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Scranton's Airport Should Just Rename Itself 'Dunder Mifflin Airport'

If you have any business meetings with Michael Scott scheduled this spring, you’ll be pleased to see some of the renovations done to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, which desperately needs a name update itself. Officials have given the green light to open up the wallet to fund a couple rehab projects, and they’re looking to get things ready for a new restaurant. They already have ensured that there’s free WiFi for all throughout the Joseph M. McDade Terminal Building, so the new upgrades are just icing on the cake.

Midtown Sundries—they’ve got locations in North Carolina and Florida—is set to open at the airport this March. Despite their name they sell food and drinks, not stuff like toiletries and cosmetics. The restaurant looks like the typical steak, burger, and sandwich place, and they have big kid beverages, so it will definitely be a good option to drink away any flight delays.

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"The Office" Faithful Flock To Electric City

When the good people of Scranton, Pennsylvania, found out NBC was setting its workplace mockumentary "The Office" there in 2005, they probably thought they were being picked on. After all, one of the pivotal jokes of the BBC's "Office" was that the struggling paper factory was located in such a post-industrial wasteland that no one would notice if a bomb were dropped on it. But two years later, Scranton's raking in the tourism dollars, and this weekend hosted the first annual "Office" convention.

Fans who braved the cold rain had the opportunity to talk to cast members, hang out at casino night at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and dress like giant bobbleheads for a look-alike contest. After the jump, some convention videos including Michael Scott's "Lazy Scranton" and a theme song performance by the Scrantones.

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The Office Gives Scranton Something to Live For

Creators of the American version of The Office admit they selected Scranton, Pa. as its locale because they wanted a city that exemplified bland, non-descript Middle America. On the show, the city hosts a regional office of fake paper supply company Dunder Mifflin. In real life, Scranton embraces its depiction as Anywhere, USA.

Mayor Chris Doherty flies the company banner outside City Hall, and you just know Scranton officials are not-so-secretly thinking "cottage tourism industry" with this one.

The show's creators enjoy inserting real Scranton references into dialogue and on the set. There's even a blog dedicated to tracking these occurrences and a fan convention coming up in October. Here are a few places to put on your visit list, all of which have made cameos on the show.

The Office Pilgrimage Guide

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