No thanks.

As I get older, my vertigo increases. I think it is due to all of my face plants.

4,000 feet high, hanging in mid air

'KUSA - Imagine stepping out over the edge of the Grand Canyon, standing on a structure with a glass floor, looking down 4,000 feet to the bottom of the canyon below.

9NEWS Consumer Reporter Mark Koebrich says that opportunity is now just a matter of weeks away. The Grand Canyon "Skywalk" is nearing completion.

It's a structure that may be on the verge of becoming America's newest must see tourist sensation. It could prove to be a huge economic engine for the Haulapai Indians, who live on the west rim of the Grand Canyon and are financing the structure.

Many in the tribe feel the attraction could become the “8th Wonder of the World."

It is a horseshoe shaped steel observation deck, the hopes of one of America's oldest societies is riding on it, or perhaps better stated, "standing" on it.

Mostly, tourists are worried about the canyon's high winds, but the project builders say they'll be safe.

"I don't think you have to worry about the wind at all. Your hair might get a little messed up but this box beam's a monster,” said construction superintendent Don Highsmith. “This Skywalk is going to be fabulous. I don't think it'll ever move."

Highsmith also points out visitors will be surrounded by walls, although they're walls made of glass.

"The walls are two plates of glass also that will be about 4-feet 6-inches high, and you'll have handrails you grab a hold of which you'll need to probably because it's pretty exciting out there looking down through 4,000 feet," he said.

It is a thrill previously not possible at the canyon. The horseshoe shaped structure will extend out more than half the length of a football field.

The floor is also made of glass and walking on it will give the sensation of being suspended in the canyon's pristine air.

The Haulapai need it to be an absolute sensation. The tribe lives largely in poverty with no industry and no casinos.

"The conditions, you can see it as you go through the community that poverty has been there for a long time,” said Sheri Yellowhawk, CEO of the Grand Canyon Resort Corp. "Just look at the conditions of the homes, the conditions of old cars."

It's poverty that Tribal Board of Directors President Theodore Quasula grew up with.

"I grew up primarily raised by my grandmother. We had no running water, we had no electricity, never had a TV, no indoor plumbing," said Quasula. "All the hardships, on the other hand, I think it made us stronger people."

The Haulapai are rich in land. They own a million acres on the rim of the canyon, the focal point of which is now the Skywalk.

Some critics have charged the man-made attraction will spoil the canyon wall. However, the tribe believes it will only enhance the canyon experience.

"I think there was some concern about the serenity of the canyon," said Quasula. "Perhaps defacing, it if you will. But I don't think so. It's going to blend in well."

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will be first to walk on it on March 20. It opens to the public on March 28.

The Haulapai won't discuss how much the Skywalk cost, but because they are only two hours outside of Las Vegas, they think they have a very marketable project. '