Hurricane Rita
On September 24, 2005, Hurricane Rita hit the Beaumont-Port Arthur area. Then-named, Southeast Texas Regional Airport terminal had to be shut down, so the airport authority had to use the old one temporarily. The renovated terminal reopened in May 2009 after several delays. However, due to the reduction in airline service the airport has experienced since 2000, only a portion of the terminal was reopened. Much of the terminal building was walled off and renovations to that portion were left unfinished. The terminal facilities can be expanded back into that space in the future should the demand exist for reopening the closed gate areas.
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Famous quotes containing the words hurricane and/or rita:
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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