Navajo Nation’s View Hotel in Monument Valley set to open in December
A new hotel in Monument Valley aims to live up to its name — the View.
The 95-room hotel scheduled to open in December is situated with panoramic views of the well-known rock formations the Mittens, technically, the East and West Mitten Buttes on the Arizona side of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. You’ve probably seen John Wayne riding purposefully past the Mittens in westerns.
The hotel is built on the site of a former campground, adjacent to the Tribal Park Visitors Center and Trading Post. Designed to maximize views and minimize impact on the environment, the View will feature Navajo artwork, a two-story lobby, “green” building technology and a low building contour that conforms to the mesa site.
The hotel is being hailed as big news for the Navajo Nation, which has an unemployment rate of nearly 50%. The hotel is the first to be built on Navajo Tribal Park land, said hotel spokesman Mike Finney, and it will provide more than 100 jobs in the hotel, restaurant and store.
The park is northeast of the Grand Canyon and between Lake Powell on the west and the Four Corners on the east.
The View is accepting online reservations beginning Dec. 6. Rates for standard rooms range from $95 to $195 depending on the season.
— Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times staff writer
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(Photo: The View Hotel in Monument Valley, courtesy of the hotel)
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September 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Just keep us in mind when we get back in that part of the country,
September 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
The Navahos treat Monument Valley like an ATM while calling it “sacred land.”
September 28th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Dunno where these Native American tribes get their advice, but just like the Havasupai building on the rim of the Grand Canyon, this is a bad idea. There is a nice hotel already there called Gouldings in which I have stayed a couple of times. It is way up by the bluffs and not in plain view like this monstrosity. Unemployment is no suitable reason to deface nature’s beauty.
September 28th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
This is GREAT! I remember being at Monument Valley 7 years ago - fully depressed at the shacks along the road selling “stuff” … and wondering why a hotel wasn’t built taking advantage of one of the most impressive views in North America. Hope this hotel provides a great experience for tourists - and a great source of jobs and income for the Navajo.
September 29th, 2008 at 6:59 am
While I always wondered about the absence of a hotel at the Monument Valley visitor center location (or even a decent visitor center) the photo doesn’t depict anything particularly sensitive to the environment or locale…
September 29th, 2008 at 9:18 am
A sad day in history when a hotel is put up at such a beautiful historic site. I’m Navajo and I find no beauty in this whatsoever!
September 29th, 2008 at 9:55 am
a mistake……….i worked on a movie, “once upon a time in the west”, in monument valley…1968….the open space/vista is beautiful…….so,..why could they not build the hotel near the entrance, with the same view, by the ranger station…& still employ the local residents ?……who thought this one up?.& is there a casino inside the hotel?…(& what would john wayne say?)….bad deal……..jack english…..hollywood, calif…….
January 16th, 2009 at 11:48 am
hi. my name is chelsea. im a full blooded navajo and i live in kayenta. About 20 miles away from monument valley. I wanted to say that putting this hotel up has its good and bad views, i mean its good that many people want to try and put up jobs for navajos or indians living close by, and bad because people say it messes up the beauty. it doesn’t at all!
So here are my responses to what some of the people had left on their comments….
Dave Yuhas Says:
September 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
The Navahos treat Monument Valley like an ATM while calling it “sacred land.”
****Hey dave we do call it a sacred land, and its not an atm, us navajos like to do many things down here, like ride our dirt bikes, have models represent their other halves, and dude you spelled navaho wrong its NAVAJO!!! hmm….some genius….
Dan Milina Says:
September 28th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Dunno where these Native American tribes get their advice, but just like the Havasupai building on the rim of the Grand Canyon, this is a bad idea. There is a nice hotel already there called Gouldings in which I have stayed a couple of times. It is way up by the bluffs and not in plain view like this monstrosity. Unemployment is no suitable reason to deface nature’s beauty.
****umm….dan if you lived here, you wouldnt have a job, i would see you in a hogan trying to give hay to your sheep, so look on our point of view.
Cher Aguilar Says:
September 29th, 2008 at 9:18 am
A sad day in history when a hotel is put up at such a beautiful historic site. I’m Navajo and I find no beauty in this whatsoever!
****well like some other native people im sure you have a low paying job or not even a job at all so at least feel happy that some people are here to work. and monument valley is still beautiful without the hotel or not. just look deeper into it.
jack English Says:
September 29th, 2008 at 9:55 am
a mistake……….i worked on a movie, “once upon a time in the west”, in monument valley…1968….the open space/vista is beautiful…….so,..why could they not build the hotel near the entrance, with the same view, by the ranger station…& still employ the local residents ?……who thought this one up?.& is there a casino inside the hotel?…(& what would john wayne say?)….bad deal……..jack english…..hollywood, calif…….
***if you stayed there wouldn’t it be nice to wake up in the morning looking out the window with the beautiful sights of the valley in just a look away. and theres no casino jack english, casino’s arent that legal on the rez….well only one passed but thats by grants which isnt really on the rez….but jack english i would like you to put something up instead to help out the natives that live here….what would that be huh???…..
well thats all i had to say.
February 24th, 2009 at 11:02 am
You go Chelsea!!! Give the critics a piece of your mind.
I think the hotel is a great idea and look forward to staying there during my visit this summer.
April 19th, 2009 at 10:36 am
You tell them Chelsea ! I have some experience of a dominant culture trying to keep an area like a museum despite what the people who actually live there might want or need. Think yourself very lucky you’ve managed to keep control over this bit of land or it would probably be a huge theme park by now and one hotel would be the least of your problems.They should look at the hotel from the valley floor and see how well it blends in. I hope to stay there in September and it will hopefully be a once in a lifetime experience.