Lexy

Agreed!!

American doesn't "own" any gates and neither does Southwest. They are all owned by the airport and leased to the airlines now. American Airlines, and I know this first hand, has really deemphasized Nashville in recent years since the US Airways merger. This is due in part to the fact US Airways is running American Airlines and well, they aren't the best at figuring things out. Delta has replaced American Airlines as the second busiest carrier at BNA with 1.3 million passengers last year. AA had 1.1 million while Southwest was in another league with 6.7 million. As for why other airports have the service and we don't, the airports and city leaders wanted it more. This airport authority is a true joke in that they are historically reactive and NOT proactive about service. They've always had this issue and there's a scathing report out about their lack of true vision and execution. That's due in part to miles of red tape and lots of micro-management. I don't think the British Airways service to New Orleans will be profitable long term. The city is a cesspool and it's not that big of a player on the business scene anymore. It's basically a place to get drunk, murdered, or raped and do it on the cheap. Kind of like Memphis with an ocean nearby.

Not a dig at all. Neither city is growing so if that's what you want, move there. As for this being my only response in here, not hardly. I stated my piece about this design being an offensive piece of suburban garbage.

I hear Memphis and Peoria are great places to live this time of the year. Ever thought about moving to either one?

This expansion can't happen soon enough.

This is insulting and highly offensive. Typical Eakins garbage.

American doesn't own any gates anymore. The gates are owned by the airport and leased to the airlines at around $100,000 a year.

Don't get me started on our baseball park. The "prison-like" condos and apartments they plan around it are insulting to look at.

Raleigh has subsidized their Paris flight. It wouldn't be there without help otherwise. Nashville has TONS of people flying to Europe daily. There's plenty of business there for it, but our airport authority is a joke. They literally are a joke.

I agree. This is a 300+ footer that I can tolerate for the most part. While I love height, the trade off for me is the striking design!

Cool! Beats a tire shop! Just a question, though...isn't that a bit underutilized for that property? That's a PRIME Square lot and I doubt an upscale motel will take the whole block.

I agree (for the most part), but this is their (Buckingham) property. A shadow cast on a midrise residential building next door should be expected, not dissected to the point of exhaustion just because some women a 1/4 mile away hates the proposal. Yes, it's a "democracy", but some of this is just silly.

Still not my point. Thank you. That's exactly my point.

You guys missed my point. While I did read the article, I still have to wonder why does it have to take so long? I'm with John on this.

This is so silly. No wonder large (tall) projects don't happen here.

I need to vent. I hate Nashville traffic. Our interstates are inadequate and we have NO transit options on the table. Rush hour starts at 2:30 and goes until 7pm for crying out loud. Ugh! Okay, I'm better now.

I helped at a wedding he was at this summer and yes, he was very quiet. Not talkative at all.

Is it going to be built? LOL!!

Still waiting.

I'm not a fan of the L&C nor am I a fan of "protecting its sight lines" like everyone else over 60 years old in this town.

You have got to be kidding me. This city is going to choke its growth and cap it unlike everybody else. What a stupid idea.

Roger that.

I thought they had that already?

Any news??

yeah, but their business plan is point-to-point, not connecting. They also tend to focus on chic destinations. The whole Dallas fascination with airlines is confounding to me. I get the obvious reasons why, but whatever.