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LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse to [15 West Gates Now Open, 8 More Being Built]

Old Mar 8, 2017, 6:11 pm
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Originally Posted by TWA884
Construction started a while ago (late 2015 with demolition of old Qantas hanger and relocation of vehicle graveyard and coast guard station). This was just the ground breaking PR event.

When I took the airfield tour in July 2016, they were already doing site prep and utility work for MSC.

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Old Apr 17, 2017, 1:53 pm
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Los Angeles Daily News:
Construction kicks off on $1.6 billion Midfield Satellite Concourse at LAX

Work began this week on a new 12-gate concourse at Los Angeles International Airport, the latest capital project in the multibillion-dollar renovation at LAX.

After a ceremonial groundbreaking in February, construction has kicked off for the $1.6 billion Midfield Satellite Concourse, according to a news release from Los Angeles World Airports. The concourse, set to be complete in 2019, will include the 12 new gates in a five-story, 750,000-square-foot building attached to the Tom Bradley International Terminal via a 1,000-foot tunnel.

Development of the Gateway Building connecting to the tunnel from the international terminal began as well.

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Old May 15, 2017, 12:01 pm
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$1.6B for just 12 gates?? What kind of idiot signed off on this project?

If LAX wants to join the 21st century, they don't need 12 more gates, they to start with:

1. a Miami-style high speed monorail connecting the terminals with a centralized rental car and transportation hub station off-site

2. an "overlay" build-out that layers a pre and post security ticketing/security concourse on top of the separate terminal buildings to create one consistent U shaped seamless terminal building to permit gate assignment flexibility instead of so many disconnected terminal buildings

3. a McNamara/DTW style pre and post security monorail built inside the overlay that moves people between zones of the new single-terminal look overlay or a YYZ-style high speed moving walk-ways doing the same at ground level
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Old May 15, 2017, 12:07 pm
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
$1.6B for just 12 gates??
Was thinking the same thing, crazy
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Old May 16, 2017, 9:10 am
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Originally Posted by bigguyinpasadena
Plenty of other airports have torn down old structures to build new airports.
Where? Endor Planet? Neverland?

"Plenty of other airports"?

I can't think of ANY major airport that has been torn down to the ground and then re-built lately.
OTOH, I can't think of any major airport that hasn't got a remodel or expansion.

Currently, there is a handful of brand new airports being built or recently completed. Every single one of them has incurred years of delay and probably cost overruns of billions and billions of dollars. Doha and Berlin come to my mind as recent examples.

I also WISH LAX could be erased and re-built from the ground, but it is not possible, it is not going to happen.
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Old May 16, 2017, 12:42 pm
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The topic of this thread is the expansion of the Tom Bradley International Terminal by building a 12 gates midfield concourse .

Posts discussing the LAX Landside Access Modernization Program, which includes a consolidated rental car facility, a public transportation hub and an elevated automated people mover, were moved to the following thread:
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Old Nov 7, 2017, 2:34 pm
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LAWA released a new video providing some preview for MSC

Construction must be on time as LAWA is feeling confident to put "schedule opening in end of 2019" in the video.


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Old Nov 8, 2017, 9:52 pm
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Originally Posted by bzcat
LAWA released a new video providing some preview for MSC

Construction must be on time as LAWA is feeling confident to put "schedule opening in end of 2019" in the video.
Yay- more pet relief areas

Thanks for the video... what's the over/under for the opening date?
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With all those new gates and capacity, what is the plan for the woefully overcrowded check-in hall?
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Old Nov 10, 2017, 2:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
With all those new gates and capacity, what is the plan for the woefully overcrowded check-in hall?
I think that is the big uncertainty... TBIT is running out of physical space to accommodate more airlines counters. After MSC North is done with 12 more gates, there is also MSC South, which will add another 10 gates.

Either LAWA start thinking about a new Center Processing Hall where the T3/T4 parking garages are located or there will be a lot more of "check in at T6/board at TBIT" thing going on.
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Old Nov 12, 2017, 8:01 am
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
With all those new gates and capacity, what is the plan for the woefully overcrowded check-in hall?
The new project should rather focus on how to make Security lines faster and more efficient for international travelers instead of interior /gates etc. lol
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Old Nov 12, 2017, 11:08 am
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Originally Posted by bzcat
I think that is the big uncertainty... TBIT is running out of physical space to accommodate more airlines counters. After MSC North is done with 12 more gates, there is also MSC South, which will add another 10 gates.

Either LAWA start thinking about a new Center Processing Hall where the T3/T4 parking garages are located or there will be a lot more of "check in at T6/board at TBIT" thing going on.
On my last visit through there, the DY line went back to the entrance door, pretty much blocking access to where the LA lines were set up.
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 12:21 pm
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Some recent MSC construction photos from the architectural firm website: LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse - Corgan

I'm just going to post 1 of the photos. You can click over to the website to see all of them.

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LAX is soliciting bids for restaurant operators at the Midfield Satellite Concourse.
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Originally Posted by TWA884
LAX is soliciting bids for restaurant operators at the Midfield Satellite Concourse.
Well, the due date for proposals is past. Wonder how many submittals Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield received...

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