Los Angeles International Airport and retail developer
Westfield have completed $70.5 million in improvements to Terminal 6.
City-owned airport operator Los Angeles World Airports
(LAWA) improved 22,000 square feet of dining, retail and common areas, and
added more than more than 20 retail and dining outlets, including restaurants The
Marketplace by Wolfgang Puck, Osteria by Fabio Viviani and Wahoo's Fish Taco.
LAWA is expecting to double the terminal's concession sales
from the improvements to the terminal, which serves
The design motif of the common areas was inspired by the
concept of driving down Sunset Boulevard from downtown L.A. to the ocean.
The 20-month project was part of an $8.5 billion improvement
program that included upgrades to the airport's Terminal 2 completed in
February.
LAX is the third-busiest U.S. airport after
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta and Chicago O'Hare. The airport served 74.9 million
passengers last year.