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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
I was actually hoping to hear that the ~$1.5B had resulted in drawing in some substantive economic business that I hadn't heard about but I guess having Clear (which I use), a decent bar just after you exit TSA (which I use), and moving walkways (which I don't use) are pluses.
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I would guess that stuff takes time, too... doubt anyone seriously thought the minute they built a new airport, they'd become an international hub or anything. I'd imagine 2 years in terms of major routes and what not for airlines isn't necessarily a long time either.
And no matter what bullshit politicians spewed, I'd think the general thought was the old airport was guaranteed to never change the status quo, while a new airport gives the airport a
chance to expand and provide more international routes (which apparently has already happened to some extent), etc.
I'm sure that % chance and timeline was overstated because that's what people do when they want to convince others to spend a billion dollars, but clearly the old airport was stuck in pre-9/11 days (and more like the 70s) and needed a huge upgrade.
And as a local, I loved the old airport, but now as an out of towner, I totally get why it needed an upgrade (granted, the one big improvement they could make now is moving the rental cars to the terminal instead of doing the shuttle thing).