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STL To Get the Ol' Nip-Tuck

February 26, 2007 at 4:28 PM | 0 Comments

Could an upcoming renovation of St. Louis' airport coincide with the arrival of JetBlue? Or is that too good to be true? The latter is still just a dream, but rumors of JetBlue's arrival into STL have been swirling for a while. The renovation, however, is real, though whether it will really be completed within five years is questionable. Plans for a little $105 million nip/tuck were announced yesterday. To be fair, STL does its job just fine, however the aging is evident, and the environment did depress us quite a bit on our last trip through. As one traveler commented to the Post-Dispatch, "They're going to need more than $100 million to upgrade this piece of crap." As the plans don't yet indicate any major interior overhauls, that could well be true.

Let's say you don't agree with the price tag and think the $105 mil should go somewhere it's really needed. St. Louis could do worse than to donate it to Honolulu, whose '70s time warp airport will truly play tricks on your mind. Not only does HNL make us see disco balls, but we have yet to get the Foghat out of our heads since our last visit there. That part--the Foghat--may not be such a bad thing, depending on who you are.

[Photo: mattdork]

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· Travelers cheer plans for airport renovations at Lambert [STL Post-Dispatch]
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