b'10 BNA TERMINALSNashville Intl Expands Central Terminal with New Grand LobbyBY KRISTEN RINDFLEISCHNashville International Airportlater this year. All are components of thebegan assembling (BNA) opened its five-storyairports larger $1.5 billion BNA Visiona team to update Grand Lobby this January, aprogram.and expand facilities 300,000-square-foot space designed toThe Grand Lobby projects origin datesto accommodate provide travelers with more space and giveback to 2012, when the Airport Authorityup to 35 million them a sense of Tennessee and its capitalbegan considering how to rearrange BNAspassengers. BNA city. Key features of the $480 million projectlobby and add technologies to improvePresident and Chief are new concessions offerings, 24 securitypassenger experience and flow. During theExecutive OfficerDOUG KREULENscreening lanes, large multimedia digitalnext five years, Nashville grew significantlyDoug Kreulen notes displays and several art installations. from both a population standpoint and asthat the airport averaged 10% annual A dozen restaurants and retail shopsa tourist destination, prompting the Boardgrowth from 2012 to 2019 and recovered are open now, and 15 more are set to beof Commissioners to address the airportsquickly after COVID rocked the industry. added this September. The airport is alsolong-range capacity as well.In 2022, traffic increased 124% over pre-on track to open an on-site Hilton Hotelpandemic levels in 2019. This year, BNA When BNA reached approximately 17expects to serve 21 million passengers. and a new 1,800-space parking garagemillion passengers in 2016, leadership May | June 2023AirportImprovement.com'