Gaylord, DMB seek 3-year extension for Mesa projects

Gaylord Entertainment Co. and DMB Associates are asking Mesa for another three years to get rolling on a planned tourism and convention destination in the far southeast Valley. Karrin Taylor, a vice president with Scottsdale-based DMB, told The Arizona Republic on Thursday that the economy, plus a destructive flood at Gaylord's flagship resort in Nashville, made it impossible to meet deadlines. It was exactly two years ago today that DMB and Gaylord told a festive crowd at the Mesa Arts Center that they were partnering to build a massive resort and conference center on the northern end of what used to be the General Motors Desert Proving Ground. Gaylord planned a resort that would be Arizona's largest, with at least 1,200 rooms. DMB paid $265 million for 5 square miles of the GM property in late 2006.

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