I'm guessing those members of the congressional delegation mentioned voted against the federal funding for this -- makes me then wonder, if I'm right, why that didn't bear mentioning in this piece.
Rapid City already has one empty gate, and we have lost service to Salt Lake and Atlanta. Flight Aware lists only 12 airline arrivals and 11 airline departures today, which should not overburden seven gates. Sioux Falls has the same number of gates and twice the traffic, yet they manage. The Monument Event Center (another facility that Rapid City is still paying for) says that over 50% of concert/event attendees are from out of state. While that may be true, how many actually fly in for those events? I smell a huge bond issue or an attempt to form an airport authority to cast a wider net and tax more people for this grandiose plan. Hold on to your wallets, Rapid City and Black Hills residents.
I'm guessing those members of the congressional delegation mentioned voted against the federal funding for this -- makes me then wonder, if I'm right, why that didn't bear mentioning in this piece.
Rapid City already has one empty gate, and we have lost service to Salt Lake and Atlanta. Flight Aware lists only 12 airline arrivals and 11 airline departures today, which should not overburden seven gates. Sioux Falls has the same number of gates and twice the traffic, yet they manage. The Monument Event Center (another facility that Rapid City is still paying for) says that over 50% of concert/event attendees are from out of state. While that may be true, how many actually fly in for those events? I smell a huge bond issue or an attempt to form an airport authority to cast a wider net and tax more people for this grandiose plan. Hold on to your wallets, Rapid City and Black Hills residents.