to 7 p.m.Ī select group of community volunteers will be spending the day of Feb. “We’re glad the new terminal will be open in time to showcase Kansas City, be a new front door and a welcome mat," McBride said.īefore flights begin, the public can get its first glimpses of the airport during a Feb. KCI spokesman Joe McBride says the terminal will be ready to welcome visitors coming into town for NCAA men's basketball March Madness games on March 24 and 26, and the NFL Draft on April 27. When it opens in less than a month, the new terminal will operate 39 gates, but has the capacity to expand to 50. The project has been touted as the most expensive single infrastructure project in the city’s history. Lucas, along with city and airport officials, made the announcement Monday afternoon near the new terminal’s check-in counter. Officials had been indicating the facility would open sometime in March. “Anyone from around the world who's flying through KCI will see not just a state-of-the-art airport, but an airport that tells the story of Kansas City through our arts, through our businesses, through our culture, through the folks that work here,” Lucas said.
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