So while he was spouting off and roll calling all those US corporations, no one told him that SAP

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actually is a European corporation, headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany?...

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1. And SAP shut down all travel on 1 March.

I was at an SAP meeting in Philadelphia that week, which was the last business trip I took. Our meeting leader told us on Monday 2 March that SAP had shut down all travel, so evidently he was one of the last people from SAP HQ that was out on the road. He said that Frankfurt airport was almost completely empty when he departed, and that the plane to PHL had maybe 15 people on it.

In contrast, my flight from SFO -> PHL was completely full. By the time I boarded my return flight, which was completely full when I checked in the afternoon, about 1/4 of the passengers bagged the flight. When I got to SFO, I was shocked to see that the United terminal was PACKED. I never ran out of a terminal so fast in my life.

So SAP was ahead of my SF based company by one week with "shelter at home" orders.

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2. FYI

PHI airport is closed. PHI is in Port O'Connor, TX.
PHL airport is in Philly.

BTW, is the construction finished at SFO?

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3. oops

Corrected. I usually check these things, too.

Last few years have been constant construction at SFO. They finished Terminal 1 (now Harvey Milk Terminal). International terminal (including Gate G) is scheduled to be completed in 2021.

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4. What happened to the seafood place?

I used to eat there when I had time between flights.
Under renovation or gone for good?

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5. Yankee Pier?

still there

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6. The map says it's closed temporarily.

I guess it's coming back.
https://www.flysfo.com/shop-dine-relax/dining

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7. Was open on 2 March

which was the last time I walked by it. All the restaurants at SFO look like they're closed right now.

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8. Maybe taking advantage of very limited business to renovate or...

...just cutting costs and weathering the virus.