyball scene.
As Newman's co-conspirator and office mate (they shared an indoor beach umbrella and had nameplates identifying them as lifeguards), Mr. Hotchner helped create the distinctive marketing style of Newman's Own products, which have featured slogans like "The Intimate Companion Your Pasta Will Never Forget" and "Fine Foods Since February".
8 P.M. (MyNetwork TV) VOLLEYBALL: AVP HOT WINTER NIGHTS This special features highlights from the AVP indoor beach volleyball tour, as well as biographies of the players and an interview with the Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh, who is recovering from shoulder surgery.
In their 15 years in the pub, a stone's throw from the West Pier, they have covered it in turf to mark the Open Golf Championship, turned it into an indoor beach with six tonnes of sand and held parties so amazing that they are still whispered about in awed tones.
Looking down for a moment, I spot the indoor beach – which has been titled the South Seas – nestled next to the mock amazon.
