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Denver airport officials outline $1.3B improvements plan
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Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington made the case Thursday for a $1.3 billion “completion phase” project to get the Jeppesen Terminal ready for 100 million passengers a year. “We feel like this is the best time to finish what we’ve started at the terminal,” Washington said. Thursday’s news conference, which also included Michael Sheehan,…
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WATCH: A sneak peek at DIA’s upcoming $2B facelift
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Just what will the Denver International Airport look like in 2022, after more than $2 billion in renovations are complete? A bit like this. Denver’s 9News teamed up with DIA to produce a virtual tour of the airport’s face-lift. In an article published this week, readers can get a feel for how the changes —…
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DIA workers to push for higher minimum wage
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Workers at Denver International Airport say they’ll begin a push to raise the minimum wage for airport employees to $15 an hour by 2021. Backers of the proposed “Denver Airport Minimum Wage Initiative” – including the Unite Here union and activist groups – were announcing Thursday that they will begin collecting petition signatures to place…
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Denver city attorney’s Cristal Torres DeHerrera hops a short flight to DIA
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She made a name for herself these past four years as the No. 2 at the Denver City Attorney’s Office. Now, Cristal Torres DeHerrera is moving over to Denver International Airport (which the airport’s marketing mavens insist on calling “DEN”) to become its chief of staff. She’ll run the high-profile airport’s external affairs business unit, which…
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Colorado Rep. Saine will not be charged for carrying concealed firearm into DIA
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Colorado state Rep. Lori Saine, R-Dacono, will not be charged for carrying a loaded 9mm handgun into Denver International Airport on Dec. 5, according to the Boulder County district attorney’s office. When TSA authorities questioned her about the gun, Saine said she had “totally forgotten” it was in her purse, according to police reports. “After being mirandized,…
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Denver DA will hand off any case regarding Colorado state Rep. Saine to special prosecutor in Boulder County
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann will hand off any case against Colorado state Rep. Lori Saine, who allegedly carried a loaded firearm into Denver International Airport last week, to a special prosecutor in Boulder County, according to an email sent from her office Tuesday to Colorado Politics. McCann’s office says it requested that the 20th…
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DIA’s smoking policy lands it on CDC health list
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You’d be hard-pressed to find a public place that welcomes smokers nowadays in Denver. The city has even recently moved to ban smoking and vaping along the 16th Street Mall. However, like a relic from another era, Denver International Airport still has a dedicated indoor space, the Smokin’ Bear Lodge Smoking Lounge on concourse C,…
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Busy DIA wants to add dozens of gates for $1.5 billion
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Denver International Airport has outgrown its 107 gates, officials argue. DIA set passenger traffic records last year – 58.3 million traveled through the airport’s gates last year. To bridge that surging traffic, airport officials have proposed a nearly $1.5 billion project to add 39 gates across DIA’s three concourses, the Denver Business Journal reports. Denver’s…
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German exchange students detained at DIA, sent home after being accused of taking U.S. jobs
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Eight German exchange students headed for Salida got a taste of increasing political tensions regarding immigration policy in the U.S. over the weekend. Before being detained at Denver International Airport, immigration officials “insisted they (the students) were coming in and taking work away from U.S. citizens, which is illegal since they have no work visa,”…
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DIA evolving its marketing strategy with new ad firm
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Denver International Airport is onboarding a new advertising firm in what it has coined as the next step in the evolution of its advertising and marketing approach. The idea behind the maturing effort is to tackle advertising for the entire airport under an umbrella approach, coupling all services offered into one marketing campaign, said Stacey Stegman, senior…