At the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, a layover means more than just a long wait between flights. The airport has transformed its C Concourse into an "arts corridor," culminating next month with the opening of a screening room.
The lounge will include modular and cinema-style seating with multiple high-definition screens; rotating programs highlighting local filmmakers; and a collapsible stage for lectures or small performances.
"It's all about trying to create a corridor, a first gateway" to the city's arts and culture, said Robyne Robinson, the arts and culture director of the Airport Foundation MSP. "We want to make sure that when people get off the plane, they know there's a place they can go to and get to know us and get onto their flight and have a better understanding of what Minneapolis is, so that the next time they come through, they'll want to see some film, see some art."
Minneapolis's new screening room is not the first time an airport has offered films for its passengers, but it's the first of its kind in the United States, the Metropolitan Airports Commission's Melissa Scovronski said. Commercially run cinemas are available to passengers in Seoul's Incheon International Airport, and there's an IMAX theater in Hong Kong International Airport's Terminal 2. Changi Airport in Singapore opened the world's first in-airport theater in 1998, with a second built in 2008, officials there said. Both are free.
These opportunities for entertainment amid layovers are part of the transformation of airports, from places where people "flop down and have no sense of what's going on" to a hub for showcasing a region's people and opportunities, Ms. Robinson said. Information about films will be posted on the foundation's website, so travelers can learn more about what they're watching and even choose to arrive at the airport earlier for dinner and a movie, Ms. Robinson said.
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