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by bigredmed
Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:37 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Old 20's Showgirl Spot (73rd & Farnam)
Replies: 129
Views: 29389

Re: 20's Showgirl

Downtown Denver could have gay snuff films showing on the walls of mosques and get away with it. Try saying you don't like Denver sometime. Silicon valley can operate on a plantation slave economy and get away with it. Of course there are strippers and no one complains. We are not those places. Try ...
by bigredmed
Tue Mar 14, 2017 5:35 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Old 20's Showgirl Spot (73rd & Farnam)
Replies: 129
Views: 29389

Re: 20's Showgirl

Its one thing to have a skin bar in the outskirts of town, but to have one a half block south of the Crossroads, where we are contemplating spending huge money on redeveloping it, means we get another variable that makes it harder to attract outside investment. What happens when Google or some Banki...
by bigredmed
Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:43 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: 2016-2017 UNO Hockey
Replies: 71
Views: 4367

Re: 2016-2017 UNO Hockey

I agree. Lately they've been downsizing coaching salaries and going with cheaper in house candidates. I'm afraid this will happen again with hockey. Hockey is their marquee sport, like NU football and CU basketball. This is the one sport UNO can not shop on the end caps for good deals. Need to spen...
by bigredmed
Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:01 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Children's Nebraska (84th and Dodge)
Replies: 255
Views: 57934

Re: Children's Hospital Expanding (84th and Dodge)

Lots of medicaid patients at CHMC and UNMC. We have no choice but to cut our state budget. We have made cuts other places. Unless we want to act like mature adults who are capable of making and sticking to tough choices, we will have these kind of things over and over again. We have patients who are...
by bigredmed
Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:56 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Zio's Pizza
Replies: 27
Views: 3453

Re: Zio's Pizza

To be honest, Zio's is no where near New York pizza. Having lived in New Jersey for some time, I find Lighthouse is actually New York style pizza. I hated Zio's. Frankie's Pizza on 132 and Dodge is pretty close to the pizza I ate in Manhattan. Zio's is not close. I did hear that Franks' was sold to...
by bigredmed
Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:55 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Old 20's Showgirl Spot (73rd & Farnam)
Replies: 129
Views: 29389

Re: 20's Showgirl

Just saw on channel 7 that this is being reopened as an all nude strip club. Don't think too many wives are going to think much of that idea. That's a shame. I really wish it would be something else. Agreed. The hollowing out of that part of the city is depressing. NIMBY right guys. This is great n...
by bigredmed
Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:54 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Zio's Pizza
Replies: 27
Views: 3453

Re: Zio's Pizza

twwgigi wrote:To be honest, Zio's is no where near New York pizza. Having lived in New Jersey for some time, I find Lighthouse is actually New York style pizza. I hated Zio's.
Frankie's Pizza on 132 and Dodge is pretty close to the pizza I ate in Manhattan. Zio's is not close.
by bigredmed
Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:52 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Old 20's Showgirl Spot (73rd & Farnam)
Replies: 129
Views: 29389

Re: 20's Showgirl

daveoma wrote:
GRANDPASMUCKER wrote:Just saw on channel 7 that this is being reopened as an all nude strip club. Don't think too many wives are going to think much of that idea.
That's a shame. I really wish it would be something else.
Agreed. The hollowing out of that part of the city is depressing.
by bigredmed
Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:07 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: 2017 College World Series
Replies: 64
Views: 4610

Re: 2017 College World Series

This certainty spells doom for the CWS in Omaha. If only they would have made the field into a hitter's paradise a la the days of Gorillaball, the fandom wouldn't have decreased by 600 season ticket sales. Best send it to Indianapolis or Oklahoma City this year and save time. Don't we have it for a...
by bigredmed
Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:16 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)
Replies: 394
Views: 64580

Re: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)

I'm honestly surprised that they didn't buy out those ramshackle buildings behind Walgreens and put something else there. It's such a strange looking development. No kidding!! Would have been nice. But then the monument to Pot Pioneers couldn't have been built. Once Nebraska legalizes it, then the ...
by bigredmed
Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:01 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)
Replies: 394
Views: 64580

Re: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)

Don't know that they will rapidly slide into section8, but they are not very appealing. There is a crampedness that I never experienced in the yard, even when there were lots of rail cars parked there. They need some serious reasons to go there. I don't see retirees moving there. I don't see college...
by bigredmed
Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:06 pm
Forum: Statistics
Topic: It's that time of year again- 2016 metro population estimates
Replies: 89
Views: 18878

Re: It's that time of year again- 2016 metro population estimates

Could someone explain why Dodge is included in some of these statistics and in others it is not? Also, what counties are in with Omaha in the main statistic? Dodge county is part of the combined statistical area(CSA), but not the Metropolitan Statistical area (MSA). The MSA is Douglas, Sarpy, Cass,...
by bigredmed
Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:52 pm
Forum: Statistics
Topic: It's that time of year again- 2016 metro population estimates
Replies: 89
Views: 18878

Re: It's that time of year again- 2016 metro population estimates

Could someone explain why Dodge is included in some of these statistics and in others it is not? Also, what counties are in with Omaha in the main statistic?
by bigredmed
Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:25 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: The current/future state of 1416 Dodge
Replies: 16
Views: 1838

Re: The current/future state of 1416 Dodge

Land in Aksarben Village is running low, but if you are plunking down 500 employees, you are going to catch a lot less resistance there, than downtown. Between people who would kill children to preserve an antique light fixture and the rich power brokers who want to throw their weight around, you ar...
by bigredmed
Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:59 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Boyd and Charlies BBQ
Replies: 27
Views: 4062

Re: Boyd and Charlies BBQ

00libby wrote:I don't think they are leaving Elkhorn. The owner told me they are opening a second location.
That will be nice. There are only a few nice restaurants in Elkhorn that are casual enough to go to after a day's activity.
by bigredmed
Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:57 am
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: 2017 Omaha Mayoral Election
Replies: 328
Views: 67189

Re: 2017 Omaha Mayoral Election

RNcyanide wrote:The idea of an arts society trying to extort the city is kind of adorable.
Not exactly common.
by bigredmed
Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:02 pm
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: 2017 Omaha Mayoral Election
Replies: 328
Views: 67189

Re: 2017 Omaha Mayoral Election

Per Robynn Tysver / World-Herald staff writer: Sheriff Tim Dunning endorses Heath Mello, says he blocks calls from former ally Mayor Jean Stothert Dana Bradford, Michael Yanney, John Gottschalk and Michael Cassling — some of the city’s top GOP businessmen and philanthropists — have donated consider...
by bigredmed
Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:30 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Top Golf Omaha (Westroads Area)
Replies: 168
Views: 34996

Re: Top Golf Omaha

So people pay a bunch of money to hit a ball off of a decked building? This doesn't sound like a long term business model. Its golfing and drinking with the added plus of food and not walking. Given the traditional shape of the average joe golfer and I'd say its pretty dang solid. LOL true... Isn't...
by bigredmed
Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:49 pm
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: West Broadway Corridor Plan
Replies: 102
Views: 25123

Re: West Broadway Corridor Plan

Getting to the question of the median. What are the realities of this debate? Will the medians really mess up business traffic on Broadway? Will the median strip do any real visual improvement to the west Broadway area?
by bigredmed
Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:46 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
Replies: 724
Views: 269306

Re: Conagra campus development plans

A company is going to be announcing plans for the Conagra campus soon. The development is going to be very good for downtown. You can't polish a turd. What was good for downtown was for CONagra to keep its headquarters in Omaha. Nothing can make up for what Omaha lost with CONagra leaving. It didn'...
by bigredmed
Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:56 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

bigredmed, If busses are not an option for the UNMC area, then what is the answer? More/larger parking garages? I can't seem to figure out what your preferred solution is to your employer's problem. Buses work if they are reasonably on time. The concern from the focus group members (especially the ...
by bigredmed
Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:30 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

My prediction, and I may well end up being wrong, is that in a decade, when most of the millenials and the older part of the following generation are all busy with their kids and have moved out to the suburbs to escape OPS and provide the kids with a yard, the next cadre of young adults who moves i...
by bigredmed
Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:23 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Southport (126th - Giles - I80)
Replies: 487
Views: 94516

Re: Southport (126th - Giles - I80)

Once a format is established, you either go all in or go into some thing else. Dim Sum is a great example. In SF, there are restaurants that only serve that. They have a dozen or more options at a given meal, but you can't get an entree there. People learn that if you want Peking Duck, you go to the...
by bigredmed
Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:13 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

This Streetcar Scam we are having run on us here in Omaha is being ran everywhere around the country as discussed in this UTUBE......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpUQ_EMV23c Lord, how I wish the people on this forum would take this to heart. Just because something worked back in the day, doe...
by bigredmed
Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:02 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

Can we get this discussion back ON TRACK?
by bigredmed
Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:50 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)
Replies: 394
Views: 64580

Re: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)

I'm pretty sure there's a lot of section 8 people in those apartments north of L Street Marketplace off 132nd, yet the market for the surrounding real estate looks just as tight as it is anywhere else in Omaha. Bearing in mind, 'old town' Millard isn't exactly the most desirable area to begin with....
by bigredmed
Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:58 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: What is your favorite place to get a steak?
Replies: 116
Views: 15313

Re: What is your favorite place to get a steak?

Just had a killer NY Strip at Anthony's last night. Very good. Pink Poodle is not up to Jerico's on the trips I have taken there. Drover is good, but really expensive. Brother Sebastian's is a solid reliable double play. I have yet to be blown away there, but have never been disappointed. Farmer Bro...
by bigredmed
Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:57 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Southport (126th - Giles - I80)
Replies: 487
Views: 94516

Re: Southport (126th - Giles - I80)

Coyote wrote:Mayor Kindig made it official, Ole's Steakhouse will be here in Southport.
Ole's makes the best mountain oysters in Nebraska. Hope they bring that recipe with them.
by bigredmed
Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:13 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

Why doesn't UNMC's parking working group commission a study to see if changing the 97 to go to midtown before downtown would be feasible and present that to Metro then? Given the feedback the group got (with both barrels, if you know what I mean), park and rides got very very negative responses. Fu...
by bigredmed
Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:54 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Boyd and Charlies BBQ
Replies: 27
Views: 4062

Re: Boyd and Charlies BBQ

Leaving Elkhorn?
by bigredmed
Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:37 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

There are too many people living too far apart, going too many different places for a bus system to ever be successful in the suburbs. You could assume putting 140 million into metro as a system to put buses out there would get people riding, but I'm going to assume people who live there are plain ...
by bigredmed
Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:38 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

We're spending millions to widen 168th St. If we invest 5% of the roads budget on Metro Transit it will be a huge improvement. Don't act like west Omaha is lacking for city welfare compared to midtown. I would argue with you, but as I have pointed out in earlier posts, you need a mass transit syste...
by bigredmed
Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:32 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

Dundeemaha wrote:We're spending millions to widen 168th St. If we invest 5% of the roads budget on Metro Transit it will be a huge improvement. Don't act like west Omaha is lacking for city welfare compared to midtown.
The stupid hurts
by bigredmed
Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3464
Views: 437326

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

Well then we need a way to benefit those who live closer to the train and punish those who live out on the boundary. So it sounds like adding people movers is effectively equivalent as adding lanes. Kind of nasty to people on fixed incomes who moved to west Omaha 30 years ago. How about we think ab...
by bigredmed
Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:53 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)
Replies: 394
Views: 64580

Re: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)

-I know its early to judge the apartments as they're not finished, but they look kind of awful. Instead of a true mixed use development, it looks like a standard multi-story apartment complex tucked behind a strip mall. I don't understand why they didn't do apartments over shops, and more of a comm...
by bigredmed
Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:04 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)
Replies: 394
Views: 64580

Re: Lumberyard District (Downtown Millard)

-I know its early to judge the apartments as they're not finished, but they look kind of awful. Instead of a true mixed use development, it looks like a standard multi-story apartment complex tucked behind a strip mall. I don't understand why they didn't do apartments over shops, and more of a comm...
by bigredmed
Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Crime in Omaha
Replies: 443
Views: 62165

Re: Crime in Omaha

I've seen and heard lots of bad things about North Omaha, how there's so much crime in that part of town. Are they true or just exaggerated? Heed those warnings well or pay the price, and you better believe me you will not like the price you have to pay for disregarding those warnings. I grew up in...
by bigredmed
Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Crime in Omaha
Replies: 443
Views: 62165

Re: Crime in Omaha

I've seen and heard lots of bad things about North Omaha, how there's so much crime in that part of town. Are they true or just exaggerated? For violent crime in Omaha, this is more truth than exaggeration.. Unfortunately... Ciao..LiO...Peace Yep There is a reason that Shot detecting sonars are in ...
by bigredmed
Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:30 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Grane @ Midtown Crossing
Replies: 28
Views: 3181

Re: Grane (CLOSING)

I guess I missed that news story. What crime was committed by the owner? Check out the brix thread. I did. Didn't see anything. Failed business and not able to pay bills. Is that a crime? It sounds like he tried to keep it going way past the point of no return. Including selling gift cards at Chris...