Vegas company abandons plans for luxury resort near Joshua Tree National Park
Key takeaways
- A Las Vegas-based hospitality group has abandoned plans to build a luxury eco-resort less than a mile outside Joshua Tree National Park.
- But representatives of Ofland Hotels didn’t cite the litigation as rationale for walking away from the project.
- In a press release Thursday, Ofland Hotels said that “softening market demand” drove its retreat. “As a company, we must adapt to shifts in the industry,” Luke Searcy, head of development, said in the release.
The project was slated for 152 acres of undeveloped creosote scrub in the Indian Cove area of Twentynine Palms, seen here in January 2025. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) By Alex Wigglesworth Staff Writer Follow April 30, 2026 3:33 PM PT 1 5 min Click here to listen to this article Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X Linked In Threads Reddit Whats App Copy Link URL Copied! Print 0:00 0:00 1x This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here.
A Las Vegas-based hospitality group has abandoned plans to build a luxury eco-resort less than a mile outside Joshua Tree National Park.
The project, slated for 152 acres of undeveloped creosote scrub in the Indian Cove area of Twentynine Palms, drew a lawsuit from neighbors and conservationists who alleged the city failed to adequately assess and mitigate potential environmental harms when it approved the plans last year.