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Hudson News Core

Near the Main terminal concourse, this Hudson handles basics fast

This Hudson News Core sits in the Main terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport, right in the central concourse traffic. It’s a standard airport newsstand: magazines, snacks, drinks, and last‑minute travel items packed into a tight footprint. You’re paying airport prices here, think $3–4 for bottled drinks and $2–3 for candy or chips, but it beats walking back to the landside shops once you’re past security.

Hours typically track flight banks in the Main terminal, opening early morning around the first departures and closing after the last evening pushes. You’ll see coolers along the wall with water, soda, and energy drinks, plus a rack of travel‑size toiletries if TSA pulled your toothpaste. Gift shelves carry Pittsburgh‑branded mugs, shirts, and small souvenirs, useful if you forgot something downtown and your flight from PIT is in an hour.

Hudson News Core also carries basics for a short flight: gum for takeoff, granola bars, and packaged sandwiches that sit in the $7–10 range. Quality is what you expect from prepacked grab‑and‑go; if you want a real meal, hit a Main terminal restaurant instead and use Hudson as backup. Print media is still solid here, from national newspapers to glossy magazines, handy if the Wi‑Fi on your Main concourse gate goes spotty.

Quick tip: if your boarding pass shows a tight Main terminal connection under 40 minutes, stop here first as you pass through the central area so you don’t have to double back from the end of the concourse later.

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