Portland airport tests new main terminal in dress rehearsal

The main Portland International Airport's terminal, with new restaurant and vendor options, as well as more security checkpoints, officially opens Wednesday. KGW's David Molko got a firsthand look at the "dress rehearsal" event earlier this month, featuring music from Jordan Sings.

[reginabillotti]

Great change. I visited Portland last year and the airport was fine enough but dated. This looks gorgeous.

[Twaxz]

My dad designed it and I’m so glad I got a sneakpeak
Before it opened it was so calming and beautiful inside

[FurrKnight]

NOT being paid by taxpayers so go yell at the clouds or be mad about something else. I think they did an excellent job! ❤

[cascadia]

Looking forward to friends visiting to give them that good impression!

[SparkyOne]

I wish all airports had nature in them. I hate white and grey everywhere.

[mrbear]

"Great first impression for people coming to Portland." Camera pans to the right at the same time to a big pile of construction junk! 2:30

[mrcpaddler]

Seems like the timing is never right. A new terminal, with new restaurants and shops, all planned 10 years ago and finally coming to fruition. But in those 10 years, especially the last 3, Portland's culture has sunk. Criminality from theft to assaults to homelessness to drug use to business failures to pollution - things have gotten so bad. Even the majestic elk statue in the park downtown had to be removed because rioters vandalized it. What the heck did the elk do? But hey, at least we have a shiny new airport terminal.

[HelenaCrawford-qf]

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[davidleeroth]

Drop off and pick up area sucks A$$!!!

[kattycat]

😂. Nobody comes to Portland for vacation anymore. 💯💩

[jamesklaatu]

And yet our deteriorating roads are legendary. Boarded up store fronts and gutted downtown. Vagrant drug zombies, gang violence, homeless and poverty everywhere. So much for priorities.

[Sufferingsassafrass]

Gotta keep up appearances for incoming tourists?! Does Portland have tourists any more?😅