It is estimated that with the completion of the airport extension and the forecast new flights, an extra 2,000 jobs will be generated at the airport.
On December 9, 2012, Green Line service ended at Arena in preparation for the opening of the airport extension of the Green Line.
Expansion plans took a step forward on November 1, 2005, when the County Commission approved a study into the feasibility of an airport extension.
Mr. Myles said the coming marketing efforts would raise ridership in the short term to keep the company from defaulting on the debt before the airport extension was built.
A Metrolink tram station is currently being constructed and is due to open as part of the 2016 airport extension.
The airport extension with the possibility of tapping into nationwide air service farther West, had been suggested by the Casino Association from the beginning, Mr. Carver said.
With the opening of the airport extension on 14 April 2013, service continued on to the Salt Lake International Airport.
They were demonstrating against the airport extension on Sunday.
There is currently no projected completion date for this proposed airport extension.
Yet another, he said, is an airport extension of the PATH system, which now ends at Penn Station in Newark.