<P> The Skywalk was assembled on top of the canyon wall in line with its final placement and moved into final position by a jack and roll rig . The Skywalk infrastructure itself weighs a little over 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) without counterweights but including the tuned mass dampers, railing hardware, glass rails, glass deck and steel box beams . At the time of roll - out, the Skywalk weighed approximately 1.6 million pounds (730,000 kg). The process was completed in two days . </P> <P> Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and John Herrington attended the opening ceremony on March 20, 2007 . </P> <P> A National Geographic documentary film on the construction of the Skywalk has been published . </P> <P> According to Hualapai officials, the cost of the Skywalk was $30 million . Future plans for the Grand Canyon Skywalk complex include a museum, movie theater, VIP lounge, gift shop, and several restaurants including a high - end restaurant called The Skywalk Café where visitors will be able to dine outdoors at the canyon's rim . The Skywalk is the cornerstone of a larger plan by the Hualapai tribe, which it hopes will be the catalyst for a 9,000 - acre (36 km) development to be called Grand Canyon West; it would open up a 100 - mile (160 km) stretch along the canyon's South Rim and include hotels, restaurants, a golf course, casinos, and a cable car to ferry visitors from the canyon rim to the Colorado River, which has been previously inaccessible . </P>

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