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- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:31 am
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Trev Alberts leaving NU
- Replies: 112
- Views: 4606
Re: Trev Alberts leaving NU
I was an avid fan and donor. I stuck through even though I knew there was systemic issues that have come from the BOR and dark money. It has gotten so bad now, where they are actively turning this into an anti-woke institution at all costs that I am no longer donating nor am I renewing my tickets fo...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:20 am
- Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
- Topic: Ernie Chambers to run again
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2892
Re: Ernie Chambers to run again
I mainly vote for D as Republicans are actively trying to turn the country into a strict theocracy.
See project 2025 as one example
See project 2025 as one example
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:41 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Holland Performing Arts Center - Construction & Development
- Replies: 175
- Views: 29007
Re: Holland Performing Arts Center - Construction & Development
Apparently I’m not the only one on here that thinks this new structure detracts from the existing look of the Holland Center. The new building boxes the Holland in, where before it was clearly visible from the east. Its 2024, we have the best economy according to media experts :lol: Best enjoy the ...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Major Tech Company Coming?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2895
Re: Major Tech Company Coming?
Won't happen. They will need to be able to recruit educated talent and this is a weakness for our state Is there a city/state where there's an excess of educated talent? If so, it stands to reason that this talent may be relocating to areas where it is needed. OK, so maybe there aren't enough urban...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:43 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Major Tech Company Coming?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2895
Re: Major Tech Company Coming?
Won't happen. They will need to be able to recruit educated talent and this is a weakness for our state Is there a city/state where there's an excess of educated talent? If so, it stands to reason that this talent may be relocating to areas where it is needed. OK, so maybe there aren't enough urban...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: 2024 Weather Thread
- Replies: 433
- Views: 20748
Re: 2024 Weather Thread
Last 30 years has seen more rain during the winter months and less snow
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:41 am
- Forum: Statistics
- Topic: Official- 2020 Omaha CSA 1 million+
- Replies: 143
- Views: 15471
Re: Official- 2020 Omaha CSA 1 million+
I love chicago. It definitely gives off the vibe as the #2 city
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:39 am
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: Heartwood Preserve (144th Dodge/Pacific)
- Replies: 895
- Views: 349779
Re: Heartwood Preserve (144th Dodge/Pacific)
The talk from some investors who have stake in the development, there were supposed to be 2 other taller buildings (taller than Union Bank & Carson Wealth), that were to be mixed use. The talk was that these buildings were probably not going to be built due to the current interest rates (this w...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:38 am
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: New State Prison
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4464
Re: New State Prison
New UNO report says Nebraska could avoid building a second new prison, reduce overcrowding Paul Hammel A new report on Nebraska’s chronic prison overcrowding says the state could alleviate crowding, and possibly avoid building a second, pricey new prison, by handling short-term inmates differently....
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:37 am
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: NHL in Omaha
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3229
Re: NHL in Omaha
Gross. $1.5 billion for that? Since we're Omaha, they probably want our tongues on their boots at least once a week.
Forget that noise.
Forget that noise.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:31 am
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: 2024 Weather Thread
- Replies: 433
- Views: 20748
Re: 2024 Weather Thread
I just love the wonderful weather we get here. Never getting Minneapolis cold or Houston hot. People have to learn how to embrace all 4 seasons and realize that all 4 seasons are beautiful and give us a yearly reset cycle. If people from Minneapolis are known to embrace the outdoors in their hostil...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: Nebraska Tourism
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2190
Re: Nebraska Tourism
I thought it was a great slogan.
This state isn't for everyone, it's honest and it appeals to the people they want here. It was a great messaging tool.
This state isn't for everyone, it's honest and it appeals to the people they want here. It was a great messaging tool.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:24 am
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Major Tech Company Coming?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2895
Re: Major Tech Company Coming?
Omaha has Google data centers but I’d never really say that Google has a substantial employment in the city. Like yay, we host a bunch of servers that employ 20 people. Data centers felt cool for a while until we learned they basically just meant a big warehouse in the boonies Agreed. We should app...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Major Tech Company Coming?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2895
Re: Major Tech Company Coming?
Lighten up, this mindset is the reason Nebraska doesn't get to do great things. By major tech market, it most likely means a large data center and or a cloud provider. Cheap electricity and data center spaces are very convenient here. I can see a data center. There is less of a need to appeal to th...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Major Tech Company Coming?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2895
Re: Major Tech Company Coming?
I have heard from others that a major tech company will be establishing major operations in Omaha, in 6 months or so. This company has a larger market share than Facebook. In 6 months or so, this announcement will be made in the news and will make many very happy. Nothing deeper can be shared on th...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: OKC 2nd Tallest Skyscraper in the USA
- Replies: 76
- Views: 5584
Re: OKC 2nd Tallest Skyscraper in the USA
First, we have been burned too many times by speculative developers to be excited for something big to be built (Wallstreet, Civic, UP etc). Second I'd be very curious as to what kind of backdoor prize the developer is trying get from the city/state to build something, anything, at that site. Third,...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:59 am
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: IKEA in Omaha???
- Replies: 116
- Views: 33811
Re: IKEA in Omaha???
I forgot where I heard it and if it’s true but IKEAs can only be built in metros with at least 1 million people. They may be beginning to plan a location since the metro is getting close to that mark. I really hope they build it, the furniture may be built cheaper but it’s a fun experience getting ...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:46 am
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Crime in Omaha
- Replies: 106
- Views: 22357
Re: Crime in Omaha
I just want to say the number of homicides probably isn't correlated with police presence or non-presence. It's an eb and flow. However, maybe I'm playing devils advocate in this new society, but police LARGELY are not the problem. Yeah I get it, nobody likes the police. Nobody wants to deal with e...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
- Replies: 3532
- Views: 467296
Re: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
That is awesome, Eric! We've seen a few young ones grow big into life.
Congratulations
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:33 am
- Forum: Statistics
- Topic: Official- 2020 Omaha CSA 1 million+
- Replies: 143
- Views: 15471
Re: Official- 2020 Omaha CSA 1 million+
Chicago being third has a weird sentimental value to it.
How weird is it that I will be saddened to see the city drop?
How weird is it that I will be saddened to see the city drop?
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:29 am
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Downtown Soccer Stadium (Abbott Drive)
- Replies: 482
- Views: 210487
Re: Downtown Soccer Stadium (Abbott Drive)
And as an aside, I gotta say, despite a lot of valid criticisms recently about her time spent outside of the city, Stothert has got to be one of the most impressive mayors Omaha has had, downtown development wise. I even say this as a pretty firm progressive, if she ran again and I was voting in Om...
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 4:17 am
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: New State Prison
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4464
Re: New State Prison
In Nebraska, we build prisons- its our amusement park
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 1:32 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: At what point are upgrades needed?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1533
Re: At what point are upgrades needed?
Beltways and outer loops are poor investments for the city. They cause more sprawl and are poor economic drivers. We are better off investing in public transit and building developments around that. This would lead to some shifting to transit instead of cars. Less congestion of cars means an expens...
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: Statistics
- Topic: US News: Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2023-2024
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2895
Re: US News: Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2023-2024
The only Florida that looks appealing to me is Miami. The rest is basically a terrible sprawling variant of what Texas is. If moving out of State, im not aiming to live in a parking lot/strip mall paradise 🤢🤮 Denver, Minneapolis, (even KC is growing more appealing) are great examples of top notch ci...
- Sat May 27, 2023 7:53 am
- Forum: Welcome to Omaha
- Topic: Moving to Omaha from NYC - looking for advice
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3244
Re: Moving to Omaha from NYC - looking for advice
This ought to be goodalmighty_tuna wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 8:27 amRenovator2559 wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:28 am I have yet to hear any crime on all other neighborhoods
- Sat May 27, 2023 7:46 am
- Forum: Council Bluffs Development
- Topic: Harrah's Casino
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7103
Re: Harrah's Casino
Guy Fieri opens restaurant at Harrah's Hotel and Casino in Council Bluffs https://youtu.be/iurmam89lFY COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KMTV) — Legendary Restaurateur, Guy Fieri, better known as the Mayor of Flavortown, was in Council Bluffs Saturday to bring a piece of culinary expertise to Harrah's Hotel an...
- Fri May 26, 2023 11:56 pm
- Forum: Projects Never Built
- Topic: Not so Official: Giordano's coming to Omaha!
- Replies: 321
- Views: 81595
Re: Not so Official: Giordano's coming to Omaha!
Pizza Davlo is very good.
It's been a while since I've had it; I must stop there again. Im usually defaulting to Mama's, Orsi's, or Mangia's, but I got to put that option into my rotation.
Before I move to New Mexico, that is
It's been a while since I've had it; I must stop there again. Im usually defaulting to Mama's, Orsi's, or Mangia's, but I got to put that option into my rotation.
Before I move to New Mexico, that is
- Tue May 23, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Conagra Campus Residential
- Replies: 380
- Views: 436859
Re: Conagra Campus Residential
Wall Street tower vibes, but with no rending or article
- Sun May 21, 2023 5:07 pm
- Forum: Statistics
- Topic: 2022 Omaha Metro/CSA population Estimates-
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7806
Re: 2022 Omaha Metro/CSA population Estimates-
Are there "legit" explanations for the difference between on-the-ground observations of growth and the Census Bureau's models? One of the big things since the pandemic is an abnormally large % of the population moving into larger housing, further away from job centers. This type of change...
- Fri May 19, 2023 9:45 pm
- Forum: Statistics
- Topic: 2022 Omaha Metro/CSA population Estimates-
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7806
Re: 2022 Omaha Metro/CSA population Estimates-
I just read an article from the Journal Star that says Lincoln grew (only ~750 people per year since 2020) but Omaha has "lost more than 6,500 people since 2020 based on census estimates" - as of July 2022. Article here: https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-grew-slowly-over-the-past...
- Tue May 16, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
- Replies: 1391
- Views: 694048
Re: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
New Urbanism helps to justify large developments. If we only focus on midrises or above, then our downtown/North Downtown/SODO/Midtown areas will not fill up for more than a century. If you look at any successful downtown, you will see this type of development as progress and an option for some. We ...
- Sun May 14, 2023 5:10 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
- Replies: 1391
- Views: 694048
Re: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
Not every project has to be standout. We need filler projects like this to go with standout projects to add density.
Every city needs this
Every city needs this
- Thu May 11, 2023 5:33 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: Taco Johns in Gretna?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3494
Re: Taco Johns in Gretna?
Taco johns >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Taco Bell when going for fast food texmex If only more people agreed that location would still be open. :) True. Plus TJs is more e...
- Thu May 11, 2023 5:31 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
- Replies: 1391
- Views: 694048
Re: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
Developments like these are part of what is needed for downtown. I cannot state how critical having many of these projects are to massively induce density, which inevitably leads to larger buildings (for the hight obsessed).
More of this, please!
More of this, please!
- Thu May 11, 2023 12:17 am
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: Taco Johns in Gretna?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3494
Re: Taco Johns in Gretna?
Taco johns >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Taco Bell when going for fast food texmex
- Sun May 07, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
- Topic: Omaha Planning Board Agenda and Shortlist
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6503
Re: Omaha Planning Board Agenda and Shortlist
Just drove down to OKC and Dallas First - I arrive to OKC and a mass shooting there, then arive to Dallas and a mass shooting happens there. That was nice Second - holy |expletive| getting to OKC and Dallas doesn't take long at all by car. For the life of me, I was thinking it would take so much lo...
- Sun May 07, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
- Topic: Omaha Planning Board Agenda and Shortlist
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6503
Re: Omaha Planning Board Agenda and Shortlist
Just drove down to OKC and Dallas First - I arrive to OKC and a mass shooting there, then arive to Dallas and a mass shooting happens there. That was nice Second - holy |expletive| getting to OKC and Dallas doesn't take long at all by car. For the life of me, I was thinking it would take so much lon...
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:05 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: 25 story apartment high rise
- Replies: 84
- Views: 16177
Re: 25 story apartment high rise
I haven't been buying into proposals for years now.
So, I'm pretty dam excited about all the big time projects while skimming the rest like its the enquirer
So, I'm pretty dam excited about all the big time projects while skimming the rest like its the enquirer
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:56 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
- Replies: 724
- Views: 305716
Re: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
Updated render of T3 from MBJ. https://i.postimg.cc/vcMG7qHp/T3-Mercantile.png Ok, this is so much better than the other render. I really like both. This looks like it adds more density and it's design makes it look larger than the previous design. I don't lean either way as long as one of them are...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:56 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
- Replies: 2526
- Views: 6674736
Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
GrossLouie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:21 amIts also one of the worst sprawl cities in the US. Larger than LA proper, but only 1/6th of the population.Duggers_Dad wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:21 pm In all fairness, OKC beat Omaha to the punch on a Pickard Chilton, spectacular parks and a streetcar.