Ugh. The only silver lining is that some good work has been put in already, and hopefully that will encourage them to come back to it when they can.
Unfortunately though stoppages like this can be a death knell, since it could be years before they are ready to work again and public attitude could shift by then. I'd think that the need for this kind of improvement will only be more drastic in the coming years as younger crowds flock to more walk-able, thoughtfully-built destinations like Eureka Springs, Hot Springs, or even Vegas and Orlando.
Even the newer things built in Branson are going to loose their shine pretty quickly without extra help... I mean, other than the ferris wheel and drop tower what has really been added of value on the strip recently? Another mini golf or two, a strip mall, and a CiCi's? There's a few nice things, but the random crap development is still drowning it out. It's nice to have new development in general, but it needs to be going somewhere positive.