A much-anticipated 600-room resort will open its doorways in Fort Price, Texas, early subsequent 12 months — and it serves a really particular function.

The resort is owned by American Airways and is situated on the provider’s large headquarters campus, which is called for the airline’s legendary former CEO, Robert Crandall.

However earlier than going into particulars (in typical TPG style) about whether or not you possibly can earn or redeem AAdvantage miles at this resort, or whether or not they depend as Loyalty Factors, there is a little bit of a catch: it isn’t open to the general public.

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American is constructing the ability, often called Skyview 6, to accommodate workers who go to its campus and are there for conferences or coaching – suppose the common coaching that pilots and flight attendants should undergo to maintain their {qualifications} present. And, from the seems of the renderings that American launched on Wednesday, these workers have rather a lot to stay up for.

Along with the 600 visitor rooms, all flooring of the Skyview 6 resort characteristic a lounge space that the airline intends for use for learning.

The ability comes with new eating choices as nicely: A eating room will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner. As well as, a social house known as “the tavern” can be open within the night for “video games, gentle bites and drinks,” the airline mentioned.

And, to burn off all of the energy from the eating room and the tavern, Skyview 6 will embrace a 73,000-square-foot health heart that features an train pool. Out of doors basketball, tennis, pickleball and volleyball courts are additionally being constructed.

These new amenities can be open to all workers — not simply these staying on the resort.

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Lastly, Skyview 6 will characteristic a ten,000-square-foot ballroom for big gatherings, together with State of the Airline, an all-hands assembly led by CEO Robert Isom and his government staff.

Skyview 6 is the newest a part of the Crandall Campus to open — an ongoing mission that started opening on the finish of the 2010s. The campus, which additionally contains the airline’s operations heart and its C.R. Smith Museum, was formally devoted final fall — with Crandall himself in attendance. In 2019, TPG founder Brian Kelly toured Skyview 8, a constructing that options distinctive AvGeek-inspired artwork, and was in awe at what he noticed.