BWI To Extend Rent Relief For Food, Retail Stores Inside Airport

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --There's new help for the food and retail stores inside BWI Airport.

The Board of Public Works unanimously voted to extend rent relief and lease extensions through June.

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BWI says this represents about $16 million in relief to help ease the financial burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last year, total concession sales fell by roughly 61%.

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