The Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA) has canceled an upcoming bar and lounge RFP. At the latest WCAA board of directors meeting, CEO Chad Newton announced that an RFP planned requesting concepts featuring food, retail cigars and an enclosed cigar smoking area would no longer move forward. Bidders were required to provide air handling and smoke reduction systems as part of their design.
“I have accepted the recommendations from my key executives tasked to conduct due diligence on the cigar lounge concession concept,” said Newton. “After extensive analysis, they concluded that in light of the temporary financial and economic uncertainty caused by the closure of Spirit Airlines, now is not the time to promote novel or untested concessions at DTW. I agree with the conclusion and have directed that the RFP be cancelled.”
