DIA Great Hall Construction Won’t Be Complete Until 2025

CBS4 Investigation: Developer Says Project Price Tag Grows By 47%, Now At Nearly $1 Billion

DENVER, CO – The developer remodeling Denver International Airport’s terminal — the Great Hall Project — has told the city and the airport that concrete issues, change orders and delays will add an estimated $310 million to the project’s $650 million price tag — a whopping 47% increase. The delay in completing the project has jumped to 38 months, according to sources familiar with the terminal redevelopment.

Mayor Michael Hancock termed the numbers “alarming” during a 15 minute interview Wednesday with CBS4, but said, “This is a one-sided perspective that you are looking at.”

He said the numbers obtained by CBS4 come from the project developer — Great Hall Partners — and are unsubstantiated and have not been fully investigated and vetted by the City of Denver. Hancock said the city is in the midst of that process, with experts combing through the cost and delay assertions coming from Great Hall Partners.