FlyerJ

Interesting post on the YYC forum on skyscraperpage...

It says that this new WS lounge will go where the Montana’s restaurant used to be. (It just closed recently. It was located in a landside retail area, near what used to be the entrance to the domestic B gates.)

If that’s correct, it’d be kinda odd. I can’t think of many high-end lounges that don't have lots of natural light. (There are certainly some lounges that don’t - like at YEG and YWG - but those ain’t flagship locations. And at YEG, the fact that they’re on the second floor means the ‘interior windows’ kind of work — you can see outside. The Amex Centurion at IAH is also windowless, but that's more the exception for a true, high-end lounge.)

If it’s in the old Montana’s, there’s no possible way for it to have direct access to any light or views.

Sure, the old Montana’s had “sort-of” views. It had interior windows facing onto the connection corridor between the B and C concourses — so diners could look out (ie through the corridor, over the Link golf cart track, and past the moving sidewalks) and see outside. And passengers could see right into the restaurant through those same windows, too. I really, really doubt that they’d put interior windows like that on a premium/flagship lounge... having Premium customers and lounge guests on display behind glass would be awkward.

So, no natural light, and no views. If the rumoured location is correct, it’ll be a big windowless room.

Can anyone here confirm?