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Originally Posted by Quixote
There's room for a 30-40-gate Heathrow Terminal 5-style satellite west of the MSC. This lays the groundwork for demolition of TBIT and MSC (which isn't even finished lol). It's true that LAX doesn't have the acreage of other airports, but we can get creative with land use. All parking (passengers, employees) should be consolidated and in multi-story structures (i.e. no surface parking). That includes relocating all parking structures in the CTA off-site near the ITFs, thereby further decreasing traffic in the CTA and creating millions of square feet for new check-in, concessions, etc.
Where there's a will, there's a way. Commission the best architecture and civil engineering firms in the world to come up with master plan proposals that will actually make LAX "world class."
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Is there a need though? After the latest round of gate expansions are done (Concourse 0, T9, MSC South) the airport will have 180+ gates. Atlanta manages to pack over 100 million people/year in just 196 gates, LA is far off from reaching 100 million for a while.