The Port of Seattle commissioners this week unanimously voted to sign a long-term lease with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to continue operating out of Bell Street Cruise Terminal’s Pier 66 and to split an estimated $30 million in facility upgrades.
Norwegian Cruise will pay the Port an estimated $73 million over 15 years with an option to extend the lease through 2035. The agreement also includes language that will establish a project labor agreement between the tenant’s general contractor and the building trades. The Pier 66 renovation will expand space for processing cruise passengers from 44,262 square feet to 151,471 square feet, including the installation of two new passenger-boarding gangways and an automated conveyor system that would move passenger luggage from curbside to ship.
