an online publication of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport • Spring 2004


Spring 2004 Index


You're Invited to the Grand Opening Celebration
The New Concourse A - What's Moved Where
New Spots for Shopping, Eating and Relaxing
Artwork All Along a Traveler's Journey

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Commissioners

Patricia Davis
Bob Edwards
Alec Fisken
Paige Miller
Lawrence T. Molloy

Chief Executive Officer

M.R. Dinsmore



On June 15, Sea-Tac Airport will open its first major terminal facility in 30 years. The stunning architecture adds nearly a million square feet of space for departing and arriving passengers. The expansion includes a new Concourse A with 14 airline gates, a dozen new restaurants and shops and the airport's first moving sidewalks. On the airside of the Concourse, a 25-foot curtain wall provides expansive views of the Olympic Mountains. The 70-foot-high "window wall" in the south hall greets arriving passengers with spirit-lifting light and a view of the Cascade Mountains.

You're Invited to the Grand Opening Celebration

What: The only chance for non-passengers to explore this magnificent new facility because once it opens on June 15, only ticketed passengers will be allowed beyond the security checkpoint . . . and a day of fun, festivities and special events.
When: Saturday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: The new Concourse A and South Arrivals Hall at Sea-Tac Airport

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The New Concourse A -- What's Moved Where

The opening of the 2,102-foot Concourse A brings lots of changes with it. Six airlines will be operating of the 14-gate concourse (and seven on June 22, when China Air begins departures from the concourse on its new service from Seattle to Taipei, Taiwan). There are four new baggage claim carousels, new ticket counters and a south security checkpoint serving both Concourse A and the South Satellite

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New Spots for Shopping, Eating, and Relaxing

Thirteen new food, beverage, news and retail concessions are opening along the sunlit expanse of Concourse A. Several are new businesses that have never had outlets at Sea-Tac before and most are disadvantaged buisnes enterprises (DBE).

 

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Artwork All Along a Traveler's Journey

Spectacular art greets and guides travelers as they traverse the new south terminal. As part of the expansion, the Port of Seattle added 14 works of public art by prominent regional and national artists. The artwork not only enhances the beauty of the new facility, but also serves a practical purpose as well. A stunning hand-painted wall glass, for example, helps guides passengers in the secure area of the ticketing level to the escalator to the transit level or to the Concourse A gates.

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