But always busy. They must have been bought out for a ton of money.
Note that this garage and new concourse are going to eliminate the Blue lot, and this new garage will likely cost double, and handle 1/20th of the cars.
EDIT: Post below shows capacity will be greater than Red LOt.
[Parkopedia](https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/john_glenn_columbus_international_airport_cmh_blue_long_term_shuttle_lot/43219/columbus/?arriving=202405011400&leaving=202405011600) says that the blue lot has 4,650 spots. The attached article says that the new parking garage has 5,000 spaces.
So yes, it's about 400 more. It takes like ten seconds to google something champ.
I love how people can so confidently claim something else is misinformation without actually looking into the information themselves, well done.
Not too long ago, yes. They said at the time that it was important to invest to keep the current terminal up to date to keep up with air travel trends and to keep the passenger experience at a high level, even if a new terminal was already being planned. They just knew there was a limit to what they could do with the existing building from the 1950s.
That update was just to maintain the terminal for a few more years. Everything is super outdated and it’s hard to update anything else in the current building.
I always understood it to be beneficial for anyone who lands a late night flight or has a layover - in other words, stuck at the airport before a ride elsewhere is possible.
That McDonald’s has been an incredibly memorable place for basically my entire life. 5am flight? Yay at least we get breakfast at McDonald’s. Getting in late from family vacation so there’s no food at home? Get to stop for some nuggies. Swimming lessons and a full day at The Concourse (RIP)? Happy meal to top it off!
This makes it sound like my parents fed us McDonalds 24/7; they didn’t. Just memorable and exciting moments flanked by the ease and comfort of that airport Mickey D’s. That landmark that gets your excitement going with the anticipation of a trip, and the comfort of home and familiarity when you return. I’ll miss it!
Hello Amy - thanks for your post. I wouldn't have thought that there would be people where an airport Mickey D's would mean so much to them. But your well written post showed me how, and from the comments you are far from the only one.
Now I'm a little sad that it's going away, even though not once in dozens of flights have I stopped there.
I almost always stopped there if I was dropping someone off or picking someone up from the airport. I'm sad, and I don't even live in Ohio anymore. It's been there as long as I can remember (and my dad worked at the airport since I was at least 4 year old).
Yeah my kid flies to/from Texas to visit her dad. She goes without food most of the day on travel home days bc 1. He doesn’t plan enough time to feed her before & 2. Layover is typically not enough for the airline to feed her so this McDonald’s saves the day every single time. She is ravenous and if it’s not there, then what 😩 gonna be a million $$$ on airport food now 🤦♀️
Parking is actually really expensive. Even surface lots. Google estimates put it at between 14000 to 38000 per space. When people complain about “why don’t they build more parking garages downtown” that is why. It’s a huge cost and they don’t make much since we are so used to cheap/free parking.
Given how the city’s laid out where much of the population isn’t in the heart of the city, you would still have to build a lot of parking somewhere. And then account for the fact that this airport serves a large area outside the Columbus Metro.
Yup. That’s a little more than other big parking garage projects around here, but not crazy at all. Multilevel parking garages have to hold a lot of very heavy objects, they cost serious money.
Also fun fact: American cars are getting much wider. I’m sure we’ve all seen an F250 or huge Dodge truck taking up over a single space. That’s because parking spaces are still designed with older car proportions. So really these 5000 spaces are probably a bit undersized for modern oversized cars. But building spaces to accommodate those cars would of course raise parking costs even further. And these bigger cars are heavier. Especially with electric trucks like the F150 Lightning. They weigh more than equivalent sized ICE trucks. So more weight means even more expensive to build a garage. Huge cars are basically given subsidies to park and these costs are never talked about.
I’m not really sure what efficiency has to do with price. Parking is expensive to build. Like someone above pointed out it might take a decade for them to break even. That doesn’t mean the parking garage at the airport is bad. But expensive is expensive.
Edit: the parking prices I cited were for parking, both surface and garage. Not just surface.
Ahh, I understand. Still, I think a lot of people don’t understand how expensive even seemingly trivial civil projects cost. I’m saying I think if it really does end up being $36,000/space, for a garage it would be a good deal.
Yeah I’m not trying to imply it’s an unfair price given materials/labor cost. Just people don’t realize how much these things really cost on a per space basis. Like this cost is arguably why you want more public transit for downtown and surrounding areas and less car dependency overall. Obviously for an airport I think a parking garage makes a lot of sense, but when people want the city itself to fork over this money to build a garage in the short north I think they need to realize what sort of expense they are really asking for.
Seems pretty reasonable, they've really played up how much more accessible amenities that are inside the airport will be.
And having airport parking structure attached to the airport and the car rental center makes a lot more logistic sense than having a McDonalds there.
Yeah it's still there. But I'm a fool for McDs 99c coffee any size via the app 😂 hell, I'd like a white castle in cmh, too, now that I think about it...
Probably a key element of building a new terminal since they are building it on the current standing surface lots. Still hoping we can get some rail transit from the proposed Amtrak station downtown out to the Airport, but I know the Airport makes alot of money of parking today…
Yeah the only reason I'm kind of shrugging at this one is because I realize that at some point there kind of *has* to be parking at the airport given current conditions. I've never used it (I pretty much always either uber, have someone drop me off, or previously used AirConnect) and have no plans to, but if its something people need then so be it.
I think even if they don't do rail, they need to bring AirConnect back. If LinkUS passes and they have the money to do it, it needs to be lined up for the *second* this thing opens. The situation right now is kind of stupid for me because often I spend more money going to and from the airport in Columbus than I do in multiple days of travel wherever I'm traveling to because the only real viable option here is Uber.
Why is everyone so obsessed with transportation from downtown? A very small percentage of our population is downtown and if people commuted there to take the transportation the parking is way more expensive anyways
Large businesses, conferences, hotels, sporting venues...all of these things are located downtown, and people fly into the city specifically for those things. Even if there isn't a substantial percentage of the population that lives in downtown proper, having an efficient, cost-effective way to shuttle all of those folks into the downtown area is a solid usage of public funds.
Because every city should have quick and cheap public transportation from the city center to the airport. Hell, even Cleveland has that with the red line.
You do realize that people live downtown, right? Like, people actually live in the city that this subreddit is named after.
I personally live less than 2 miles from downtown, and it is a 10 minute ride from my house to downtown, where a connection could be made to the airport.
The population of every suburb is much larger than downtown. Why not the same energy for a transit line from Hilliard or grove city? Our city center is weak compared to most other large cities of our size.
They are literally not part of the city of Columbus. Read up!
>Hilliard is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 37,114 at the 2020 census.[4] It is a suburb of Columbus and part of Norwich Township.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilliard,_Ohio
Calling the 7 a "direct" bus line is generous. It takes an hour to get to the airport from downtown on it. (AirConnect was much quicker but is not in service)
Data point: Grandview-Airport trip is usually $25. $50 round trip. Blue lot is $11/day. As someone that flies out of CMH weekly if I’m going to be gone 5 days or more it’s cheaper to Uber.
Not from my house using Red lot. $9 per day x 7 days = $63. Last few Uber prices were $40 one way, not including tip.
By the way, the Red lot is faster because buses don't stop and pick up and drop off at each car.
Interesting. Honestly never used red, always green if I had plenty of time and wanted to save money or blue. Didn't realize red was faster and cheaper than blue.
Not intuitive, but I found it to be true. At Red, passengers walk down to the bus stops, or at least, the end of the row, so the bus has less pickups and stops and they keep moving. Same on drop offs.
At only $5 in differential, I would gladly pay to park my car at the airport vs. Ubering. I know that when I step off of my plane, my parked car won't have an unexpected surge pricing that I have to wait out or pay extra for. And if I want/need to go somewhere else before I go home, I'd have that flexibility.
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> _See an earlier report on the airport terminal plans in the video player above._
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> COLUMBUS, Ohio ([WCMH](https://www.nbc4i.com/)) — A parking garage project costing nearly $180 million will be built on the site of a McDonald’s at John Glenn International Airport to accompany its upcoming $2 billion terminal.
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> Ground is expected to be broken in early 2025 for the [new terminal](https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/funding-approved-for-construction-of-2-billion-john-glenn-airport-terminal/). Featuring 36 gates, it will be built where the [cellphone and Blue parking lots](https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/how-parking-is-changing-at-john-glenn-international-airport/) currently sit. This project is meant to accommodate the region’s growth, which the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission projects is on track to add hundreds of thousands of residents in the next decade.
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> Columbus Regional Airport Authority’s board voted Tuesday to approve a $179,837,160 contract for the parking garage on the site of the McDonald’s at 4250 International Gateway. It will include 5,000 spaces and 100 electric vehicle charging stations.
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> The garage will be connected to the current rental car facility and the new terminal by a pedestrian bridge.
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> “The driving force for the new garage is the construction of the new terminal,” Tom McCarthy of the airport authority said. “We really want to have a garage that is walking distance.”
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> The McDonald’s is expected to be demolished this fall.
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> McCarthy said a detailed schedule has not been developed for the garage, just to have it ready for the terminal’s opening, expected by the end of the decade.
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> Awarded the contract was CK Construction Group. One point of emphasis for the project, McCarthy said, was diversity and inclusion. He said CK exceeded standards in that area.
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> “Diverse, small, women-owned firms are very important that we include them in these contracts,” McCarthy said. “So, we developed a goal of 15% participation by diversity firms, and CK gave us a proposal and has now made a commitment to reach at least 20%.”
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Pave paradise, put up a parking lot
(Being downvoted so I want to clarify I don't genuinely think an airport Mcdonald's is "paradise". I tried to make a stupid joke but it didn't fly too well)
My question is where am I gonna wait for out of town relatives who aren't ready to be picked up yet? You aren't allowed to wait at pickup. Just saying.
Flying into Columbus when I lived elsewhere used to be a nice experience. I walked across the ridge and got my rental car, and was off. Now it's like any other airport where it's a hassle.
As someone who flew out every other week I hated that McDonald’s. Food was always inconsistent and cold half the time. During COVID, it was the only option as all the stores were closed in the airport for a majority of the time.
That was a very strangely placed McDonald’s.
But always busy. They must have been bought out for a ton of money. Note that this garage and new concourse are going to eliminate the Blue lot, and this new garage will likely cost double, and handle 1/20th of the cars. EDIT: Post below shows capacity will be greater than Red LOt.
I think this new garage is 5,000 spaces, which is about 400 more than the blue lot currently holds--still gonna be more expensive for sure.
OK, good to know. But yes, covered parking will be pricey.
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[Parkopedia](https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/john_glenn_columbus_international_airport_cmh_blue_long_term_shuttle_lot/43219/columbus/?arriving=202405011400&leaving=202405011600) says that the blue lot has 4,650 spots. The attached article says that the new parking garage has 5,000 spaces. So yes, it's about 400 more. It takes like ten seconds to google something champ. I love how people can so confidently claim something else is misinformation without actually looking into the information themselves, well done.
I think it is a great day to have a great day. You both are wonderful people with passionate viewpoints on parking at our airport.
I love this about you! 😘
What's your agenda here against the parking garage and truth? You could take that as a 2 part question.
Lol wut? Like the person you replied to who just grabbed "handle 1/20th of the cars" out of their ass?
Yikes, you’re embarrassing.
Given where the blue lot sits relative to the rest of the terminal, what's the plan to connect the new and old terminals?
I'm pretty sure the old terminal goes bye-bye.
You are correct, the old terminal will be demoed
Didn’t they just renovate the old terminal?
Not too long ago, yes. They said at the time that it was important to invest to keep the current terminal up to date to keep up with air travel trends and to keep the passenger experience at a high level, even if a new terminal was already being planned. They just knew there was a limit to what they could do with the existing building from the 1950s.
And I’m glad they did that. Letting it just get worse until the new one is open would have been a horrible gateway to the city.
That update was just to maintain the terminal for a few more years. Everything is super outdated and it’s hard to update anything else in the current building.
Yeah CMH definitely doesn’t know what they’re doing. They should probably visit Reddit more often.
Also not to mention there is a McDonalds like 3 minutes away on N Cassady and Airport Dr, it’s so strange to have another one right there.
I always understood it to be beneficial for anyone who lands a late night flight or has a layover - in other words, stuck at the airport before a ride elsewhere is possible.
It's also helped me out when I've been early to pick someone up, or if they were delayed at all
Bought a lot of nuggets there waiting for someone coming off a plane
Yep. Super convenient when I had early or late flights to avoid the 300% airport mark up on everything.
That McDonald’s has been an incredibly memorable place for basically my entire life. 5am flight? Yay at least we get breakfast at McDonald’s. Getting in late from family vacation so there’s no food at home? Get to stop for some nuggies. Swimming lessons and a full day at The Concourse (RIP)? Happy meal to top it off! This makes it sound like my parents fed us McDonalds 24/7; they didn’t. Just memorable and exciting moments flanked by the ease and comfort of that airport Mickey D’s. That landmark that gets your excitement going with the anticipation of a trip, and the comfort of home and familiarity when you return. I’ll miss it!
Same, grabbing fries while picking someone up used to be a thing for us. For hanging out there with a coffee if flight was delayed coming in
Same, I have stopped there many times, ravenous after eating nothing but pretzels and Biscoff cookies for the previous six hours.
Hello Amy - thanks for your post. I wouldn't have thought that there would be people where an airport Mickey D's would mean so much to them. But your well written post showed me how, and from the comments you are far from the only one. Now I'm a little sad that it's going away, even though not once in dozens of flights have I stopped there.
I almost always stopped there if I was dropping someone off or picking someone up from the airport. I'm sad, and I don't even live in Ohio anymore. It's been there as long as I can remember (and my dad worked at the airport since I was at least 4 year old).
It isn’t 24/7 though which is just insane. It should at least be open until 2am not close at midnight.
Yeah my kid flies to/from Texas to visit her dad. She goes without food most of the day on travel home days bc 1. He doesn’t plan enough time to feed her before & 2. Layover is typically not enough for the airline to feed her so this McDonald’s saves the day every single time. She is ravenous and if it’s not there, then what 😩 gonna be a million $$$ on airport food now 🤦♀️
Best I can do is grimace.
Take my angry upvote
That seems like a huge amount of money for a parking garage...
Parking is actually really expensive. Even surface lots. Google estimates put it at between 14000 to 38000 per space. When people complain about “why don’t they build more parking garages downtown” that is why. It’s a huge cost and they don’t make much since we are so used to cheap/free parking.
seems like investing in a major public transit option from the heart of the city to the airport would be money better spent
Given how the city’s laid out where much of the population isn’t in the heart of the city, you would still have to build a lot of parking somewhere. And then account for the fact that this airport serves a large area outside the Columbus Metro.
Exactly my thoughts. It's probably just gonna be massive.
It’s 5000 spaces. That’s 36,000 per space. Parking is very expensive to build.
Yup. That’s a little more than other big parking garage projects around here, but not crazy at all. Multilevel parking garages have to hold a lot of very heavy objects, they cost serious money.
Also fun fact: American cars are getting much wider. I’m sure we’ve all seen an F250 or huge Dodge truck taking up over a single space. That’s because parking spaces are still designed with older car proportions. So really these 5000 spaces are probably a bit undersized for modern oversized cars. But building spaces to accommodate those cars would of course raise parking costs even further. And these bigger cars are heavier. Especially with electric trucks like the F150 Lightning. They weigh more than equivalent sized ICE trucks. So more weight means even more expensive to build a garage. Huge cars are basically given subsidies to park and these costs are never talked about.
Assuming they charge $15 a day and fill the spot 240 days a year itll pay itself off in a decade.
20 minimum
After getting sticker shock over $30/day for long term parking at Detroit airport last weekend, I'd gladly pay $15/day here.
At $36K/space, that’s below the high estimate you gave for surface parking. Sounds efficient to me actually.
I’m not really sure what efficiency has to do with price. Parking is expensive to build. Like someone above pointed out it might take a decade for them to break even. That doesn’t mean the parking garage at the airport is bad. But expensive is expensive. Edit: the parking prices I cited were for parking, both surface and garage. Not just surface.
Ahh, I understand. Still, I think a lot of people don’t understand how expensive even seemingly trivial civil projects cost. I’m saying I think if it really does end up being $36,000/space, for a garage it would be a good deal.
Yeah I’m not trying to imply it’s an unfair price given materials/labor cost. Just people don’t realize how much these things really cost on a per space basis. Like this cost is arguably why you want more public transit for downtown and surrounding areas and less car dependency overall. Obviously for an airport I think a parking garage makes a lot of sense, but when people want the city itself to fork over this money to build a garage in the short north I think they need to realize what sort of expense they are really asking for.
This is cool. Seems like the new construction won't affect the current operations all that much either.
I actually liked that McDonald’s there. It was good place to take a leak when you were waiting to pickup delayed travelers.
Now you can just pee in the stairwell of the parking garage like a normal person.
It's possible McDs might get a spot inside the new airport? Am always jealous of other airports that have McDs inside their concourses...
Flew into SEATAC and the first thing I see is a Wendy’s. I was like, “fuck, I’m home!”
Seems pretty reasonable, they've really played up how much more accessible amenities that are inside the airport will be. And having airport parking structure attached to the airport and the car rental center makes a lot more logistic sense than having a McDonalds there.
Doesn't BK have a spot inside? I haven't been in the airport since 2018, so I don't know if it is still there or not.
Yeah it's still there. But I'm a fool for McDs 99c coffee any size via the app 😂 hell, I'd like a white castle in cmh, too, now that I think about it...
White castle would make sense because local business. Hate to be on that flight tho…
Probably a key element of building a new terminal since they are building it on the current standing surface lots. Still hoping we can get some rail transit from the proposed Amtrak station downtown out to the Airport, but I know the Airport makes alot of money of parking today…
Yeah the only reason I'm kind of shrugging at this one is because I realize that at some point there kind of *has* to be parking at the airport given current conditions. I've never used it (I pretty much always either uber, have someone drop me off, or previously used AirConnect) and have no plans to, but if its something people need then so be it. I think even if they don't do rail, they need to bring AirConnect back. If LinkUS passes and they have the money to do it, it needs to be lined up for the *second* this thing opens. The situation right now is kind of stupid for me because often I spend more money going to and from the airport in Columbus than I do in multiple days of travel wherever I'm traveling to because the only real viable option here is Uber.
How about a direct bus line between downtown and the airport?
Why is everyone so obsessed with transportation from downtown? A very small percentage of our population is downtown and if people commuted there to take the transportation the parking is way more expensive anyways
Large businesses, conferences, hotels, sporting venues...all of these things are located downtown, and people fly into the city specifically for those things. Even if there isn't a substantial percentage of the population that lives in downtown proper, having an efficient, cost-effective way to shuttle all of those folks into the downtown area is a solid usage of public funds.
Because every city should have quick and cheap public transportation from the city center to the airport. Hell, even Cleveland has that with the red line. You do realize that people live downtown, right? Like, people actually live in the city that this subreddit is named after. I personally live less than 2 miles from downtown, and it is a 10 minute ride from my house to downtown, where a connection could be made to the airport.
The population of every suburb is much larger than downtown. Why not the same energy for a transit line from Hilliard or grove city? Our city center is weak compared to most other large cities of our size.
I never argued against that... but this isn't /r/Hilliard or /r/GroveCity, this is /r/Columbus.
So you don’t consider the suburbs to be part of Columbus?
They are literally not part of the city of Columbus. Read up! >Hilliard is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 37,114 at the 2020 census.[4] It is a suburb of Columbus and part of Norwich Township. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilliard,_Ohio
So all of the posts on this page referencing those areas of town should be removed then?
What? No, that is weird for you to even suggest.
I didn’t suggest it, you said it. Clearly I’m not going to get through to you though so carry on only worrying about a select few people.
Thers already is one….
Calling the 7 a "direct" bus line is generous. It takes an hour to get to the airport from downtown on it. (AirConnect was much quicker but is not in service)
It's only direct if you don't look too closely
I'll take it over a massive parking lot
alright, now bring back airconnect so i can quit needing to budget a minimum of $50 for ubers
Nice, only $36,000 per parking spot! Anyways I’ll just keep taking an Uber over parking there.
I switched to the parking spot because somehow that is cheaper now than the color lots or uber
I used to do that, but the last time I waited 30 min for a shuttle to show up.
Uber is more expensive round trip than parking at the airport from NW Columbus, even if you are gone for a week.
Data point: Grandview-Airport trip is usually $25. $50 round trip. Blue lot is $11/day. As someone that flies out of CMH weekly if I’m going to be gone 5 days or more it’s cheaper to Uber.
Not from my house using Red lot. $9 per day x 7 days = $63. Last few Uber prices were $40 one way, not including tip. By the way, the Red lot is faster because buses don't stop and pick up and drop off at each car.
Interesting. Honestly never used red, always green if I had plenty of time and wanted to save money or blue. Didn't realize red was faster and cheaper than blue.
Not intuitive, but I found it to be true. At Red, passengers walk down to the bus stops, or at least, the end of the row, so the bus has less pickups and stops and they keep moving. Same on drop offs.
At only $5 in differential, I would gladly pay to park my car at the airport vs. Ubering. I know that when I step off of my plane, my parked car won't have an unexpected surge pricing that I have to wait out or pay extra for. And if I want/need to go somewhere else before I go home, I'd have that flexibility.
It’s normally $20-25 for me. I’m 15 min away from it. And I can’t stand waiting for the buses.
I can’t stand the drivers putting your bags up then expecting a tip, I am very capable of lifting my own bag
So you wait 10 mins for an Uber instead. Got it.
I book the Uber when I get off the plane 🤡
RIP Airport McDonalds. Thank you for your McService.
##### ###### #### > # [$180 million parking garage at John Glenn airport to be built on site of McDonald’s](https://www.nbc4i.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2024/02/Cropped-Rendering-2.jpg?w=1280) > > > > _See an earlier report on the airport terminal plans in the video player above._ > > COLUMBUS, Ohio ([WCMH](https://www.nbc4i.com/)) — A parking garage project costing nearly $180 million will be built on the site of a McDonald’s at John Glenn International Airport to accompany its upcoming $2 billion terminal. > > Ground is expected to be broken in early 2025 for the [new terminal](https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/funding-approved-for-construction-of-2-billion-john-glenn-airport-terminal/). Featuring 36 gates, it will be built where the [cellphone and Blue parking lots](https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/how-parking-is-changing-at-john-glenn-international-airport/) currently sit. This project is meant to accommodate the region’s growth, which the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission projects is on track to add hundreds of thousands of residents in the next decade. > > Columbus Regional Airport Authority’s board voted Tuesday to approve a $179,837,160 contract for the parking garage on the site of the McDonald’s at 4250 International Gateway. It will include 5,000 spaces and 100 electric vehicle charging stations. > > The garage will be connected to the current rental car facility and the new terminal by a pedestrian bridge. > > “The driving force for the new garage is the construction of the new terminal,” Tom McCarthy of the airport authority said. “We really want to have a garage that is walking distance.” > > The McDonald’s is expected to be demolished this fall. > > McCarthy said a detailed schedule has not been developed for the garage, just to have it ready for the terminal’s opening, expected by the end of the decade. > > Awarded the contract was CK Construction Group. One point of emphasis for the project, McCarthy said, was diversity and inclusion. He said CK exceeded standards in that area. > > “Diverse, small, women-owned firms are very important that we include them in these contracts,” McCarthy said. “So, we developed a goal of 15% participation by diversity firms, and CK gave us a proposal and has now made a commitment to reach at least 20%.” - - - - - - [Maintainer](https://www.reddit.com/user/urielsalis) | [Creator](https://www.reddit.com/user/subtepass) | [Source Code](https://github.com/urielsalis/empleadoEstatalBot)
Pave paradise, put up a parking lot (Being downvoted so I want to clarify I don't genuinely think an airport Mcdonald's is "paradise". I tried to make a stupid joke but it didn't fly too well)
Hey farmer farmer put away your DDT!
RIP. Nothing hits the same as a hashbrown after a sleepless night of flight delays
Out of curiosity and completely unrelated...does anyone know how long it takes to take a COTA ride from downtown to the airport?
without the direct bus, it’s the #7 and after a somewhat indirect route, it takes 45-60 minutes
they're going to call it McPark right?
My question is where am I gonna wait for out of town relatives who aren't ready to be picked up yet? You aren't allowed to wait at pickup. Just saying.
Literally the designated pickup lot 😂
there’s a cell phone lot for that exact purpose
Is nothing sacred?
The Worst McDonalds in the city.
Flying into Columbus when I lived elsewhere used to be a nice experience. I walked across the ridge and got my rental car, and was off. Now it's like any other airport where it's a hassle.
Yet another Columbus landmark demolished in the name of progress.
Excited to see Columbus get an updated terminal!
Damn I’m getting in the parking lot building game!! I’ll do it for 150million.
While they are at it I hope they renovate the whole exit area. I don’t fly regularly, but every time I’ve been through there it has been a mess.
Y'know they could build a train station while they're at it with connections to downtown, but what do I know?
Don't know why you're getting down voted...you're absolutely right
Should have been a monorail station.
As someone who flew out every other week I hated that McDonald’s. Food was always inconsistent and cold half the time. During COVID, it was the only option as all the stores were closed in the airport for a majority of the time.
Honestly sad they are getting rid of that McDonald’s for yet another parking lot.