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by thenewguy
Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: Elsewhere
Topic: CPKC Stadium - Downtown KC Soccer Stadium
Replies: 52
Views: 5258

Re: CPKC Stadium - Downtown KC Soccer Stadium

and we thought OUR riverfront was cool...

Holy |expletive|. I would love to see some more housing/retail/restaurants along the river. The parks we have are phenomenal, but how great would it be to walk out your front door to the river?
by thenewguy
Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2024 Weather Thread
Replies: 471
Views: 22304

Re: 2024 Weather Thread

stormchaser wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:02 am
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i seriously really wish i knew what each of these sections meant. I've seen those types of things before, but i don't know what each of them means
by thenewguy
Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Downtown Soccer Stadium (Abbott Drive)
Replies: 510
Views: 236010

Re: Downtown Soccer Stadium (Abbott Drive)

Union Omaha averaged a league 3rd best attendance, averaging 3,075 per game. If they shoot for 10k at the proposed stadium, I suspect a first season average of 6k would be likely. I'm sure there will be games that sell out, too, but on average, i think 6k sounds like a good number.
by thenewguy
Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: The Builders District at North Downtown
Replies: 290
Views: 47021

Re: The Builders District at North Downtown

Brad wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:38 am
thenewguy wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:48 am i thought they were going to have some exposed elements though?
You can see the timbers through the window, around the entrance, and inside the main lobby. Its technically a "Hybrid mass timber building" so there are not a ton of timbers in there.
very good, thank you!
by thenewguy
Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
Replies: 3579
Views: 2016248

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

guy4omaha wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:45 pm
Stargazer wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:55 am
guy4omaha wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:53 pm My son got a 27 on his ACT. No this score is not as high as what Jeff's son achieved
Good grief guy, my son is now nearly as old as his ACT score was then.. maybe it's time for a new footer. 😀
Too funny. You're right. I guess it is time to change the curtains.
hahaha
by thenewguy
Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:51 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

the garage is progressing much slower for obvious reasons, but hopefully they can start erecting steel by the fall? they are at L4 right now (almost May) and have to get to 12/13 in order to start steel. Is 8 more levels doable in the next 3 months?
by thenewguy
Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:48 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: The Builders District at North Downtown
Replies: 290
Views: 47021

Re: The Builders District at North Downtown

not bad; looks a bit like a hospital. You'd never know it used mass timber...i thought they were going to have some exposed elements though?
by thenewguy
Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: Photography and Videos
Topic: Skyline Downtown Omaha
Replies: 8
Views: 362

Re: Skyline Downtown Omaha

mgoett wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:13 pm Image
i really like that vantage point. It will be great to see mutual from there...but it'd be cool if we could do something about the barbed wire and razor wire :)
by thenewguy
Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:38 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3551
Views: 489267

Re: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

on my way home last night, i noticed quite a bit of utility markings on Douglas. is it possible they changed the route to coincide with the ORBT route? Douglas between what and what? They definitely wouldn’t change the route at this stage. If it was close to 10th street it could be streetcar relate...
by thenewguy
Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3551
Views: 489267

Re: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

on my way home last night, i noticed quite a bit of utility markings on Douglas. is it possible they changed the route to coincide with the ORBT route?
by thenewguy
Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

i like that angle. We should also be due up for a floor move in the next couple days?
by thenewguy
Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Bellevue Waterpark (Highway 34 and 75)
Replies: 98
Views: 5216

Re: Bellevue Waterpark (Highway 34 and 75)

Bellevue Announces Significant Progress in Development of Large Water Park Complex Great to hear some movement on this. Sounds like the theme and more info will be released after May 30th. The City of Bellevue is excited to announce significant progress in the development of the Bellevue City Water...
by thenewguy
Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:26 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
Replies: 3579
Views: 2016248

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

yeah, but you want to be able to see who's about to fall off the jetway again...

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by thenewguy
Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Nebraska Medicine
Replies: 1633
Views: 268465

Re: Nebraska Medicine

i like the rendering. it has a nice look about it
by thenewguy
Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: Elsewhere
Topic: OKC 2nd Tallest Skyscraper in the USA
Replies: 76
Views: 5647

Re: OKC 2nd Tallest Skyscraper in the USA

So recent news out of NYC gives me even more pause. A brand new luxury supertall residential building in Brooklyn is being foreclosed on because it hasn’t sold enough units https://www.curbed.com/article/9-dekalb-brooklyn-tower-foreclosure-default-michael-stern.html that building is great looking
by thenewguy
Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Lego Store (Nebraska Crossing)
Replies: 141
Views: 19130

Re: Lego store coming to Omaha?

Heard something quite interesting and exciting about a LEGO store in Omaha - that's from a very reliable source. 😁 Not sure if it's intended for public knowledge at this point in time but let's just say I think there will be many pleased people in the Omaha area later this year! Would an assumption...
by thenewguy
Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: RIP [Insert Dead Celebrity here] :(
Replies: 1256
Views: 197954

Re: RIP [Insert Dead Celebrity here] :(

Garrett wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:16 pm Cancer is about to write a book about how it would kill OJ, if it did it.
hahaha
by thenewguy
Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:47 am
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: River's Edge Development (Playland Park)
Replies: 836
Views: 187156

Re: River's Edge Development (Playland Park)

there is some heavy machinery onsite under the approach on the iowa side. Even a gravel road that leads towards the trees. I was there yesterday. I should have taken more pics, but it looks like they cleared a lot of trees/foilage and created trails or something. https://i.postimg.cc/5XGfnyzb/IMG20...
by thenewguy
Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2024 Weather Thread
Replies: 471
Views: 22304

Re: 2024 Weather Thread

no wind or hail...but some good lightning and thunder is overdue
by thenewguy
Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: RIP [Insert Dead Celebrity here] :(
Replies: 1256
Views: 197954

Re: RIP [Insert Dead Celebrity here] :(

https://www.13abc.com/2024/04/11/oj-simpson-dies-age-76/ O.J. Simpson dies at age 76 O.J. Simpson dies of cancer at 76 https://youtu.be/UzWEmLuBaRE?si=knU_JhscGW58uNeJ O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 acquittal in the b...
by thenewguy
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: River's Edge Development (Playland Park)
Replies: 836
Views: 187156

Re: River's Edge Development (Playland Park)

there is some heavy machinery onsite under the approach on the iowa side. Even a gravel road that leads towards the trees.
by thenewguy
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

I went back and looked at a couple of dates with street view photos: 3/17: 8 floors 3/24: 9 floors 4/7: 11 floors So looking at this probably a little quicker than we thought, maybe about 7-8 days per floor. (the floors I posted would be the one they are working on or basically the one under the ye...
by thenewguy
Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:06 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

Not my photo but yes they did go up another floor yesterday evening: https://i.postimg.cc/Z0J92kLx/IMG-3951.png doing rough math here. If they ascend a floor every two weeks, they should reach floor 44 around July 10, 2025 (and I have no idea how tall each floor is or what the actual height is now,...
by thenewguy
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Creighton Campus Development
Replies: 548
Views: 117837

Re: Creighton Campus Development

this photo is great

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by thenewguy
Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
Replies: 3579
Views: 2016248

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

i know we knew it'd be a big canopy, but it seems bigger than i thought. That's some serious steel there
by thenewguy
Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

you can see the yellow cap rising up between the buildings when you merge from I-80 to I-29 by Ameristar. You could see it before, i'm sure, but now it's more easily visible
by thenewguy
Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

They were moving up a floor when I drove by at 5...
by thenewguy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:51 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

i drove by last night; it looks pretty massive
by thenewguy
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:22 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

EricHaley wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:59 pm Found an old pic of FNBO Tower under construction:

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man, UP being there also really made a difference. looks odd without it!
by thenewguy
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
Topic: Urban Planning Memes
Replies: 9
Views: 354

Re: Urban Planning Memes

good God
by thenewguy
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:56 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

I drove by last night, it is starting to look massive. Now up to 7 stories?
by thenewguy
Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: The Crossroads (72 & Dodge)
Replies: 2014
Views: 375149

Re: The Crossroads (72 & Dodge)

this whole thing just smells like disappointment. This should have been about done by now, much less not even started.


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by thenewguy
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

ItsAllAboutMe wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:48 pm
Hawkeye wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:45 pm Is it almost done yet???

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Well, the elevator slip form is currently moving up another floor
topping out ceremony could break out at any time.
by thenewguy
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:47 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Aksarben Village
Replies: 2396
Views: 454614

Re: Aksarben Village

it's simple, but i don't think it's fugly...though i wouldn't mind something a little more creative.
by thenewguy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:20 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Oak View Mall (144 & West Center Rd)
Replies: 1310
Views: 522178

Re: Oak View Mall (144 & West Center Rd)

Brad wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:06 pm Here you go. Put the NHL team at Oakview... LOL

Hockey rink inside a mall in Edmonton, Canada:

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that's awesome!

The Coralville Mall (in Coralville, next to Iowa City for those unfamiliar) has an ice rink it it, too. They had a pee wee game going on while we were there
by thenewguy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

is the green concrete crane arm thing in the bottom right new to the site? maybe they will be doing concrete more rapidly?
by thenewguy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: The Crossroads (72 & Dodge)
Replies: 2014
Views: 375149

Re: The Crossroads (72 & Dodge)

mega saver could be the sponsor of an NHL facility here. "Omaha Vapes at Mega Saver Arena"
by thenewguy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: CHI Health Center (Century Link Center) Omaha Remodel
Replies: 204
Views: 87398

Re: CHI Health Center (Century Link Center) Omaha Remodel

First and foremost I think this is great. That being said, and I hate to be that guy, but anyone else surprised this will be $175 million and only add a net 40k sq feet? I know inflation and construction costs have increased, but the whole thing arena/convention center was built for $291 million. A...
by thenewguy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:29 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2567
Views: 7570289

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

looks like it
by thenewguy
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Misinformation About Nebraska
Replies: 10
Views: 695

Re: Misinformation About Nebraska

It's insane how people seem to know very little about Nebraska. So much misinformation in this video alone (just as an example). Omaha is not the "Capital". Denver is not the closest international airport (among other things I'm sure): https://youtu.be/Irkzt2F2w0A?si=-GRJZROUAYTcQn54 I ag...