The newly-renovated Concourse C reopened at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport yesterday almost a year-to-the-day of the Good Friday Tornado of April 2011, which caused $60-million dollars in damage at the airport. It's reopening just in time for the
big NRA Convention next week.
Lambert's Concourses A and C had been under renovation when the tornado hit last year. After a $35-million renovation, according to the mayor, Concourse C is pretty spiffy.
Although minor construction touch-ups need to be completed, the terminal boasts a brighter and cleaner look. The renovation includes new digital flight and directory boards, bag claim area renovation, a new TSA checkpoint, new art work, cloud lighting, new restaurants and retail, new flooring, new seating, bathroom renovations, new windows, new carpeting, new signage, flat screen televisions, exhibit/display cases, etc.
The pictures below are from one of my favorite St. Louis blogs,
Countondowntown.com. Check out more great photos
here. And check out the KMOV gallery
here.