Travelers use San Diego Airports new parking structure for busy Labor Day weekend NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

Travelers headed to the San Diego International Airport for the busy Labor Day weekend had the option of using the newly unveiled parking plaza at Terminal 1.

The parking structure officially opened Wednesday, completing the first phase of the airport’s major, yearslong overhaul.

The project broke ground at the end of 2021. Prior to that, the area was a surface lot with about 1,100 spaces and a skybridge to get to Terminal 1. The new five-story structure has 2,834 spaces, including designated spots for carpool and electric vehicles.

Travelers at the airport Friday said they were excited to park in the new garage, where airport staff was on hand to guide them to the terminal.

“This is really nice,” Leslie Grigsby said. She and her husband Craig were headed to Nashville for the long weekend.

“We’re just in such a great mood,” she continued. “As we’re driving, I’m driving like, ‘Oh, this is like Autopia at Disneyland.’”

She and other travelers like …