Delta Opens Biggest-Ever SkyClub In SLC

I'm currently sitting in the lounge and it's definitely nice. The outside seating area is a nice escape. Plenty of different seating options for those who have a Goldilocks level of choosiness. Great staff, too.

@james and whoever else thinks this way. As others have posted, the spending for the lounge was certainly expensed many years ago. No taxpayer $ went into the airport expansion, or the lounge. Funded by relevant fees, and good savings and investment disciplines. As noted $300M UNDER budget, and 2 years AHEAD of schedule. What's to complain about? Oh, and Delta is a business. It will be better able to pay back any loans if they can attract business. Hence loyalty programs and lounges. But it is a critical business, as are all airlines. If we let the big three fail the economy of the country will be set back decades, and it would take decades to rebuild. Kudos to Delta! SLC is a very important and (normally) very busy hub.

@beachmouse - agree completely. The fact that there cutting $300M+ and more than 2 years off the build time is a fantastic result of covid. I have a neighbor working there, he's working 5 10s weekly, he's loving the OT and 4 more years of work on this job. As for the Sky Club, I'd usually enter, grab a bagel and newspaper and then leave, it was always crowded with no open seats. This is a welcome improvement. My only problem is they say they couldn't salvage the terrazzo floor world map from terminal 1...

@James, save for a few specialty areas like the SkyClub, the new concourse is paid for by the local airport authority and taxes on plane tickets. They're actually saving $300 million on the project and completing it faster because the pandemic has reduced passenger volume enough that they can run all operations out of the new gate areas and then do a quick and total demolition of the old concourse so they can then complete the part of the project on the land underneath the old concourse. The original plan with higher passenger volume assumed involved a more costly phased demolition and temporary gate process to enable minimal disruption to passengers during construction. And since the old SkyClub is gone as part of that total demolition process, Delta pretty much had to go through with original Club plans in order to have one at all. Completing the new complex significantly under budget and likely decidedly ahead of schedule is an interesting contrast to Berlin Brandenberg.

@The Nice Paul - The old...O L D Sky Club also featured a fireplace. I always found it a nice feature in a cold climate and actually contributes warmth to the space. I connect through SLC to visit family outside GJT a couple times a year so I've very excited to have a new facility that kept the fireplace element. Guessing that I'm not the only one who would miss the lack of a fireplace.