It did need a bit more than a lick of paint and when they gutted the old IT systems I am sure they took the opportunity to fix the heads. The FAA certainly needs the spots Ocean offers. Without it they have quite a few squadrons competing for a vanishingly small number of places to park.
Even when CVS arrives the FAA helicopter squadrons will be competing for space with a tailored air group that could include F-35, Chinook, Army Wildcat or Apache, or any combination thereof. With (effectively) 3 Lynx / Wildcat and 6 Merlin squadrons our meagre amount of FAA jam does not have much bread to land on.