 After the expansion to the west side in 2004, the total area of the Satoland was extended to about 74 ha.The Sapporo Snow Festival, which has usually had three main sites, gave up using the Makomanai site in 2005, and moved instead to Satoland, where huge snow slides and a maze have featured during the festival.From the 2009 festival, the site switched to the nearby Sapporo Community Dome (Tsudome).