Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is celebrating the grand opening of its newly expanded Ticketing Hall.
Sadly, the new ticketing hall does not bring us the pneumatic “Travel Tubes” teased on April 1 that would allow passengers to go whiz straight from the airport lobby to the gate.
But travelers will benefit from 10,000 square feet of new ticketing lobby space and the airport’s first, site-specific public art commission.
The Ticketing Hall expansion is part of RNO’s “MoreRNO” infrastructure program, which promises a ‘new era’ for the airport and more than $1 billion in targeted improvements.
RNO’s new public art is a 450-foot-long piece by Dixie Friend Gay titled “Repeated Refrains.”
It will be hard to miss there on the wall behind the airline ticket counters.
The work references northern Nevada’s diverse environment, which includes forested mountains, vegetation-covered hillsides and desert valleys. It is divided into four sections, each dedicated to a different season and portraying the colors and diverse ecosystems that can be found within a 100-mile radius of Reno.
