The Wall Street Journal
The Airport Lounges Where Videogames Are More Important Than Drinks
Spaces such as the Portal Lounge give travelers the chance to play everything from ‘Mario Kart’ to ‘Minecraft’ before their flight
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT—The first thing David Lee and Kassy Yang noticed when they popped into the new lounge in Terminal 1 on Friday wasn’t the robot bartender.
It was something only parents in this digital-device era could appreciate: unfettered access to their phones. Their kids, ages 8 and 12, were too busy playing “Mario Kart” and “Crash Bandicoot” at the lounge’s videogame stations to commandeer their phones for some preflight screen time.