Thus, it's no surprise that savvy entrepreneurs are seizing opportunities to extract dollars from stranded travelers, or that communities recognize a gold mine for promoting other area attractions. Museums and spas Major museums are open at airports in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago and Phoenix, Ariz., among other cities.
Exhibits featuring local artists are common.
The Las Vegas airport offers a 24-hour fitness center. Terminals in Detroit and Newark, N.J., boast spas. You can visit a dentist at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, get glasses repaired at the Cincinnati airport, choose among three barbershops in Dallas-Fort Worth terminals, pause at a nail salon in Boston's Logan Airport and book massage treatments at a Nashville airport bar. Kiosks rent digital video disc players and movies to delayed passengers. Some properties include swimming pools, or even coordinate with adjacent golf courses, placing pro shops in terminals.