Airport tries again for liquor store in baggage claim area
Two years after the concept first came up, McCarran International Airport will take another crack at a liquor store in the baggage claim area.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday awarded the concession to a new venture, Liquor Library. The airport projects the store will generate rents of $300,000 to $400,000 a year from a now-vacant space in the south end of the baggage claim at Terminal 1.
Three companies submitted proposals for the franchise awarded to Lee's Liquor in 2010, but after partnership problems stalled progress the airport declared Lee's in default and turned to Liquor Library, the second-place finisher.
Christian Haase, a principal in the affiliated Burnett Haase Construction and Business Properties Group, and Molasky Group of Cos. President and Chief Operating Officer Richard Worthington co-own Liquor Library. Because the space will cover only about 1,350 square feet, the Liquor Library will go vertical with bottles arrayed on library-style shelves with ladder-climbing clerks. Worthington said he expects to open in the fall.
Contact reporter Tim O'Reiley at toreiley@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5290.
