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Could this be the end of the Grand Canyon?
BBC News ^ | 4th September 2014 | Anthony Zurcher

Posted on 09/04/2014 10:06:13 AM PDT by the scotsman

'The Los Angeles Times's Julie Cart reported on Sunday of plans to build "restaurants, hotels and shops" on Navajo Indian land adjacent to the eastern portion of the Grand Canyon.

The 420-acre Grand Canyon Escalade proposal would also feature an eight-person gondola that would take tourists on a 10-minute ride to the canyon floor, she writes, "where they would stroll along an elevated riverside walkway to a restaurant at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers".

Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote The average person can't ride a mule to the bottom of the canyon” End Quote R Lamar Whitmer

Managing Partner, Confluence Partners LLC

The canyon, called one of the seven natural wonders of the world, attracts more than 5 million visitors annually. Confluence Partners, the company behind the proposal, estimates the development could draw as many as 3 million visitors.

Prospects for this new construction have officials from the US Park Service worried that the project - located two miles from the park - may have an adverse impact on the area's scenic vistas.'

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: grandcanyon
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1 posted on 09/04/2014 10:06:13 AM PDT by the scotsman
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I don’t see a problem - it’s a pretty big canyon.


2 posted on 09/04/2014 10:07:47 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: the scotsman

I can’t wait to see the headline, “Could this be the end of the BBC?”

Oh well, I can dream, can’t I?


3 posted on 09/04/2014 10:09:16 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: the scotsman

It would be WONDERFUL!!! MORE people should see it any way they can!!


4 posted on 09/04/2014 10:09:33 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: the scotsman

5 posted on 09/04/2014 10:12:14 AM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: the scotsman
Prospects for this new construction have officials from the US Park Service worried that the project - located two miles from the park - may have an adverse impact on the area's scenic vistas.' the governments money monopoly.

Fixed.
6 posted on 09/04/2014 10:12:27 AM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: the scotsman

Sounds like a great place to have a buffalo steak.


7 posted on 09/04/2014 10:12:58 AM PDT by bray (Palin/Bibi 2016)
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To: dainbramaged

If done correctly... Why not? The old folks would like it I’d bet.


8 posted on 09/04/2014 10:14:39 AM PDT by refermech
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To: rottndog

Under Agenda 21 they want to make it as difficult as possible for people to go out into nature, not easier.


9 posted on 09/04/2014 10:15:11 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: the scotsman

US Park Service + Fascism = Mob Rule by mobsters..
With “Dons” and “Capos” and “Goons” and everything..


10 posted on 09/04/2014 10:15:25 AM PDT by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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To: hosepipe

After what the park service did to monuments and parks during that budget thing, I have no respect for anything they have to say.


11 posted on 09/04/2014 10:17:16 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: refermech

I’d go in a drumbeat!


12 posted on 09/04/2014 10:17:48 AM PDT by bigmak007 (They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
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To: refermech

Years ago, my grandparents took a lot of roadtrips from NC. One was to the grand canyon. It was almost right out of national lampoon vacation. They drove there, got out of the car, looked for a few minutes and drove back home.


13 posted on 09/04/2014 10:18:05 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: the scotsman

I love this kind of stuff. Those parks belong to US, so if Private Industry wants to improve upon them and make a little cash while doing so, so be it! We certainly do NOT have the $$$ to keep our parks pristine, anymore. $17 Trillion in debt will do that to a country. *SHUDDER*

I cannot WAIT to make a trip out west again to see how the Crazy Horse Monument is coming along. I saw it as a 20 year old, so 30+ years later, seeing it again would be pretty cool.

Don’t post any pictures! I don’t wanna know! :)


14 posted on 09/04/2014 10:18:28 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Ann Archy
I don't know about actual building codes regarding "sovereign" Indian structures, but I do know that they are NOT subject to standard fire codes....we have quite a few Injun casino/hotels in our valley and the local paper did an expose on this subject a few years ago.

A Riverside County fire inspector was quoted as saying he'd shut the whole place down, during a visit with the reporter to one of 'em.

15 posted on 09/04/2014 10:18:38 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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To: DonaldC
After what the park service did to monuments and parks during that budget thing, I have no respect for anything they have to say.

This.

16 posted on 09/04/2014 10:19:12 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: dainbramaged

Sometimes Europeans tend to not grasp the immense scale of the USA. They’re getting worked up about adding about a block of services to a place three times the size of London.


17 posted on 09/04/2014 10:19:34 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
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Niagra falls is doing fine surrounded by casinos restaurants and hotels.


18 posted on 09/04/2014 10:20:38 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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About 15 years ago my son and I took a rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. It took about five days and we slept under the stars each night. It was an amazing experience.


19 posted on 09/04/2014 10:20:43 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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It’s a horrible idea and shows that liberal Indian tribes cannot be trusted to protect nature’s wonders.


20 posted on 09/04/2014 10:23:33 AM PDT by BigBobber (`)
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