The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Board has approved 10 new food and retail concessions packages, and will consider an additional six at its next public meeting Sept. 1, for San Diego International (SAN).
The packages are a change from the airport’s longtime master concessionaire model to a multiple primes model. Under the new model, new and existing concessionaires will have more opportunities, with the goal of offering options for local, regional, national and international concepts.
“The packages approved today are a big win for the traveling public and for San Diego,” says Robert H. Gleason, chairman of the airport authority board. “More locations, more variety and more local flavor will bring an exciting new concession environment to the airport. We are pleased to have achieved this milestone while upholding the board’s commitment to worker retention and opportunities for local, small and disadvantaged businesses.”
“We want airport visitors to get a distinct sense of place when they visit our airport,” says Nyle Marmion, manager of concession development for the airport authority. “These new shopping and dining options – of which many are local – will make a powerful statement that you are in San Diego when you land at SDIA.”
The prime operators and their concepts approved by the Board are as follows:
Food Service Packages
HMSHost
Ciao Gourmet Market
Stack Shack
12th Fairway Bar & Grill
California Pizza Kitchen
Great American Bagel
Craft Brews on 30th St.
High Flying Foods (two packages)
Stone Brewing Company
Pannikin Coffee & Tea
Saffron Thai
Phil’s B.B.Q.
Artisan Market (two locations)
The Counter MINI
Bankers Hill Bar & Restaurant
Retail Packages
The Paradies Shops
Brighton Collectibles
PGA Tour Shops
CNBC News San Diego
Lacoste
Gaslamp MarketPlace
SANd News
Shades of Time
CNBC Express
The New York Times Bookstore
Channel 10 News
Hudson Group
Sunglass Hut
Warwick’s of La Jolla
Gaslamp Quarter News
Hudson Group
Lindbergh Field News
San Diego Bay News and Café©
PGC-PCI
Where Traveler San Diego
Bay Books
The Beach House
U.S. News & World Report
Apricot Lane Boutique
Kids Love San Diego
KPBS News
Stellar Partners
Jewelry by Samantha Davimes
Stellar News
The Sharper Image
Stellar News Express
Jer’s Chocolates
Brookstone
Old Town News & Market
Hudson Group
Lindbergh Field News
Tech on the Go
Gaslamp Quarter News
ZoomSystems
Best Buy (two locations)
Clinique (two locations)
Project Horizon
Soundbalance
InMotion Entertainment
The new concessions are slated to begin opening in December 2012 and will be located throughout all terminals.
