Developers of a proposed resort near the Horseshoe Bend were still raising money for infrastructure and had no construction start date as of Oct. 27, according to project attorney Christopher Clark Deschene, now the Navajo Nation vice president-elect.
Deschene said surveys, studies and other pre-development work remained unfinished for the project, which President Buu Nygren’s staff described as a $700 million development at its September 2024 ceremonial groundbreaking.
“Long answer, we’re still raising the capital for it,” Deschene said.
In an interview, Deschene said advancing the resort project was not his reason for becoming Speaker Crystalyne Curley’s running mate.
“No! No, absolutely not! I have my career. I’ve been helping on projects in Indian Country and Horseshoe Bend is one of the projects that I’ve been working on,” he said.
