Originally Posted by
Portolan
Hard to imagine how that would work. The new construction area with the Polaris Lounge is shown (somewhere...don't recall where right now) as right across from the C-17 lounge area where there are now shops. The new C/D terminal will be about 500 feet south where the train station is already. The Polaris Lounge would therefore be in an isolated island in the middle of the taxiway. Maybe he meant they could move the interior fixtures.
Agreed . . . I can't see how it could stay in the same location. The slides posted above show how infeasible that would be. The lounge is nowhere near the Aerotrain station (nor is the C/D terminal), but it would need to be in order to be integrated into any new terminal.
That all said, I think it's irrelevant. The new terminal is years off, as it's not even in a planning stage, and by then the lounge and fixtures will be nearly fully depreciated, and United will likely have already announced (but of course not begun) another rebranding exercise for its premium cabin.