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First hotel at MSP Airport breaks ground

The first hotel to be built at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport officially kicked off its construction Tuesday.

<p>A rendering shows the lobby of the InterContinental Airport Hotel, which is slated to open in 2018.</p>

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The first hotel to be built at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport officially kicked off its construction Tuesday. 

The 250,000-square-foot hotel is on track to be completed by summer 2018. The 12-story building will feature 291 rooms and will connect to Terminal 1, via a sky bridge to Concourse C. 

The hotel will have its own TSA security checkpoint, two restaurants, a penthouse-level observation deck bar, a spa, a fitness center and more. 

Officials say the hotel will open next summer. 

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