The $4BN Upgrade of the World’s Weirdest Airport

Denver International is expanding (or so they say).

Executive Producer and Narrator - Fred Mills
Producer - Christine Beldon
Video Editing and Graphics - Aaron Wood

Special thanks to Stephanie Figueroa and Jim Starling. Additional footage and images courtesy of Denver International Airport, Denver 7, CBS Denver, and 9 News.

#construction #architecture #infrastructure

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[liam]

9.25 'Did I enjoy this video?' OMG I LOVED it ! haha

[paolox]

You didn't mention that Blucifer (the giant blue stallion sculpture) fell on its creator and killed him! Now that's art criticism.

[LoveStallion]

"Far away from anything else is an understatement."

It feels like it takes ages to get from DIA to downtown. Thank goodness they finally opened the light rail. It might take longer than a car (depending on traffic), but an Uber or Taxi is easily at least $60-70. Trains are better anyway.

[Cj-xljv]

As a former employee who spent extensive time beneath DIA. There are some weird things down there. Namely an area that appears to be initially designed to “showcase” the underground baggage system to the general public, that was swiftly forgotten after 9/11 im assuming.

Other stuff includes the completely forgotten baggage “tram” system that was an absolute failure from its inception. Also dozens of tunnels that lead to secure areas for no rhyme or reason.

[EduardoEscarez]

A thing that would be a true conspiracy would be having a project so large on schedule and on budget! 😱💰

[paradigm]

Dude I grew up in Denver from '97 to 2016...I don't think I ever saw DIA without construction.

[perpexed]

Just when you think these guys can't get any better, they raise the bar yet again! Fantastic job 10/10!

[yashrajsomvanshi]

B1M always making my mundane Wednesday a little better. ♥️

[kieranstravels]

See, this is why I LOVE the b1m, they always come up with the most interesting of topics! Great video guys!

[blackmetalden]

I'm so happy that B1M covered my home town airport. Bluecifer is truly a legend.

[momon]

American airport is delayed and over budget: "Aliens! Illuminati! Probably ghosts too!"
German airport is delayed and over budget: "Incompetent politicians and greedy contractors."

[TheBM]

If you're Illuminati and you are watching this.... how about asking the YouTube bosses to push our channel up the algorithm a bit? 🤞

[KrishnaAdettiwar]

As a Coloradan who watches this channel regularly, this was so fun to watch since I don’t see Colorado videos from this channel frequently. I have taken easily 150+ flights out of this airport over the years and I think this video misses out on a lot of positives of this airport. Having flown across the country and across the world, it isn’t the fanciest airport but my god is it fast and efficient. It’s doubly impressive considering how massive it is. Everyone’s always so nice and helpful, everything is so well connected and fast, and no matter how long the lines are, they move incredibly quickly. And it’s also so clean and has a great modern feel to it. I think it’s still the most efficient airport I’ve ever been to and we Coloradans definitely take it for granted!

[jtsholtod.]

DIA is certainly not perfect, but for anyone who ever flew in or out of Stapleton, you know how bad that place was. Its only redeeming feature was that it was closer to the downtown core.

[MrRedfoxx]

I see what you did there Fred @7:48 lol. I love the variety of your videos and how your editing has evolved. Best channel on YouTube.

[TXninenine]

Denver’s biggest mistake was not having a pedestrian tunnel between the concourses like in Atlanta and instead relying completely on the trains. When the trains go tech then there are hours in delays because the buses are too few to handle all the passengers for concourses B and C which also happens to host Denver’s two largest airlines (United and Southwest). Concourse A has a pedestrian bridge connecting to the terminal but the security checkpoint at the bridge is only a single lane or maybe 2 on a good day.

[paul.oregan]

I will neither confirm or deny that I enjoyed this video.

[dwainavance]

A smaller copy of Blucifer was made first by the artist and is at the University of Oklahoma. It used to be outside and I have seen more than a few pictures of friends and co-workers riding it in the middle of the night (a little alcohol might have been involved). It was moved inside over a decade ago. I don't why? 😉

[MrRedfoxx]

8:23 Fred you’re killing me man. The personality is too on point

[competitivemind]

The content B1M provides us is getting richer and richer day by day. Nice job Fred!