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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 2:12 pm
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El Cochinito
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Originally Posted by InkUnderNails
I did not see anything wrong with the old terminal. Always found my flight going out and my luggage coming in. (...) Pardon my rant, really. But it was not broken.
If you are referring to the old Southwest terminal (terminal A) you are correct. But that's not why the new terminal was built. It was built to replace the old terminal B. Old terminal B opened in 1967 and was the original SMF terminal building. Southwest vacated this building when Terminal A opened up. And as SMF's biggest carrier they got first dibs on the brand new terminal.

Old terminal B long outgrew its usefulness and capability. Lots of memories for me in that building, but good riddence. It was time for it to go.
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