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10 cool restaurants you won’t find in Warren Buffett’s guide to Omaha

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I also wonder if the traffic near Bass Pro in CB will pick up as that area is developed a little more. Currently, there are plans for the FieldHouse and another hotel.

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I have seen that image with the train stations and both the 10th and 11th St bridges. I guess I didn't realize that the Old Market Lofts building had an entrance off it. I also didn't know that the post office building looked like that. Anyone else think the current building looks a little drab in c...

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Sounds like the concert is going to move inside the stadium this year right before the fireworks. That is a good idea. The day’s schedule (June 17): Team Practices: 9:10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Team Autograph Sessions: Each team will sign autographs for 45 minutes beginning 30 minutes after the conclusion of ...

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The line at the one just south of Dodge on 72nd was at least 30-40 people deep outside the door. It moved really fast though, I only had to wait 10 minutes to get the sandwich.

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Iowa West reduced the amt of TIF years from 18 to 15 and to also partner with the city if a new parking lot is needed. Sounds like the City Council will approve it this time.

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After buying up more property along Dodge Street, developers are thinking big for Dundee Flats recent acquisition of two more properties already has expanded the earlier site plan to nearly an acre on the south side of Dodge, east of 49th Street. Before, Sage had secured only the corner transmissio...

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Pool upgrades mean swimmers won’t be only ones making debuts at U.S. Olympic Swim Trials » Myrtha will no longer use the precast concrete blocks to form the base under the pool, as it did in 2008 and 2012. Instead, it will ship a prefabricated steel foundation with all holes pre-drilled at the fact...

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from the World Herald: Her project was for TLC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” in which celebrities search through their family history. Now Ringwald’s episode will air at 8 p.m. Sunday. For the show, the star of “Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Breakfast Club” went to the Washington Count...

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Here are the rain totals from the past few days: Late Tuesday night into Wednesday night, some locations in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa were dumped on, receiving more than 2 inches of rain, including the Omaha area, with 2.12 at Florence, 2.71 at Offutt Air Force Base, 2.40 at Eppley Airfiel...

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Today is customer appreciation day. Subs #1-6 will be only $1 from 11 am - 3 pm. Only one per customer (although when I worked downtown, they let you purchase two)

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Glad that they keep continuing this. Maybe in a few years when my kids are old enough I can go again.

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Coyote wrote:I would presume they would be tearing up the whole street and starting frpom scratch to include the storm sewers... so why would they even mention asphalt

That is what I was wondering.

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I posted on Facebook too, but that is a beautiful picture.

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A few more details from the Nonpareil: The first segment, as displayed at the meeting, will begin at 36th Street to 33rd Street. Segment 2, to be done in 2018, will reconstruct Broadway from 33rd Street to 27th Street. Segment 3, slated for 2019, will go from 27th Street to 24th Street, while Segmen...

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I am sure they will want to keep it from obstructing views of downtown as well.

I have never thought that the concourse is overly crowded. Usually you are able to stand on the concourse right behind home plate with not much of a problem.

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I have never followed soccer at any level but didn't Omaha have a team a few years ago?

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I love adding more entertainment options but I am pretty sure that semi-pro soccer would fail as well. I think it is safe to say that Omaha is an amateur sports town that loves big events. Drawing a good crowd on a consistent basis for non-collegiate teams is tough. Just ask the Aksarben Knights, Om...

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Without it being linked to the NBA, just like the UFL wasn't linked with the NFL....it will fail. It is too hard to draw good numbers on a consistent basis. Maybe in Sioux City, they might do alright, but where there are already a ton of other entertainment options, it will be a hard sell.

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Nice!! I love it. I had heard they were building a hotel there. At first, I didn't think the lot looked even big enough to hold a medium-size hotel. But, now I see they are taking out more than I expected... For example, I didn't realize they were taking out King Kong Burgers. (Can't believe the pr...

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Glad to see this, but they may be a tough sell with the Jays continued success and UNO basketball on the rise.

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From the Nonpareil: Work will begin on the west end of Broadway and move east. The plan is to reconstruct about 2,000 feet of West Broadway per year, he said. Through traffic, as opposed to local traffic, may be detoured onto nearby streets, including Avenue A and Second Avenue, Cox said. Here is th...

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From CBS Sports: The field for the 2016 Gavitt Games is set, multiple sources told CBS Sports on Wednesday. Official dates and times are still to be determined but here's the matchups: Seton Hall at Iowa Villanova at Purdue Maryland at Georgetown Rutgers at DePaul St. John's at Minnesota Providence ...

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ALl I know is since becoming a homeowner I have no need for severe weather. Heck, I don't even like heavy rain. Now that the leaks are my problem, they are no fun! It strikes me that winters have been generally milder than I remember 15-25 years ago, btw. But thats not much to rely on. Yes, I feel ...

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I agree, it seems that the last few years have been pretty wet, but with fewer larger rain events. I know that in the last few years we have broken quite a few 24hr rain records but if you take away the top 10 or so rain days of the year, we would be pretty dry. Also we seem to have very few big sno...

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As always great pictures....I look forward to the few of the races that you post each year!

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If the medians are only placed every few blocks, I think that will look great and work well. I did hear that the time table for the project is 5 years. That seems a bit long, I would like to see it completed in 2-3 years. (maybe closing eastbound lanes and shifting traffic to the westbound lanes) It...

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I had won tickets for this last year but was unable to make it.

The show is airing on PBS right now.

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Here is the rendering released by Council Bluffs Monday night showing the reconstruction of West Broadway. Not sure how all the business owners are going to like it with a median like that since it won't allow for easy turns into businesses. I think it looks great, but wondering how the public will ...

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Good to see that last picture to get an idea of the footprint of the apt building.

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Omaha Cowboy wrote:It doesn't look like "parking" will cause this project the doom of having its plug pulled ..

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Yeah, they didn't have to work a deal with OPAS.

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Glad to see that this is still a go.

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I really like that look a lot better than the previous rendering.

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MTO wrote:
skinzfan23 wrote:That is great news for the metro and especially Bellevue.
And the state, they're the single largest employer in Nebraska.

I would think that is probably the Univ of NE, and as of a 2013, the Med Center employs more people than Offutt.

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iamjacobm wrote:$1.9 million in TIF for the apartments. 107 units, 68 structured parking stalls and 39 surface lot stalls, 5,890 SF or retail.

Documents show est completion by 9/12/17.

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Hopefully it looks better than the renderings above....those look pretty drab.

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That is great news for the metro and especially Bellevue.

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It will be nice to fill in this area. But I can't imagine much more than a neighborhood to be developed since there isn't great access. I'd really like to see that whole area along the creek south to Cornhusker and beyond fill in someday. It's kind of a big hole in the metro. Yeah there is still a ...

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I have also heard rumors that Pacific Life may be in need to rent some space. Sounds like they did a UP in building a building that they outgrew right after they moved in. Pacific Life has only had the complete Omaha staff in the building since late October/early November. (less than 6 months)

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Garrett wrote:You never know. It sounds more like a move by First Data to me.

That would be ok. As mentioned in another thread, maybe they will move their HQ's here.

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