麥克倫機場第三航站啟用 = Thousands show up to check out new terminal at McCarran
麥克倫機場第三航站啟用
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麥克倫國際機場第三航站大樓本月啟用。（麥克倫機場提供）
拉斯維加斯麥克倫國際機場第三航站大樓將於27日啟用，三層高的第三航站大樓（T3）是麥克倫國際機場自1948年來最新、最大的建設，是舊航站的兩倍大。
麥克倫國際機場自從1980年以來旅客人數直線增加，是全美前六位最忙碌的機場，第三航站以新穎設計服務旅客，減低旅客通關時間，還有科技化自動掛行李服務，免費無線上網和許多充電處。
新第三航站共有32個街邊登記站，國內及國際航線各七個登機閘，5954個停車位，並設有餐飲休息區，大廳有很多自動影印登機證機器。
由第三航站乘坐電車去D棟候機室，僅需45秒鐘。國際航線於6月27日先行啟用，國內線於6月30日啟用。
第三航站大樓內將展示拉斯維加斯著名市招以及許多巨幅多媒體藝術品。第三航站大樓23日開放民眾參觀，可由Russell街進入後，依指示停車。
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麥克倫國際機場第三航站大樓本月啟用。（麥克倫機場提供）
麥克倫國際機場自從1980年以來旅客人數直線增加，是全美前六位最忙碌的機場，第三航站以新穎設計服務旅客，減低旅客通關時間，還有科技化自動掛行李服務，免費無線上網和許多充電處。
新第三航站共有32個街邊登記站，國內及國際航線各七個登機閘，5954個停車位，並設有餐飲休息區，大廳有很多自動影印登機證機器。
由第三航站乘坐電車去D棟候機室，僅需45秒鐘。國際航線於6月27日先行啟用，國內線於6月30日啟用。
第三航站大樓內將展示拉斯維加斯著名市招以及許多巨幅多媒體藝術品。第三航站大樓23日開放民眾參觀，可由Russell街進入後，依指示停車。
Thousands show up to check out new terminal at McCarran
A man takes a peek through mirrored glass in the baggage claim area during an open house at the new Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 9, 2012.
Saturday
9 June 2012
6:06 p.m.
9 June 2012
6:06 p.m.
Terminal 3 opens to public
KSNV coverage of public opening of McCarran International Airport's new terminal, June 9, 2012.
It was a busy, bustling place … almost like an airport.
Eighteen days before the first passengers deplane and board flights at McCarran International Airport’s Terminal 3, local residents got their first look at the inside of the $2.4 billion facility at a Saturday open house that attracted more people than airport officials expected.
“We weren’t sure how many would come, but I think we had about 6,000 (after about three hours),” said Randall Walker, director of the Clark County Aviation Department, which oversees McCarran.
But at about four hours into the event, far more than that had made their way to the 14-gate terminal that is nearly a half-mile long and owns the tagline “where the future takes off.”
“We printed up about 12,000 raffle tickets, but a little while ago we had to go print some more,” Walker said.
The raffle tickets were part of a self-guided tour conducted scavenger-hunt style. Find seven stations within the airport, get your ticket punched. Get all seven stations punched and your ticket is entered in a prize drawing. That assured that most people found their way to domestic ticketing, international ticketing, baggage claim, the security checkpoint, domestic gates, international gates and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection area.
Showgirls and Elvis Presley impersonators were on hand as well as face-painters, balloon animal fashioners, acrobats and clowns.
Airlines at McCarran, even the ones that won’t take up residence at T3, had ticket giveways and handed out branded swag and the retail vendors at the airport served food samples to long lines of people.
One vendor, Hudson News, had 10,000 items to hand out and everything was gone after three hours.
Walker attributed the big turnout to pent-up anticipation to see the inside of a place they’ve watched take shape since construction began five years ago.
“I’ve had a lot of people ask me, ‘When are you going to open?’ because they’ve seen it from the outside,” Walker said. “Well, today’s the day. The free food and prizes help, but I think a lot of people have been curious and I’m glad they took the opportunity to see the art and the technology we have here, especially since a lot of people don’t fly internationally and others use airlines that won’t use this terminal.”
When T3 opens June 27, four of the airport’s 16 international carriers will have flights. The next day, Terminal 2 will close and the rest of the international airlines will move in.
By the end of July, five domestic carriers – Alaska, Frontier, JetBlue, Sun Country and Virgin America – move in. And, by late August, Hawaiian and United will have ticket counters at T3, but flights will arrive and depart from the D gates. An underground tram connects the terminal with those gates.
Walker said the D gates, opened in 1998, have always been his favorite part of the airport, but he may change his mind and embrace T3 as his favorite now.
“It’s been amazing to see how much airport technology has changed since the ‘90s,” Walker said. “We’ve done a lot to prepare for changes in the future by installing a lot of accessible conduit so this facility will serve us well for a long time.”
