May 19, 22, 9:15 am
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United Opens Its Largest Club in the Country
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New, 30,000 sq.-ft. United ClubSM at Newark Liberty International Airport offers more modern United brand experience with views of the Manhattan skyline, close to 500 seats, spa-like shower suites and a barista-staffed coffee shop
Opening comes just before Memorial Day, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year
CHICAGO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced the opening of its new, nearly 30,000 square-foot United Club location at Newark Liberty International Airport, offering travelers a modern design, enhanced amenities and culinary offerings, locally-sourced art and furniture pieces and views of the Manhattan skyline. Located in Terminal C3 near gate C123, this club is the largest club in United's network, and is opening just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, which the airline expects will be one of its busiest travel weekends so far this year.
"As more and more customers return to the skies, United is committed to delivering a superior customer experience on and off the plane, especially in increasingly crowded airports," said Aaron McMillan, United's managing director of hospitality and planning. "Our new Newark Club location is carefully designed with the customer at the forefront with thoughtful touches like murals and dcor that reflect the local community. This design theme and commitment to creating a locally-inspired experience will set the precedent for future club openings and renovations across our network."
The Newark United Club location features a new design and reflects a modern take on the United Club experience. It showcases many firsts for the club, as well as existing premium offering, including the following:
"The Newark Museum of Art is honored to be a part of this remarkable tribute to our community and our city," said Linda Harrison, The Newark Museum of Art's director and CEO. "May these tremendous artworks inspire and remind our residents and visitors of Newark's role as a cultural hub for artistic excellence and community cultivation. We are so proud to contribute to this exciting unveiling and pay homage to our special city with these two extraordinary works of art."
"Artists like Gilbert Hsiao and Dahlia Elsayed have a gift, which is to make the world new for us over and over again," said Emma Wilcox, Gallery Aferro's co-founder. "Gallery Aferro is thrilled to see these acclaimed alumni of our residency and fellowship program gain a new global audience of travelers with this project."
The Newark United Club location is the first of a series of United Club locations to open with the new club design and amenities. It's part of United's ongoing commitment to renovate and introduce new United Club locations throughout its network and provide a more modern United brand experience. For more information on United Club locations, visit united.com/unitedclub.
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New, 30,000 sq.-ft. United ClubSM at Newark Liberty International Airport offers more modern United brand experience with views of the Manhattan skyline, close to 500 seats, spa-like shower suites and a barista-staffed coffee shop
Opening comes just before Memorial Day, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year
CHICAGO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced the opening of its new, nearly 30,000 square-foot United Club location at Newark Liberty International Airport, offering travelers a modern design, enhanced amenities and culinary offerings, locally-sourced art and furniture pieces and views of the Manhattan skyline. Located in Terminal C3 near gate C123, this club is the largest club in United's network, and is opening just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, which the airline expects will be one of its busiest travel weekends so far this year.
"As more and more customers return to the skies, United is committed to delivering a superior customer experience on and off the plane, especially in increasingly crowded airports," said Aaron McMillan, United's managing director of hospitality and planning. "Our new Newark Club location is carefully designed with the customer at the forefront with thoughtful touches like murals and dcor that reflect the local community. This design theme and commitment to creating a locally-inspired experience will set the precedent for future club openings and renovations across our network."
The Newark United Club location features a new design and reflects a modern take on the United Club experience. It showcases many firsts for the club, as well as existing premium offering, including the following:
- The largest club in our network: The club features more than 480 seats across spaces for lounging, working, private dining and socializing.
- Spa-like showers: Members can freshen-up in one of the six, spa-like shower suites at Newark, stocked with Sunday Riley products.
- Coffee shop experience: Staffed by a barista ready to prepare their favorite hand-crafted drinks, flyers can get inspired at the full-service coffee bar, featuring illy signature blend of 100 percent Arabica beans, in addition to culinary offerings in all United Clubs, like complimentary beverages and snacks.
- Modern, Newark-inspired design: Flyers can enjoy unmatched views of the Manhattan skyline amidst locally-sourced furniture pieces and dcor, as well as the new design and color scheme that will be rolled-out in future new and refurbished clubs. The space also includes modern amenities, like self-scan entry for quick access and free, high-speed Wi-Fi.
- Sustainable, green materials: As part of the airline's sustainability commitment, the Club is designed with sustainable materials and features, such as WaterSense-rated fixtures, enhanced indoor air quality, green cleaning and more.
"The Newark Museum of Art is honored to be a part of this remarkable tribute to our community and our city," said Linda Harrison, The Newark Museum of Art's director and CEO. "May these tremendous artworks inspire and remind our residents and visitors of Newark's role as a cultural hub for artistic excellence and community cultivation. We are so proud to contribute to this exciting unveiling and pay homage to our special city with these two extraordinary works of art."
"Artists like Gilbert Hsiao and Dahlia Elsayed have a gift, which is to make the world new for us over and over again," said Emma Wilcox, Gallery Aferro's co-founder. "Gallery Aferro is thrilled to see these acclaimed alumni of our residency and fellowship program gain a new global audience of travelers with this project."
The Newark United Club location is the first of a series of United Club locations to open with the new club design and amenities. It's part of United's ongoing commitment to renovate and introduce new United Club locations throughout its network and provide a more modern United brand experience. For more information on United Club locations, visit united.com/unitedclub.
New EWR C123 UC has opened - 19 May 2022
May 13, 22, 12:05 am
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May 13, 22, 12:48 am
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Looks great - can't wait to use it on my next trip (EWR is home base)! My only comment is that I hope that bathrooms are designed better. Using the redone LAX UC (and the Boston UC) as a template, I have found that UA makes their bathrooms nice but also ends up including too few facilities for the size of the actual UC. Same criticism goes for the redone UC in A2 at EWR.
May 13, 22, 6:37 am
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Thanks for sharing all these pics!
Love many of the design touches -- the brick wall, the subway-station-style tiling behind the buffet, the wide variation in seating (especially Polaris-style work cubicles), the generous use of plants (reminds me of a CX lounge), the negative aspect globe logo in the tiles on the floor. But also agreed that it looks much more like the new AS lounges in SEA (those brown lounge chairs near the windows are exactly the same I think?) than anything else that UA currently offers. Curious to see if this is the design language we'll see in the big new ORD and DEN clubs too.
Re: food/drinks -- can we PLEASE at least have fast, working espresso machines, if not a coffee bar??!!
Will be there on June 5th for the first time -- truly looking forward to it! Curious to see what it's like in practice with bags and people sprawled out all over. Agreed with others that the family-style dining tables with 10 seats seem unnecessary, and also in some of the pics right now the furniture does seem like a mish-mash, but those are probably minor points in the grand scheme of things.
Love many of the design touches -- the brick wall, the subway-station-style tiling behind the buffet, the wide variation in seating (especially Polaris-style work cubicles), the generous use of plants (reminds me of a CX lounge), the negative aspect globe logo in the tiles on the floor. But also agreed that it looks much more like the new AS lounges in SEA (those brown lounge chairs near the windows are exactly the same I think?) than anything else that UA currently offers. Curious to see if this is the design language we'll see in the big new ORD and DEN clubs too.
Re: food/drinks -- can we PLEASE at least have fast, working espresso machines, if not a coffee bar??!!
Will be there on June 5th for the first time -- truly looking forward to it! Curious to see what it's like in practice with bags and people sprawled out all over. Agreed with others that the family-style dining tables with 10 seats seem unnecessary, and also in some of the pics right now the furniture does seem like a mish-mash, but those are probably minor points in the grand scheme of things.
May 13, 22, 8:48 am
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May 13, 22, 9:51 am
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I thought those tables look more like open laptop space, outlets under the table every couple chairs? The chairs look more uncomfortable, not as padded as others, which is a horrible way to make oneself sit with better posture-but tends to work for short durations
May 13, 22, 10:01 am
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More reporting and pictures from TPG: https://thepointsguy.com/news/united...w-club-newark/
According to the article, 6 showers in the new UC. This will be a competitive product for those who arrive on a transcon redeye. Granted, there might be a long wait, but at least an option is available.
According to TPG, yes on both - a barista coffee bar and illy machines.
According to the article, 6 showers in the new UC. This will be a competitive product for those who arrive on a transcon redeye. Granted, there might be a long wait, but at least an option is available.
According to TPG, yes on both - a barista coffee bar and illy machines.
May 13, 22, 10:20 am
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May 13, 22, 10:21 am
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May 13, 22, 10:22 am
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Wow, now I'm curious what the currently under construction UC Denver East is going to look like. I was expecting a new space with the same furnitures at every other club for the new EWR location but United managed to impress me here.
