2024-05-02T22:44:15-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/136956774/eero-saarinen-s-dormant-jfk-terminal-to-become-jet-blue-hotel Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-09-18T12:33:00-04:00 >2017-12-15T14:10:45-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/aa/aaab92dc8279bb9bb70e049fbdfd6ee7?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>JetBlue and MCR will build hotel rooms from the ground up next to the terminal and refurbish the interior of the building to become the property&rsquo;s main entrance. [...] It is to have 505 rooms, 40,000 square feet of meeting space, up to eight eateries and an observation deck. The old terminal will serve as the lobby, with the rest of the hotel set back from it in a new building.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Jet Blue's hotel will be JFK's first, finally utilizing Saarinen's masterpiece after 14 years (and counting) of vacancy.</p> <p>For more news at JFK:</p> <ul><li><a title="Fancy $48M animal terminal to open in JFK Airport next year" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/132415988/fancy-48m-animal-terminal-to-open-in-jfk-airport-next-year" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fancy $48M animal terminal to open in JFK Airport next year</a></li><li><a title="JetBlue tapped as prospective developer for JFK TWA terminal" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/125446040/jetblue-tapped-as-prospective-developer-for-jfk-twa-terminal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JetBlue tapped as prospective developer for JFK TWA terminal</a></li><li><a title="Hotelier, Andre Balazs, to convert JFK&rsquo;s historic TWA terminal into a hotel and conference center" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/81462395/hotelier-andre-balazs-to-convert-jfk-s-historic-twa-terminal-into-a-hotel-and-conference-center" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hotelier, Andre Balazs, to convert JFK&rsquo;s historic TWA terminal into a hotel and conference center</a></li></ul>