Your Guide to the C Concourse During Construction

Editor's Note: This blog was originally posted in 2024 and was updated in 2025 to reflect the latest openings and project milestones.

New year. Same resolution! Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is focused on giving you the best possible experience by modernizing spaces and providing more services, dining, and retail options. And 2025 brings you one step closer to a brand-new modernized space with Upgrade SEA’s C Concourse Expansion project. 

Major construction will literally raise the roof — adding four levels of space, sights, and seats. But with construction comes change. For your protection, a wall will be added near the area of Gates C2-C3 to cordon off the construction behind the wall on the current C1 Building. This will also mean losing some restaurants and retail shops. The good news is the airport has so many alternatives that you’ll still find what you’re looking for. And there’s a lot to look forward to! So don’t fret. There will be 13 new restaurant and retail spaces in a new lighter, brighter space when it’s completed in 2026. 

Let this be your guide to the C Concourse during construction. There's a whole airport to explore! 

Pro tip: Travel to the other concourses is easy breezy with the SEA Underground train system! Find the latest and most accurate information on what’s available in the terminal and how to get there on the interactive map for navigation and information at your fingertips.

Available now

You won’t have to leave the C Concourse to enjoy the following shops, snacks, and amenities.

• Recently upgraded restrooms — Providing some much-needed relief before and after your flight, the men’s and women’s restrooms near Gates C3 and C16 got an overhaul including digital art and a new water refill station!

• Satisfy your coffee and chocolate cravings — Whether you’re getting some for yourself (no judgment) or friends and family, Seattle Chocolate near Gate C2 and Starbucks near Gate C10 have the pick-me-up you’re looking for
   
• Shopping made simple — Coach, MAC, Sub Pop, and Seattle Made near Gate C2. Sunglasses Hut and Hudson near Gate C10.  Planewear has relocated to the Central Terminal just a few steps away from the old location.
   
• Relax and refresh — Nursing Pod near Gate C10A and Alaska Airlines Lounges near Gate C16 and D1 have all been recently refurbished to connect during your connections. Terminal Spa Getaway is still available in the A Concourse. Use the SEA Underground train to get you there quicker than getting a mani-pedi
   
• Grab some grub — Ninth and Pike near Gate C10, Le Grand Comptoir near Gate C10. Hachi-Ko and Dish D’Lish near Gate C11 are all great options.

• C Concourse SEA Underground train station — The station was renovated in 2021 to brighten and refresh the quickest way to the N and D Concourses. Available down the escalators by Gate C16

Satisfy your craving

Can’t live without rice? 

• Koi Shi Sushi in the Central Terminal
• Pei Wei in the Central Terminal
• Poke to the Max Near Gate D6

For the cheese chasers

• Mac and cheese is just a train ride away! Beechers Handmade Cheese and Café Vita are available in the N Concourse

Sandwiches, subs, and snacks

• Dish D’Lish near Gate C9
• Camden Food Co. near Gate D5
• Salty’s Grab and Go in the Central Terminal

Coffee and caffeine

• Starbucks near Gate C9 and throughout the terminal 
• Dilettante Mocha Cafe in the Central Terminal 
• Neighborhood Tea and Café across from Gate D5

Dine in restaurants

• Salty’s at the SEA in the Central Terminal
• Brewtop Social in the Central Terminal (on top of Salty’s)

Last-minute finds

If you’re a last-minute shopper, SEA still has you covered both in the C Concourse or a short train ride away.

• Books and basics — Hudson News has all your needs for some screen-free entertainment with books and magazines. There are also alternative Hudson stores for all your basic necessities located across from Gate C10 and on the edge of the Central Terminal by the entrance to the B Gates
   
• Souvenirs — Chalo Seattle has moved to the N Concourse (Gate N9) where you can still get your uniquely local Seattle gifts. Fireworks and Made in Washington are also the perfect stop to pick up that last-minute souvenir and are both located in the Central Terminal

Looking forward

We continue to build your experience and the concourse upwards to provide more space, dining, retail, restrooms, and amenities. It’s going to be a showstopper for our C Concourse travelers. But while we wait for it to be completed, here are some things you can look forward to.

• Skillet  — This local Seattle fave is opening up a new location in 2025 on C between Gates C2-C10. But if you can’t wait, preview the look, feel, and flavor at Skillet in the N Concourse which is currently open next to Gate N16
• 13 new spaces  — The project has announced its selection of 13 new dining and retail concepts come to this new building on the C Concourse that is set to open in 2026, get a sneak peek of the selections in the Press Release

Learn more about your future airport and the Upgrade SEA program.