Dean's World

It sounds fake, based on that review. All they've done is make some holes? The website claims

http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com/skywalk.html

On May 2005, the final test was conducted and the stucture passed engineering requirements by 400 percent, enabling it to withstand the weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 airplanes (more that 71 million pounds).

How do you a test a structure that isn't there? The blogger says he was told there are only holes in the wall. It doesn't sound like it could be tested offsite and transported:

More than one million pounds of steel will go into the construction of the Grand Canyon Skywalk.

So either what the blogger was told is incorrect, or the thing is just some drawings.

No photos of the alleged structure on the website (afaict) either, which seems odd. Major engineering projects love attention; it's the "wow" factor that helps get them done.

I think they are going to build it, or at least plan to build it. I don't know. I never got the impression when I was out there that it wasn't ever going to happen. Though, it certainly has NOT happened yet!

Like you, we didn't know how the heck they had tested it! After seeing that it was fully tested in May, we were expecting to find a structure that just needed the final touches, maybe permits, whatever - before it could open next month. But, there is nothing there other than some holes. More than one person told us this while we were there.

I do know that the projects that the developers have previously worked on in Vegas, aren't exactly Vegas' "finest".

You know, now that you mention it...


1) All the buildings out there are "temp" buildings.
2) They havn't even installed Fuel tanks underground, and I don't know if they've gotten the permits to do that or what, but for now, those are "temp" as well.
3) That dirt road that takes you to it is on BLM land, and a area of critical environmental concern. They're likely to never pave it. The tribe doesn't even claim they will pave it - Just say they will drive you out there on their busses.
4) It's supposed to be a very high end resort, with hotels and everything... Who's going to either drive that road, or climb on a bus to go to a high end resort?

In reality, all they've done is throw up some buildings, print some brochures, and make some pretty paintings.

It'd be interesting to call these developers and find out if -they- still have plans to go through with it. I think that i'll see if I can do that.

When we asked the Native American out front in the cheasy outfit about the skywalk he pointed down that road, and said.. "See all that dust down there? That's where it will be, but there's nothing to see there yet." We just asumed that dust was them working on it, but now that I think aobut it.. It was a holiday weekend, and that dust could have come from anywhere. When we got inside, they told us that all they had done is dig the holes into the side of the mountain.