Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out-of-home media companies in the world, today announced that it has closed on its recent acquisition of eight airport advertising contracts from Corey Airport Services. The acquisition adds a variety of traditional static displays, dynamic digital displays, wraps and clings, interactive exhibits and custom advertising displays in eight major airports, enhancing Lamar’s airport advertising portfolio in major cities across the U.S.

The new airports include:

• Dallas Love Field (DAL) | Dallas, TX – DAL is the home of Southwest Airlines with 15.5 million annual visitors.
• Louisville International (SDF) | Louisville, KY – SDF draws in thousands of visitors for the annual Kentucky Derby and hosts nearly 3.4 million passengers each year.
• Palm Springs International (PSP) | Palm Springs, CA – PSP serves as the transportation hub for the resort city of Palm Springs and all destinations in California’s beautiful Coachella Valley.
• Northwest Arkansas Regional (XNA) | Bentonville, AR – Located near Fayetteville, Springdale and Bentonville, XNA supports growing business travel spurred by Walmart, headquartered in Bentonville.
• Myrtle Beach International (MYR) | Myrtle Beach, SC – MYR hosts nearly two million passengers each year, most of whom are leisure travelers and tourists.
• Punta Gorda (PGD) | Punta Gorda, FL – Serving as a regional passenger hub for business and leisure travelers in southern Florida, PGD is one of the fastest-growing airports in the country.
• Monterey Regional (MRY) | Monterey, CA – MRY serves as a destination airport for tourists visiting the Big Sur and elite resort destinations such as Pebble Beach and Carmel-by-the-Sea.
• Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA) | Amarillo, TX – Only six miles from Downtown Amarillo, AMA serves as the largest passenger airport in the Panhandle region.

Lamar also has an agreement to acquire the airport advertising contract for Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) in Birmingham, AL. Following that transaction, Lamar will operate advertising concessions at 20 airports that serve more than 150 million passengers annually.

Lamar chief executive Sean Reilly told us “We are thrilled to continue expanding our airport advertising business and to bring the Corey Airport Services team on board,” said . “Corey has established successful airport advertising programs in some of the nation’s fastest-growing airports. We look forward to extending their proven operating model and to offering our advertisers the most innovative creative concepts in Lamar Airports.”.

Brig Newman, who served as President of Corey Airport Services, will oversee Lamar’s eastern U.S. airport markets as General Manager. Newman is experienced in all aspects of airport advertising, including the design of airport advertising programs, airport advertising display concept strategy and approval, airport relationship management, and installation project management.