So it makes sense that Leno was selected to represent the Hollywood Burbank Airport in a new video about financing its terminal relocation project. And that his love of cars was worked into the video.
In the marketing video, Leno sits at the wheel of a 1930 Duesenberg at the terminal’s construction site to inform the public about the project’s progress and sell airport revenue bonds to help fund the terminal’s completion.
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The Hollywood Burbank Airport is about 33 miles from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and close to many employees of big networks and studios, such as NBCUniversal, Netflix, Nickelodeon, and The Walt Disney Company, says Bloomberg (3).
In the video, Leno describes Burbank as “an oasis” in Los Angeles, calling LA a “crazy city with homelessness and crime and taxes.”
The airport is relocating and renovating this terminal to meet present-day Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety standards. It will be 355,000 square feet, have 14 gates, and include up to 6,637 parking spaces (4).
Los Angeles officials expect a lot of travelers to use the terminal in the next few years – the city will host the Super Bowl in 2027 (5) and the Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2028 (6). The new terminal is expected to be ready this October.
The project is expected to cost over $1.3 billion (7). According to the City of Burbank government website, “The investment required to pay for the new terminal will be paid for by the FAA, the airlines and airport users (8).”