I think an address may have helped with this article.
For all the lip service about security and enhancing the customer experience, it's ultimately about squeezing more dollars out of passengers on their way through.
Most airports today are shopping malls with planes parked out back. The reason KCI feels old-fashioned is that it was designed to take you from curb to plane as quickly as possible. I guarantee you the new design will make sure passengers have to walk past as many shops as possible.
My only gripe about the airport is that it's too far out of town. I'd rather see money spent on a light rail system linking the airport with downtown.
A BILLION DOLLARS Yikess! On something that does not need to be done at all! This is a resume' stuffer idea. Air travel get more expensive every year = less who want to use it.
NO BILLION DOLLAR BOON DOGLE THANK YOU.
im still out done!! Nasty and desperate poor excuse for a man - from Chrisean
Nonsense.
The layout at KCI as it is now not only works but nearly everyone who uses it--whether a lot or a little--like it and like its convenience and accessibility.
There's no reason in the world we can't take Terminal B, make it the security clearance terminal, as either wanted or needed, and then run enclosed walkways out to Terminals A and C, thereby getting everything needed--security, convenience, additional concessions (if they come) and cost savings. To a) throw away an airport and then b) build an extremely costly new one is both financially and environmentally irresponsible to the point of stupid.
Mo Rage
JustMyWords hit it dead on the head. I'd love to hang out at the concessions prior to the gate but I won't because the expense and the risk of missing my flight is greater if I'm on that side of the glass. It's just not worth it.
Decent sushi? Kokoro Maki is the best most affordable sushi in the stretch from Waldo to downtown. My personal opinion.
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I loved this show, thanks for writing about it!
Hi Charles! Delighted Kokoro is getting the shout out it deserves. But I miscounted — there's also Korea House at 888 Market. It's really just a lunch stand in the very large Asian supermarket but their food (especially stews) is solid and they make their own kimchi and banchan, which they also sell.
Copeland's.
Baliff, whack their peepees!
Excelsior Springs is so pround of Courtney's accomplishments
Rudy's Chicken
My experiences there have been nothing but good. The food was good. The beer was reasonably priced and fresh. The servers were friendly, if a bit undertrained. And I enjoyed playing in the monthly Irish sessions when I could. It also became a favorite place for my fencing club to hang out after practice. I'll miss it.
"But Ford says the concession argument is dead on arrival for local travelers, who typically migrate beyond security before they have a need for nice restaurants and bars." I think Ford is missing the point. Local travelers 'migrate beyond security' not because they just love the options on the other side, or even prefer them. They do it because they don't want to risk being stuck on the wrong side of security, fighting a long line when their plane is boarding (or worse, departing).
No matter how you try to spin it, the layout at KCI stinks. A new, single-terminal airport would be outrageously expensive, but so are repairs, maintenance, and work-arounds at the existing airport. It seems like it would be six of one, half dozen of the other in the long run, or even the not so long run. Why not move towards getting rid of an annoying, clunky design in the process? Sure, from the outside, KCI looks great on paper - beautiful curved lines, a theoretically sleek flow from one terminal to the next - but it doesn't work.
AGREE on the NBA team! I think KC could definitely support an NBA team and now we have a great venue. Kansas City Kings, anyone?
Also, mucho support for Courtney. I met her at UCMO when she was running for office and she is awesome - passionate, optimistic, nice - the kind of person you want to have advocating for your rights.
I love your sense of humor, Courtney!
Wahoo's, In-n-Out
Re: “Voltaire - the saloon, not the philosopher - opens tonight”
"There's a professional turntable in the new bar-restaurant called Voltaire, located at 1617 Genessee in the former R Bar space"