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I tend to agree about hockey making more sense than the others. It worked for Columbus with the Blue Jackets and they have a killer downtown.

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While it is in conjunction with Apple Vacations it is scheduled service for a few months to international destinations. Pretty interesting get for Lansing, Michigan. Maybe Red Way should have tried this? Naaah.

Avelo Lansing Service

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KCI has a Delta Sky Club. It's pretty impressive. 11,200 square feet, outdoor lounges with great airport views. Delta flies to 9 airports from KCI. I don't know the total flights they have per day. Kind of hard to justify the expense but hey, who am I to argue?

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Cost estimate was $290 million

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Proposal. I believe it was from the late 90s. I don't remember seeing it then. People mover?

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It's tough when there is an 800 lb gorilla less than an hour up the road. And despite the (minor) clamoring for a new airport between Lincoln and Omaha the gorilla ain't goin anywhere.

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It was preliminary. A concept

From the Terminal Development Day Presentation:

There was a proposal for a new South Parking Garage

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Somebody check on Nuke. This is right in his wheelhouse. I'm worried.

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There are lots of possibilities for further growth. The current cargo & freight area just north of the terminal could move and I have the space in mind. As far as parking and garages are concerned, and the terminal as well for that matter, there is plenty of space. I'm including a pic. Don't sho...

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Go on the Eppley facebook page & message them. They are pretty quick to respond. I would assume that they have plans but they don't share them with me as often as I'd like.

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Just short of 40 miles from KCI in a glorified strip mall in suburban KC. Had Omaha stepped up it could have been near the CWS stadium. I doubt it would ever draw a million people a year in either city but give me a break. It could have joined with the Durham, hosted events, and been more than Mahom...

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For reasons completely passing understanding it has been announced that the College Baseball Hall of Fame will locate in..... You were going to say Omaha, right? Makes sense, right? CWS is there, right? Been talked about for decades. Nope. Overland Park, Kansas. Hall of Fame Story in KC Star

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I can see both sides of the argument on the name change. I think what's more important is the look and feel of the new terminal and the growth that will come with it. As others have said, this is their first impression of Omaha. Yes, you can go crazy calling it Scooters International Airport at Epp...

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Sounds like I'm not the only one who hates the idea of this 'me too', let's be an 'International' airport. I suspect even with the improved facilities and any International tourist destination flights, they would be seasonal at best. I've always actually liked retaining the historic 'airfield' name...

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The only real gripe I've heard from Non Omahans (& of course some non non Omahans) is the food choices. When I lived in Omaha & flew in clients or whoever for my company most had a positive reaction to the speed they got through the airport. I took them out to eat in the Old Market or wherev...

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It's interesting about the Eppley project. In my own opinion this is a game changer Omaha hasn't seen since the convention center/arena project. I know Mutual's building & the streetcar are big but Eppley is, as I say, a game changer. I don't even think it's about the money. And I think that's w...

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The airport is named for Eugene C. Eppley, founder of the Eppley Hotel chain, from whose estate $1 million was used to ready the then-Omaha Municipal Airport for jet aircraft in 1959–60.[6] This was matched by the federal government and improvements were made to handle jets at the airport, which was...

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As far as KC planning their new terminal for decades, the same can be said of Omaha. Obviously, they've mentioned this expansion has been worked on and planned for 30 years and that the original estimate of $600 dates back to 2013. KCI's really got going after 9/11. The set up of the previous 3 ter...

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Where is nuke?

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There was a time a while ago when OMA put 100 flights per day through the airport on a relatively regular basis. And WITHOUT the two extra gates Wow, I imagine they ran mostly small planes? That probably isn't viable anymore with labor costs? Actually I flew on 757s & 767s some of the time. The...

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Did not realize that the OWH is moving out of their downtown building until I saw a post about it on Twitter/X today. Apparently they'll be wfh for a bit before moving into a different office around 120th & Blondo. I thought they were moving in to the Freedom Center (Print Building)? Too big. W...

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There was a time a while ago when OMA put 100 flights per day through the airport on a relatively regular basis. And WITHOUT the two extra gates

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KC was planning their new terminal for decades. They didn't have enough cash to do it until some creative financing came through. They didn't time anything. As for the number of gates OMA has after this current construction project, with 22 gates they can move a lot of planes through. In addition, a...

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I was thinking about square footage of the remodel of Eppley. I took a look at KCI and DSM and their new or about to be new terminals. Eppley: 646,000 square feet. KCI: 1.1 million square feet in the new one. Can't find the square footage of the old terminals. Didn't look that hard. DSM: 289,312 squ...

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Why on earth would you want another terminal on the other side of the airport? Eppley has plenty of land to expand beyond the planned expansion. Overnight jet parking can easily be moved and they own land all the way down to Locust. After the planned expansion they could grow both the north and soun...

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The owh story had new renderings but I don't think I should post them since the owh may still have an employee on the payroll & they may be unhappy with my posting them. At some point the pics may be available on the OMA web site or the Holder-OMA web site. Or you may be able to see the finished...

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From a story in the owh this morning: "Construction will start with the new unified concourse linking the current A (south) and B (north) concourses, from mid-2024 to 2027. At the same time, the south concourse will be remodeled along with the northern and southern ends of the main terminal. Ai...

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It looks like United, Delta and American all moved to more mainline jets from regional. I had a few minutes and extrapolated out a few years, using the 11.5% growth rate. Here's what I came up with: Over 7 million in 2026 Over 10 million in 2028 and on and on. By 2050 218,836,311 Might want to fire ...

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2023. 5,026,639. Up 11.5%

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I sort of get the panties in a twist from the folks in DM but for crying out loud, it's a convenience store. You get gas, you get smokes, you get candy or a coffee or a pop.
On the other hand, my wife used to call it Go & Kum.

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I'll just be happy when it's over. Most Michigan fans I meet here in the Detroit area still aren't over what happened in 1997. The arrogance around Michigan, and I don't just mean the U of M, could fill a galaxy. I swear a lot of people from here firmly believe that the sun rises and sets over Michi...

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It was empty and they offered it for next to nothing to anyone who was willing to redo it. No interest. It had nothing to do with Lincoln. The Kiewit Foundation put up a lot of the cash to build the new building. There was a lot of b i t ch in g about losing the WOW building but in the end no money...

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<t>It was empty and they offered it for next to nothing to anyone who was willing to redo it. No interest. It had nothing to do with Lincoln. The Kiewit Foundation put up a lot of the cash to build the new building. There was a lot of b i t ch in g about losing the WOW building but in the end no mon...

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nativeomahan wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2011 7:23 pm I think it is going in where MaidRite was.

MaidRite....B G without the flavor

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From a year ago. Take a look. I get the feeling that if anything happens it isn't going to be at the current location.

NFM Flood Plain

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A new relocated NFM. Who am I kidding? Ain't gonna happen. I'd prefer this stay too, just expand. I can't think of a better location at least. Suburban enough for the style to make sense, not so suburban I'd never make it out there. Isn't expansion almost a non-option unless they tear down and go u...

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A new relocated NFM. Who am I kidding? Ain't gonna happen.

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State auditor slams ‘riverboat gamble’ with defunct Red Way Airline https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2023/12/14/state-auditor-slams-riverboat-gamble-with-defunct-red-way-airline-saying-the-deal-clearly-violated-law-drained-700000-in-taxpayer-funds/ I wouldn't use the comparison with a riverboat gamble ...

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On the Lincoln Airport web site they did add agendas up to December 7 but the minutes of said meetings ends with the July 7 meeting. I guess not much to say after that.

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Omaha already has a Nordstrom’s; it’s called Von Maur. Nordstrom’s just has a bigger shoe department. Agree, if we got a Nordstrom’s which I don’t expect, Von Maur would close. 7 miles apart in Kansas City. In the Detroit area in one case the Von Maur is about 9 miles from a Nordstroms and in anoth...

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