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The Grand Canyon will add outdoor dining overlooking the South Rim, valet parking at El Tovar Hotel and food trucks to keep up with crowds of hungry visitors at the busy national park. A new lodge and restored tourist cabins are also coming as part of upgraded facilities and services at Arizona's fairfield inn santa clarita top tourist attraction.
The biggest facility change in the two agreements is a new $11.5M hotel with 120 rooms to replace the outdated Maswick South Lodge along with a $1.9M restoration of historic cabins that would add another 56 rooms.
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The Park Service is asking the winning concessionaire to add 35 tables for seasonal outdoor dining at El Tovar lounge, which overlooks the rim. El Tovar dining room only has a few tables with windows looking out on the Canyon.
Bids are due in November for two contracts to operate lodging, restaurants, gift shops, stores, campgrounds, bus tours and mule rides for visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. The contracts will be awarded next summer and go into effect in 2015.
The 15-year Park Service contracts set the financial framework for a restructuring of visitor services to increase competition but also spells out a list of facility upgrades and new amenities aimed at improving the tourist experience at the South Rim.
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