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SBARTSTV Rare Global Breaking News Video Las Vegas airport opens $2.4 billion expansion; New Terminal 3 adds 14 new gates to McCarran International Airport. Virgin Flies into New $2.4 Billion Las Vegas Airport Terminal 3 McCarran International. The Clark County Department of Aviation today celebrated the opening of McCarran International Airport's new Terminal 3, a technologically advanced, 1.9 million-square-foot expansion that will significantly improve the travel experience for the more than 40 million passengers who annually fly through the nation's seventh-busiest airport. "T3" is the first unit terminal to be constructed in the United States in the post-9/11 era. It includes 14 gates, seven of which can be used for international arrivals; an expansive ticketing lobby; space for two Transportation Security Administration checkpoints with up to 31 lanes; an eight-story garage with room for nearly 6000 vehicles; more than a dozen stores and restaurants; and an automated tram system that enables Terminal 3 to handle the check-in, security and baggage claim needs of up to 26 gates at McCarran's nearby D Concourse. Coupled with the airport's existing infrastructure, Terminal 3 increases McCarran's annual capacity to approximately 53 million passengers; its historic peak was nearly 48 million passengers in 2007.