WINGSPAN renovations will soon come to an end and we are getting excited for the new delicious food options included in the renovations. You may have noticed that some restaurants have been serving our travelers for some time now, and they each have something special about them. We’ve compiled a list of food options currently open and set to open after WINGSPAN renovations are complete.

Currently open:

Dunkin’ Donuts

Located in baggage claim and the Grand Hall, DD has more than 3,100 stores in 30 countries outside of the U.S., and has been serving customers internationally for over 40 years. In 1948, William Rosenberg and Stephen So opened their first restaurant, Open Kettle, in Quincy, Massachusetts before renaming it Dunkin’ Donuts in 1950. It is an American global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain now based in Canton, Massachusetts.

Thomas Creek Grill

A Greenville-founded brewery, Thomas Creek became the name of one of the first restaurants to open during WINGSPAN in 2015. The restaurant is located in Concourse A, facing Greenville, its hometown’s side of the airport. Some menu items pay homage to the South and boy are they yummy! Flying through GSP in the morning? They serve a mean breakfast as well!

RJ Rockers Flight Room

Just like the City of Spartanburg, RJ Rockers Flight Room is located on the north end of the airport, in Concourse B.  A Spartanburg-founded brewery, RJ Rockers will quench your thirst with one of their tasty brews and pair it with an appetizer!

Flatwood Grill

This Grill was established in honor of the Flatwood community, a small town where GSP now resides. The inside walls of the restaurant are lined with pictures of residents of the Flatwood community including the baseball team, the Flatwood Peaches. With breakfast served all day and a range of American fare, Flatwood Grill is sure to become a traveler favorite!

Hudson

Hudson is not necessarily a restaurant, but you can still grab a tasty snack along with a good read, or a comfy pillow at one of the four locations in the airport.

Coming soon:

The Kitchen by Wolfgang Puck

Puck’s concepts are known to use quality, local ingredients, inventive techniques and approachability. Located in GSP’s Grand Hall, The Kitchen will feature a full-service restaurant, bar and to-go counter.

DC-3

Known as Washington DC’s all-American hot dog joint, DC-3 is coming to GSP in the Grand Hall between concourses A and B. Not only do they sell out of world hotdogs, but also breakfast menu items that include a breakfast croissant, a breakfast dog and more.

Chick-fil-a

Need we say more? This Southern, and now nationwide chain, has had people “Eat Mor Chikin” since 1946 and now has more than 2,000 restaurants in the United States, and one in Canada.  And they’ll soon have one at GSP!

Needless to say, we are beyond excited for these new restaurants set to open this summer and are already in love with the ones operating today. What’s your favorite restaurant at GSP?

Until next time,

The Terminal

As we start the New Year, we hope everyone has had a wonderful and thriving 2016, and we’d like to take the time to reflect on what WINGSPAN has accomplished and what the future ahead may look like.

We’d like to start by thanking everyone from the workforces bringing WINGSPAN to life to our travelers who flew during our many phases of construction. Since 2012,WINGPSAN has been in motion to improve various aspects of the airport and much has happened in the past four years. Today, we’d like to highlight our biggest accomplishments in 2016:

PHASE 1: Enabling Work and Baggage Claim Renovations

Enabling Projects Include:

• Rental Car Customer Center relocation
• Concourse A & B expansion of restrooms and food, beverage and retail concessions
• Construction of the North Wing for temporary airline facilities
• Utility and infrastructure relocation

Baggage Claims Renovations Include:

• New baggage claim carousels
• Construct canopy on curbside for loading and unloading in front baggage claim
• Covered walkways to parking garages
• New glass front on terminal

PHASE 2: Building Core Construction

Enhance interior area with state-of-the-art equipment and amenities.

• Grand Hall Development including new food, beverage, and retail concessions area
• Renovation of the existing ticketing lobby
• New Customer Service booths
• New Landside Garden
• New baggage screening equipment and facilities
• Security Checkpoint consolidation and relocation
• Concourse A and B renovation

This list could go on and on, for example, we have had multiple artist installations in 2016. In 2017, we hope to see Phase three of WINGPSAN completed:

PHASE 3: Project Wrap-Up

Complete administrative updates for final phase of improvements.

• Construction of the new Administrative Office for Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
• Construction of the Conference Center

We are so proud of our accomplishments and are excited for what is in store in 2017! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and has a good start to your year.

Until next year,

The Terminal

As part of the WINGSPAN renovations, GSP will be replacing all of the carpet in the airport. While we’re excited to have fresh, new carpet, we’re a little sad to say goodbye to the colorful designs of the old carpet.

But not as sad as they were in Portland. Portland International Airport’s old carpet has a fan base and people were outraged when it was pulled up and replaced last year. But it lives on in recycled goods and in the hearts of many Portlanders. The hipster carpet is so popular, that it even has its own social media accounts.

The PDX carpet’s design has appeared on socks, sneakers, leggings, mugs, water bottles, neck ties, bike jerseys, beer-can holders and yes, even as tattoos.

So, in honor of GSP’s carpet change we would like to highlight our own departing carpet. On the left side of the collage you will see the original carpet and on the right side you will see our newly installed carpet.

Now, who’s ready to get matching carpet tattoos?

Until next time,

The Terminal