![]() “What we’re proposing to do, instead of keeping old Concourse B and old Concourse C open (during construction), is tear down the existing airport facilities after the new SLC phase one is open,” Wyatt told the advisory board. Now, because of less demand, Wyatt said they’ll be able to demolish all of the airport’s old facilities faster. To maximize available gates, airport officials had originally planned to demolish the airport’s old terminals and concourses in a phased manner, after the new airport’s first concourses open to the public, slated for Sept. And while that’s terrible for ticket sales, concessions and just about everyone in the airline business, airport officials saw an opportunity to not only shorten the airport’s $4.1 billion redevelopment by two years, but also save millions.īill Wyatt, the airport’s executive director, recently laid out the plan for Salt Lake City’s Airport Advisory Board, explaining how the airport would complete its multiyear redevelopment in the same size and scope, “except it will be two years faster and up to $300 million cheaper.” Suddenly, a decades-old airport that had struggled for years with capacity issues saw daily demand shrink dramatically. SALT LAKE CITY - When the global COVID-19 pandemic nearly turned the Salt Lake City International Airport into a ghost town, officials overseeing the airport’s massive rebuild saw a possible silver lining. ![]()
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