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Sea-Tac Airport will get a 16,000-square-foot Chase Sapphire Lounge
The Daily Tacoma team
If you fly out of Sea-Tac, a new place to wait is coming. The Port of Seattle Commission unanimously approved a 15-year lease on Oct. 27 for a Chase Sapphire Lounge at the end of the A concourse, beside the expanded Delta One Lounge.
Chase is putting $70 million into the Sea-Tac lounge
- $70 million
- from Chase for the lounge
- $7.9 million
- a year in expected revenue for the Port
- 16,000
- square feet in the A concourse
- 15 years
- for the lease and concessions agreement
Source: The Seattle Times
The lounge will take over The Club at SEA's Concourse A space, and that club is expected to move into the current United Club space. Planned amenities include shower suites, digital food ordering, and a bar.
- Chase customers' share of 2025 Sea-Tac boardings: 12%
- Lounge-eligible boardings: about 500,000 of 3.1 million
- Cardholders' guests: up to two free, then $27 each
- Sea-Tac's second credit card lounge, after American Express Centurion
Small businesses worried about lost revenue, so commissioners also approved a five-year study of lounges' effect on neighboring dining and retail tenants, an amendment Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa introduced. It adds about $500,000 a year, with a first report due by the second quarter of 2027. No opening date is set; One Mile at a Time estimated the project could be done as early as 2028.
Approval came Oct. 27, but no opening date is set
- Late Sept.Commission first considers the lounge, then postpones the decision.
- Oct. 27Commissioners unanimously approve the 15-year lease and the lounge study.
- Q2 2027First report from the five-year lounge study is due.
- 2028One Mile at a Time estimates the lounge could be done as early as 2028, though 2029 is also possible.
Sources: 425 Business, The Seattle Times
Sources: The Seattle Times, 425 Business