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MrTwister

I know a really great recruiter you can have........please.

MrTwister

In regards to the College World Series, I don't think you'd find any city that wouldn't want to be like Omaha. Other than that, Charleston is the kind of place Des Moines and Omaha wish they could be. Desnse, historical, urban, progressive, modern. Sure it has it's rough places like any other city, ...

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5 to ten years from now most major metropolitan areas will have citywide wifi networks, and the speed will only increase with technology and investment. Think of this as the late 70s and cable television is only in the top ten markets.....but wifi will be a lot less difficult and expensive to set up...

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Take a look at what comprises the polls. If it includes all active arenas or just the arenas that belong to a specific group. Is it just concerts or are sporting events included. MSG in NY is a different animal than most arenas. Most arenas don't have thier own sports channel. Believe me, you can't ...

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And Madison Square Garden does better than Qwest Center.....

in other words, it's all relative.

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Pardon my intrusion, but I have this simple question to ask. Aren't most concert tours in the business to make money? And if that was thier goal, why would they pass up the chance to play at two first class venues just hours apart from each other with population bases that can support them? I've sai...

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There is quite a bit of difference between a "Disney" environment and a biosphere, and that is the difference I'm talking about, that exists between the Lied Jungle and what is being planned for the Iowa Rainforest. I happen to believe the numbers of visitors are grossly inflated and most ...

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That was my point Finn. The Lied Jungle is an arificial construct blended with live material. The Iowa Rainforest project IS live material. It is meant to be a recreation of the natural habitat of a South American rainforest. Soils, insects, plants, birds, trees, everything. It is designed to be a l...

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It is a man made forest, but unlike the Lied Jungle, the Iowa Rainforest project would use actual trees, plants, rocks, soils, etc...from the Rainforest in South America. In otherwords it wouldn't be an artificial construct meant to simulate an environment, it would be the actual environment. It's m...

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Well.....why don't you guys come up with your own ideas. New York had a zoo long before you, and so did San Diego. How about your arena downtown. We announced our plans to build one long before yours (ours was held up in court for several years, hence your earlier completion date). How about your pa...

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Another thing to consider. While Omaha may be a dense and growing population, the rest of Nebraska isn't. and finally one more consideration. I doubt you'd have an NBA franchise that would share facilities with an NCAA team. I can't think of one that does. So where does that put Crieghton and its fa...

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The Iowa Rainforest project and the Rainforest exhibit are two different but similar projects Finn. The Iowa Rainforest was not meant to be a zoo exhibit, it was meant to be a working classroom for kids, college students, and professionals, based upon a similar project built outside London, England....

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There is one MAJOR drawback to an NBA franchise in Omaha....TV market. That is where the major revunue is generated, not by tickets sold.

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Nahh......I think they just missed out on the 8 Track but I'm sure there are a few 45s floating around out there. Not many bands hang on for as long as U2 has and stay relevant I think it especially hard for bands to do so when thier fan base describes them as bigger or better than (insert name of r...

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Well some consider them one of the greatest bands of all time and even better than U2................................................................... 8) Let's see U2 has been playing before sold out crowds since the early part of the 80s and have sold tens of millions of lps, cassettes, CDs, DVD...

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Seattle, Omaha, Miami, and Boston

One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong.......

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In and around my hometown in North Iowa there are at least 5 wind farms this size and larger. The local high school has its own wind turbine which produces enough power to supply the school and they sell the extra to the local utility. It is a little bizzare to see these structures breaking the hori...

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Screw the Royals Build a downtown football stadium for the Chiefs. At least they have an ownership that deserves a new stadium. That being said, I can't see either franchise leaving the city. Where would they go? The Chiefs are an Icon in the NFL and you just can't pull them from the city anymore th...

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Good God, I wouldn't wish Joe's Crab Shack on my worst enemy. Other than it is the only restaurant with an outdoor play area for kids, there is no reason whatsoever to go there. The food is nearly inedible.

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Oh, I wasn't trying to say she disowns the KC location or doesn't have a financial stake, clearly she does, but when I asked her about it (because I was aware of its existance), she said she doesn't have anything to do with the operations, menus, etc... of the KC restuarant. Her son does. My point i...

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OmahaChef, The Lidia's in KC has very little to do with Lidia Bastianich, other than it is her name and her son is running it. Lidia owns and operates several restuarants in the NY area with her flagship Felidia, Becco, and Frico. I worked with Lidia and shot a food story at her restuarant in NY. Sh...

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Chef-Forget what you've seen from Purple Rain and all those music videos in the 80s and 90s. Prince live and in concert is nothing like the Prince you get when you buy a cd. There is a reason he is consistently in at the top of the touring acts year after year, and its not nostalgia.

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I hate to hijack a thread but this is and interesting discussion to me. I would concede that Omaha does have a strong local music scene that has garnered some national attention from the press. But I think I'll hold out on awarded it "best in the nation" status until it registers on the na...

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Yes Minneapolis Funk? Prince, The Time, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Shiela E (although she is a product of LA) and countless other deviations of form and content. You can't deny that MLPS was one of the center of music in the 80s. I've been doing some reading up and it does seem like Omaha is getting...

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Ohhhh I see, if SPIN magazine says its so that it must be. Well, what's the name and looks of this new sound. We had New York punk, Detroit Motown, LA new wave and hair metal, Seattle grunge, Minneapolis funk, Nashville country western, Athens alternative so what is the sound that has crowned Omaha ...

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It is sort of interesting to think about that Seattle had a booming music scene about the time starbucks started to spawn everywhere. Now Omaha's music scene is the best in the country and one of our local coffee shops is starting to spread out. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. Care ...

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This kind of stuff really keeps you up at night, doesn't it?

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The gulf between Minneapolis and Omaha is far greater than that of Omaha and Des Moines.

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I've eaten at Maggiano's in Mlps and several locations in Chicago. Of all the chain Italian eateries, it is my favorite. Much superior to Bravo, Biaggi's or Macaroni. Food is served family style like Bucca. Decor feels like an old Manhatten restuarant, lots of wood, tile, stucco, an white tablecloths.

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Sure, MacDonalds is pretty successful too.

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I wish NFM would merge thier furniture and appliance stores in Des Moines into one mega store like KC. Of course we couldn't handle quite that large a store, but something between where we're at now and where the KC store is at wouldn't be so bad. I hate Homemakers, the parking stinks and so does mo...

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I've lived in Des Moines for 14 years and in Iowa for 37 (mostly in North Iowa where we paid more attention to Minneapolis than we did Des Moines.) I can honestly say that no one I know or associate with in all that time, ever wished we could be like Omaha. Of all the projects in Des Moines, I see v...

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Ikea's business model is not built on putting up a warehouse whereever there could possibly be retail traffic. They're not Pottery Barn or even Crate and Barrel. They move much slower and are more deliberate due to the large investment each of thier warehouses represent. I doubt Omaha will ever see ...

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Obviously your first trip to Minneapolis. I'd have to disagree with you on the "acres of asphalt" comment. There are plenty of developements around the Twin Cities designed around accomodation of the automobile. All you have to do is look out your window along 35 coming into Minneapolis. W...

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West Glen is hardly apartments staring out over oceans of parking. I can honestly say the doubters will be drooling over this one when its built out.

Jhouston, again, there is nothing like West Glen in Omaha.

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I really don't think anyone believes JC is a draw like KC, Chicago, or MLPS, except that it will draw more people living in Sioux City, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City than Des Moines did previously...as well as capture much of the dollars that used to leave the city. Those were dollars that w...

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One thing to consider about JC. It is really just the centerpiece of a BILLION dollars in development in the Jordan Creek overlay district. We won't be able to judge the full scope and impact of the center for some time to come. What I find the most exciting about the overlay district, and this is s...

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Our music scene is also nationally influential. HUH?????????

Over Kansas City????????? I guess....if you discount the whole blues and jazz thing.

If there is one thing that Omaha seems to have in spades over KC or any other city in the midwest its pride.

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Got news for you, this concept already exists. The BB at Jordan Creek was one of the first. Also Mason City had one open about 6 months ago.

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Paul McCartney is indeed coming to Des Moines on October 27th. Followed by Omaha on the 30th. Both cities he has never played in before as part of the Beatles, Wings, or Solo. (although he did play Ames)

Noticeably absent St.Louis and Kansas City.

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