OT Portland International Airport makeover making progress

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I'd love for more of Portland to follow suit, but it's a start.

 

Something happen to you at PDX in the bathroom or something? I've never seen somebody upset about an airport before? Actually this is the most thought I've ever put into airports in my life and I travel ALL YEAR LONG.

 

I don’t lose sleep over it, no. But when the topic is brought up it annoys the shit out of me. The cost is estimated to be somewhere between $1.7-2B. For an airport that already wins awards and has been voted best airport in the country. Yet when you drive out of the airport it becomes not so pretty. So we are dumping a huge amount of money into the one thing that by all accounts is doing fine. It is dumb. And it is excess. We don’t need a one of a kind wood roof atrium thing. It has zero return. And people here think it’s worth it because it helps tourism. And I would bet any amount of money that it’s such a tiny tiny number of people who come here due to the fucking airport yet have no problem with the graffiti and tents. $2B while the streets are a mess with a homeless issue, our schools underperform, and kids don’t get a free hot lunch. It’s like having a home and the front yard is already great but once you walk in it’s a mess. Someone gives that homeowner money and they….redo the front yard and ignore the inside of the house.

 

I’m for it overall, but i get your point.
Reminds me of the ones who buy a kick ass car and trick it out and then drive their dates home to their trashed trailer they call home.
I think though the one thing you aren't touching on is Portland seems to be building the airport as a potential business destination where people traveling for meeting and such may not need to go downtown. As the airport grows more hotels have been and will continue to pop up near there and these will largely have business travelers as clients. Not tourists.
For these people the image of the airport and its immediate surroundings may be all they see before they head back out.

 

lol...I don't know, Im a retired million miler and there are some airports I tried to avoid because they were dumps.

 

I agree that Portland should clean up the trash, but it's gonna be hard to get FAA or TSA funds to do that.

This is a regional investment as much as for the city of Portland. I'm for it. The more the materials come from the state the better, in my opinion.

 

I understand you concern....but it's just like the military and other big businesses....Different budgets for different departments. Wish it weren't true.

 

I don't have that luxury They point and say we need you to work HERE....Thats where I go FAMS!

 

Maybe give it a little more thought?
People are working building this. A LOT of people.
The airport NEEDS these extra terminals. Yes more are planned. As the city and hopefully the state continue to grow they need to stay in front of this. Not working to catch up.

The wood roof with steel and Iron structure was not only the most cost effective but the process to placing it is absolutely remarkable.

Yes I know what it entails.

The income the people are making building this creates more money. Again A LOT of money. Then there are the jobs for the people that will be working in the new terminals.

If you want to clean up the city you need money to do that. This is a no brainer.

like I said I could go on here. When you know you know.

 

I like it. PDX and Palm Springs are my favorite airports.

 

It becomes a dog shelter. No cats allowed.

 

You either dump money into it or it becomes a dump. Usually how things work.

 

A built in way to deport the ones we don’t want to keep?

 

“PDX Next is funded with a $2 billion investment. You may wonder who’s picking up that check. The answer is simple: It’s not local taxpayers, as some folks may assume. The vast majority of these upgrades are paid for by airport tenants, including the airlines, Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Security Administration.”

https://pdxnext.com/FAQ

 

They keep trying with @THE HCP , but he keeps finding his way back.

 

Oh boy! Somebody is paying attention!

 

Ok everyone I’m super on board with the $2b renovations to the already top rated airport. I now do realize that this will boost tourism and our visitors are going to be so awestruck that they will be unable to even notice the shithole from the 205>84>5.