Uber and Lyft are permitted to operate at SLC. Most convenient: A taxi to downtown will take about 15 minutes and cost around $20. See more options.Ĭellphone lot: West of Terminal Drive, 120 parking spaces. Most convenient: Short-term garage across the street from both terminals, $32/day. Premium Reserved Parking is available in the garage for $50/day. Workaround: An extra screening checkpoint in the International Terminal is open as needed. Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / YouTube.Rubalcava died shortly after doing the interview, but officials felt he would've been proud to see construction workers found a way to save the world map by moving it exactly how he suggested. He did an interview with the airport last year for a story on how the world map was placed. Rubalcava helped place the map in Terminal 1 in 1960. We're talking about something that deep,' said Chano Rubalcava while holding his hands several feet apart. You would have to move it in the sections where the expansion joints are in. So, when the old airport was being torn down, no one thought the map could be saved.

everywhere, and saying, 'This is where you are now, and this is where you are going,'' Volmer said. However, it was still loved by many people traveling through the airport. Tighter security and barriers brought in after 9/11 made it more difficult to see or walk on the map. 'People coming out with table linens and stemware, sitting on Paris and saying, 'Hey, we had dinner in Paris,'' said Volmer. Others would walk on it slowly while looking at the cities, imagining far-away destinations. 'Meet me at the world map' was a common phrase for loved ones to find each other at the airport. Volmer is talking about the world map that used to be on the floor of the old Terminal 1. 'It's really an iconic piece of art for the airport,' said Nancy Volmer, the communication director of Salt Lake City International Airport. Something the old airport had and people loved. SALT LAKE CITY – For as beautiful as the new Salt Lake City airport is, it was missing something. Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Only for your personal, non-commercial use.

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