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"Midwest" always amused and confused me. For some reason, Ohio is considered midwest. For me, if you draw an imaginary line from north to south through the middle of the 48 contiguous states that would give you the eastern and western halves of the country. Now, if you take that western h...

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This is absolutely pathetic. 30k print copies? I remember when they printed over 300k. Whatever. It's a ghost of what it once was. Peter Kiewit didn't want outside ownership so he bought it. As far as current ownership, Lee Enterprises owns it. Lee is a public company. I assume a large percentage of...

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The Holder site basically hasn't been touched since August, and their is a chance it might not be again for a while if ever. That sounds ominous. Do you know if bids came back significantly higher on the terminal project? I didn't mean to make it sound ominous, but if you look at that site, nearly ...

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Chicago is a complete crime scene. So far downtown Detroit hasn't experienced such mayhem. And yes, downtown Detroit has a lot of retail, residential & commercial activity. I am down there both daytime & night & have had no problem. Also, all four pro sports teams are downtown.

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According to the Holder Omaha Airport web site, Central Utility Plant and Enabling 100% CD's to Establish CGMP: COMPLETE Terminal Expansion/Renovation Design Development Drawings for Budget Update: COMPLETE Terminal Expansion/Renovation GMP Drawings Released: August 18, 2023 Subcontractor Outreach E...

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I'd still like to know the jaw-dropping destination they teased right before the end.

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nativeomahan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:25 pm I wonder why they are selecting a location that’s pretty much out in the middle of nowhere?

It's on the streetcar line. Also the high speed rail from Lincoln to Eppley.

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A cursory look at the OMA web site at 6AM today shows 21 arrivals and 22 departures. Not too long ago the standard departures was 15, so there is growth. Still, the pricing has increased markedly. As some in Nebraska say "It aint like it once was" I'd be curious what the load factor is the...

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As was stated the U.S. is not a democracy. It's a democratic republic, or if you'd prefer, a representative republic. Very few issues are decided by a direct vote of the people. We elect representatives who decide on issues. If we don't like that we can change the constitution or vote current repres...

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I remember hearing something a ways back about Southwest locking in a contract for fuel prices over a long term and that was a big factor in their ability to lead the market in price. Can't be sure of the validity of that, though. They used to. I don't know if they still do. Also long term is relat...

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August numbers are out. +6.6% for the month, +12% for the year. At this rate OMA could still break 5M. And now, Nuke https://www.flyoma.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/august-2023-traffic-statistics.pdf Overall looks good to me. Southwest being flat is something to watch though. Southwest's pricing ...

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Coyote wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 7:48 am

There are more frustrations coming out of Lincoln as Red Way Airlines still owes money to hundreds of customers nearly three weeks after its last flight.

What's the over/under on 100% refunds?

Also, which will happen first, the final refund being issued or the audit beginning?

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August numbers are out. +6.6% for the month, +12% for the year. At this rate OMA could still break 5M.

And now, Nuke

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As a chain five guys is good. On the other hand, and of course I haven't been to Omaha since 2015, but I liked Jam's burger and Louie M's burgers. I'd throw in Stella's as well.
Five guys prices have exploded. Not worth the price anymore. For that money I'll go to one of the local places here.

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What happened to talk about expanding the convention center?

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Lincon-new highrises. Kansas City-new highrises. I could go on. Office, residential.
Omaha? Crickets. Yeah. I know. Mutual. And then?

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In the current day the mix of the new buildings and ConAgra buildings on the old ConAgra campus look horrible. In my opinion the entire ConAgra campus should have been leveled and completely redeveloped. But hey, nobody asked for my opinion. So, there it is, a big steaming pile of incongruous whate...

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It was never a proposal from a developer. It was a concept from an architectural firm. Much the same as Marty Shukert's concepts for Millard, North Downtown, the Crossroads area, etc. Yeah, it would have been interesting to see and in my opinion would have been much more interesting than the ConAgra...

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I may be in the minority and by now it would be around 50 years old but Marina City would have added so much to the skyline, the population, and the soul of the downtown area. I honestly can't remember how it would have impacted jobbers canyon.

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i can't believe that there was, as far as publicly available knowledge, NO ONE who stood up at a meeting and said "Say everyone. I am not sure I think we should spend money expanding the terminal and adding gates given that we're not using the current ones very much"

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In a story in the Lincoln paper is a piece about raising property taxes to provide $1 million a year for bribes. Also questioned is the expanded terminal that sits empty most of the day. In addition to the audit of Red Way there should be questions regarding the necessity of the airport expansion. I...

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Absent the bribe it's all moot. OMA doesn't offer bribes. Another question absent the bribe would be this: Which airport, OMA or LNK, gives the most bang for the buck? Which would offer the most profit? Given the current environment where would Airline X even consider offering the service?

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Mr.Nuke wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 3:41 pm

Uh oh. Where's the shredder?

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Good thing they remodeled the terminal at LNK. Especially adding 2 gates.

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How much money and how that worked is fairly well documented... I'd be curious how much if any is left. Here's the thing about whatever is left. They now are in the unenviable position of not being able to afford to bribe any airline to bring service. The board member that quit said they burned thr...

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Mr.Nuke wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 12:02 pm How much money and how that worked is fairly well documented...

I'd be curious how much if any is left. Here's the thing about whatever is left. They now are in the unenviable position of not being able to afford to bribe any airline to bring service.

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NEDodger wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 11:58 am Alas, what was that jaw-dropping destination going to be?

I don't know what the alleged jaw dropping destination was but I'm guessing there are a few jaws on the floor with the news.

I think what we can all glean from this is never to doubt Nuke.

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I don't remember how many but Google in Council Bluffs, I believe, employs hundreds. I don't know how much they pay them but hundreds of jobs is hundreds of jobs.

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How much of that $4.3 billion was for electricity?

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I feel like all the "family thrives as blockbuster fails" stuff was a good 10 years ago now when streaming was still sketchy and the average internet speed/reliability was still lower. By about 2016-2017, most of the Family Video locations closed and the last one a few years ago. Most hav...

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News from Schwab. It had to happen given the industry. I didn't find anything about the Omaha office or Denver office. I figured Frisco would be one since they moved their HQ to Texas.

Schwab cutting jobs & real estate.

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I'll let Nuke do the math. LNK July numbers are out. Redway did 9,067 pax for the month. United was up 51%

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Simple. It was always a place to find a cheap place to live, cheap booze, drugs, etc. While nearby efforts have been made to gentrify the properties you can't do it all.

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Headline kinda says it all here. "I thought it would be done by now." https://www.ketv.com/article/la-vistas-astro-theater-construction-isnt-done/44822092 It's not clear to me how they expect to be able to have a concert at the theater in two weeks (not to mention a slate of shows in Sept...

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OMA's July numbers are out. +12.2% for the month, +13.7% for the year. Solid growth from American, United, Delta and Southwest. Again, appears that the three legacy airlines are switching to larger jets. Allegiant, Frontier, Alaska & Sun Country...negligible. Nice to have but not a huge impact o...

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Garrett wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 7:56 pm … so how about that Lincoln Airport?

They need a Runza there. Then it would be world class.

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Ok you got me there in terms of metro area, so my previous point on population growth is irrelevant. What is relevant is that Detroit residents are the majorily of people moving into Ann Harbor. Both Omaha and Lincoln are growing rapidly, so they share growth between them. Nebraska is a much newer ...

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Nvm, LNK has a respectable list of destination options doing well, plus not having the airport as is would, reduce business and growth of the city. We don't want that, we want Omaha and Lincoln to be strong cities. LNK is surviving mainly by leasing land to warehousing and manufacturing. Passenger ...

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, has no scheduled passenger service. It's marginally closer to the Detroit airport. Lincoln is within an hour of Omaha's airport. Ann Arbor is growing faster than Lincoln. Ann Harbor is a much smaller city at ~122k and Lincoln at ~289k. Smaller cities tend to have a larger perce...

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