27/03/2010 - 13:54

Die höchsten Ziele der Welt: Grand Canyon Skywalk, Northwestern Arizona

concierge.com meldet:
A U-shaped walkway made of steel and three-inch-thick heat-strengthened glass, the Grand Canyon Skywalk juts out 70 feet beyond the canyon's rim at Eagle Point. Look down, and it's a stomach-churning 4,000 feet to the Colorado River—that's around three times the height of the frankly snack-sized Empire State Building.
Quelle: http://www.concierge.com/ideas/activeadventure/tours/1390?page=2

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Streit um den Grand Canyon Skywalk: Investor unterliegt vor Gericht
Im Streit um die Gewinne aus der Touristenattraktion Grand Canyon Skywalk ist der Investor von einem Bundesgericht abgewiesen worden. Zunächst sei das Stammesgericht der Hualapai zuständig...
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/reise/streit-...

Submitted by Redaktion on 23/03/2012 - 18:32.

Streit um den Grand Canyon Skywalk: Indianer feuern Investor
Mit dem Geld eines Bauunternehmers aus Las Vegas errichteten die Hualapai-Indianer den Grand Canyon Skywalk auf ihrem Stammesgebiet. Nun gibt es Streit um den Profit aus der lukrativen Touristenattraktion...
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/reise/streit-...

Submitted by Redaktion on 19/03/2012 - 18:14.

Grand Canyon Skywalk: Geschichte und Chancen
Die Idee für das 30-Millionen-Dollar-Projekt stammt ursprünglich aus Las Vegas, wo man im Baugewerbe gewohnt ist, Unmögliches zu leisten. Architekt David Jin kam bereits 1996 während eines Canyon-Trips auf die Idee, eine ...
http://www.focus.de/reisen/reisefuehrer/...

Submitted by Redaktion on 14/11/2011 - 19:04.

Arizona: Tribe, Skywalk developer at odds over arbitration
A northern Arizona tribe and the developer of the Grand Canyon Skywalk have picked arbitrators to hear a contract dispute.
http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-reg...

Submitted by Redaktion on 17/09/2011 - 15:22.

Grand Canyon Skywalk developer apologizes for offending tribe
The developer of the Grand Canyon Skywalk has apologized for comments that a northwestern Arizona tribe says were racist.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug...

Submitted by Redaktion on 21/08/2011 - 18:10.

Dispute over Grand Canyon Skywalk contract ongoing
The tribe claims Jin has not finished the visitor center that tourists must pass through to reach the glass bridge that juts out from the Grand Canyon...
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/state-and...

Submitted by Redaktion on 14/06/2011 - 11:23.

Las Vegas developer of Grand Canyon Skywalk sues tribal council
The Las Vegas company that developed the Grand Canyon Skywalk attraction is suing the Hualapai Indian tribe's governing council, charging it wrongly plans to seize the company's interest in the glass skywalk through eminent domain proceedings.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/apr...

Submitted by Redaktion on 02/04/2011 - 13:54.