Inside the New AmEx Centurion Lounge in SLC

American Express just opened a new Centurion Lounge at Salt Lake City International Airport on October 28, 2025. Located in the extended Concourse B, this is Amex’s 31st Centurion Lounge location and the airport’s first credit card-issuing lounge.

It’s also the first Amex Centurion Lounge location with a fireplace, one indoors and one outside for good measure. Its facilities are designed around the state’s famous natural attractions, including an outdoor terrace with stunning views and a recovery room for weary hikers, skiers and snowboarders.

This is what the new Salt Lake City (SLC) Centurion Lounge looks like inside.

The Centurion Lounge entrance at SLC is located in Concourse B near Gate B31. Once inside, you will need to either take the elevator or the stairs to the second floor for check-in.

If you’re departing from the A gates, it’s a seven-minute walk/ride on some moving walkways through the tunnel to get between the two concourses.

This 18,000-square-foot lounge isn’t the largest Centurion lounge, but it has all of the traveler’s features galore: a coffee bar with a barista, outdoor space, shower stalls and a luxurious respite from the airport terminal.

The centerpiece of the lounge is the 360-degree fireplace in the “hearth room”, reminiscent of a ski chalet. It has armchairs around the fireplace and a drinks station along a wall, making it the perfect place to sit by the fire and enjoy a cup of coffee.

Next to the chaut room is a long and narrow cafe-like space with natural light pouring in from skylights above. Blue Roast sits at one end by the American Express Coffee Bar.

The booths in this area were popular places to sit, especially if you needed to open a laptop while lounging.

For a deeper, more intimate space, the buffet-like room has booth seating as well as seating around the indoor bar.

The buffet, indoor bar and bathrooms are located a few steps above the coffee bar. For accessibility, there is also a ramp to reach this level of the lounge.

The lounge’s buffet offers restaurant-quality dishes. The lemongrass chicken, earl gray panna cotta and red velvet cookie were particularly good.

You’ll also find some Amex Centurion Lounge food staples, like a salad bar, chocolate chip cookies, and an ice cream cart.

Next to the buffet is a beverage station, including a tap-type soda dispenser. There are also flavored syrups and other ingredients nearby to make your own “dirty soda.”

There are some additional snacks at the hearth room beverage station and in a display case by the coffee bar.

Baristas at the coffee bar also make espresso drinks, cold brews and smoothies.

The Centurion Lounge also had a large selection of drinks at the two bars. The signature cocktail is a “Park City Sling,” a gin cocktail with tart cherries and lemon.

Behind the indoor bar, passengers can access the outdoor terrace, designed for year-round use. It has heaters and fans as well as a second fireplace.

There’s also a second rooftop bar, where you can order drinks from an armchair overlooking the tarmac and a stunning view of the Wasatch Mountains.

Adjacent to the men’s and women’s bathrooms is a spacious shower room. You can reserve a time slot for the shower stall at the front desk.

The recovery room next to the buffet doesn’t have napping pods (it doesn’t He type of recovery), but it has three armchairs and several different types of massagers and compression boots to comfortably relax muscles.

Compression boots cover your entire leg, making the experience better than a typical chair massage. If you’re coming back from a ski trip, this recovery room is definitely worth a visit.

For families or co-workers getting together, the lounge has a few more private rooms with televisions. It is first come, first served.

The lounge also has two workstations located just off the couch, but they offer no privacy or soundproofing.

They are basically two desks built into the wall. It can be distracting to have people walking behind you, and if you have to participate in any video calls on camera, you’ll be extremely backlit as opposed to a direct workstation through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

There are also spa-like bathrooms with Amex’s signature blue in the tiling. Bathroom products are from beauty brand L’COCITANE EN Provence.

The Centurion Lounge is a welcome addition to Salt Lake City’s growing airport. There are also two Delta Sky Club locations and one Minute Suites, but this location has more amenities and a better selection of food and drinks than the other options. Visiting this lounge is a bit of a pain if you’re not flying through Concourse, but the trek is worth it. Plus, you can kick up your feet and sit by the fire once you get there.

Top photo by Meghan Coyle/Nerd Vault.