b'8 SLCTERMINALSSalt Lake City Intl Unveils Near-FinalPhase of New Terminal BY KRISTIN V. SHAWImagine you build a series ofa $5.1 billion initiative called The NewShowcasing Local Beauty additions onto your family homeSLC Redevelopment Program. BecauseBuilt in the early 1960s, the outgoing SLC instead of buying a new one. Itthe new airport was built adjacent to theterminal had one terminal, two concourses works well for years until the house can noformer airport, construction had minimaland 21 gates. Air service was provided by longer expand to meet the needs of yourimpact on passengers. five major airlines back thenBonanza, growing family; the only option left is toIn fall 2024, the Utah airport unveiledFrontier, United, West Coast and Westerntear down the house and rebuild a biggermajor improvements completed during theand the airport was equipped to serve up to version on the same lot. The catch is, youthird and near-final phase: a 1,000-foot- 12 million annual passengers. By 1996, SLC must continue living in the house until thelong central tunnel, Concourse B plaza, 12was bursting at the seams with 20 million new one is finished, vacating sections onenew concessions, five additional Delta Airpassengers passing through per year.at a time to make way for work crews. Plus,Lines gates, and four new art installations. the entire familyincluding kids, pets andThats when the Salt Lake City The River Tunnel, which connectsDepartment of Airports commissioned grandparentsmust walk out of their wayconcourses A and B, is particularly to access key areas like the kitchen anda new master plan to adjust for the popular because it reduced the previousburgeoning traffic. However, it would bathrooms. concourse-to-concourse transit time of at be 18 more years before SLC broke Salt Lake City International Airportleast 13 minutes to less than six.ground on what would become its new (SLC) faced a similar scenario. AfterWith Phase 3 finished, SLCs new houseterminal. During that period, the industry decades of incremental additions, theis ready, the lights are on, and its family ofexperienced a series of major upheavals, airport recently finished a major milestoneglobal travelers is already settled in andstarting with 9/11 terrorist attacks in toward replacing its aging terminal throughenjoying their more comfortable home.2001, followed by a major U.S. financial January | February 2025AirportImprovement.com'