The New Salt Lake City International Airport 2020

s.p.hansen · #1 Posted **Sep 30, 2015, 6:08 PM**

A big update with the renderings and design for the new airport!

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Video Renderings:

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http://www.slcairport.com/slc_trp_presentation.asp

SkahHigh · #2 Posted **Sep 30, 2015, 6:25 PM**

Why so much surface parking??

s.p.hansen · #3 Posted **Sep 30, 2015, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

Why so much surface parking??

It's an artistic interpretation of the salt flats...

bobdreamz · #4 Posted **Sep 30, 2015, 9:54 PM**

Does SLC even need a new airport? Where is this & how far away is it from the current airport? It doesn't look very big.

s.p.hansen · #5 Posted **Oct 1, 2015, 4:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by bobdreamz

Does SLC even need a new airport? Where is this & how far away is it from the current airport?

It's all explained here in this 5 min video I posted above.

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The new terminal and concourse are being built adjacent to the existing ones and then the old terminals will be torn down and some of the old concourse will be grafted into the new one (most of it will be torn down). It will be up to earthquake and safety standards and it will be expandable (unlike the current airport). It's set up for a second concourse that will be accessible via underground transit like Denver and Atlanta.

They have it worked out so that in 2020 they can choose to jump into construction of the second concourse or they can hold off (depending mostly on the financial situation of Delta Airlines).

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Originally Posted by bobdreamz

It doesn't look very big.

Salt Lake City has massive city blocks where 7 lined up make a mile. The concourse is going to be 5.5 city blocks long with branches coming off the end...

bobdreamz · #6 Posted **Oct 1, 2015, 4:54 AM**

^ Thank you for the explanation.