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HskrFanMike

Tried Tired Texas a couple of weeks ago. It's good... not as good as Smokin' Barrel in Millard, but it definitely is a player.

HskrFanMike

I'm surprised it's taken this long, to be honest. Between the repeated snow removal fails (my favorite remains the "blame the police for 90th & Dodge" a few years back), her failure to get rid of the restaurant tax, etc., I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner. For perspective, I be...

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Now talking a February opening.

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Know this FACT: A lousy cook serving Hy-Vee steaks is going to have 3 times better tasting steaks then a great cook serving SuperSaver steaks. There are no tricks that are going to make those SuperSaver steaks taste as good as Hy-Vee steaks. Of course if you want to impress your friends or family w...

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Considering Giordano's pretty much said they were coming, I don't think you can say "rumor".

You could say it got Minarded.

Maybe they have a deal to place on the ground floor of the new Wall Street er Lanoha Tower.

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I don’t get it. This is a B-team chain pizza franchise from what people here are saying. Why the fuss? I would understand if Pizzaria UNO or some other famous Chicago joint wanted to expand here, but given the delays and bluff, they can go pound sand. It’s a low carb world we are entering, Omaha ha...

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The Rosati's sign is now up; as I suspected, it's replacing Tom Chee.

HskrFanMike

Maple has been tough on restaurants; maybe not as bad as West Center from 168th to 180th, but still, quite a few good places along there have failed.

What's bad about this location is Davlo is only about a mile north. Not sure two Chicago style joints can make it in that neighborhood.

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Just stumbled on this. We've hit the Overland Park location of Rosati's Pizza a couple of times, and in Googling it for confirmation that they are still open for a trip, found that an Omaha location is "coming soon". I think it's going into the old Tom-Chee at 144th & Maple in the Lowe...

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Rumor has it that Pudgy’s has closed.

HskrFanMike

Yeah I heard several versions of that, along with some craziers ones like the the the Cubs wanted to flip AAA franchises with the Royals. All kinds of fan based rumors because of the Ricketts family in Omaha. None of it seemed to be based in reality. A good friend of mine was fairly high up at MECA...

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The territorial rights belong to the Storm Chasers, not Kansas City. The Storm Chasers would have to give their permission for any exhibition or regular season major league game. I was wondering why their logo was on the backdrop today, and figured I'd find the answer here. It just seemed out of pl...

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The territorial rights belong to the Storm Chasers, not Kansas City. The Storm Chasers would have to give their permission for any exhibition or regular season major league game. I was wondering why their logo was on the backdrop today, and figured I'd find the answer here. It just seemed out of pl...

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Cut expenses by $1 million, the NU central office paid off some of the bonds to reduce the mortgage by $500k a year and hit the students for another $500k with fees.

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It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that attendance has dropped and stagnated from what they drew at Rosenblatt. The new stadium isn't any more inviting on those April nights when it's 38 degrees...but on a nice Saturday night in the summertime, the attendance is capped at 9k. That being said, I do...

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In this year's season ticket package, the Rose Theater mentioned that the US Bank lot across the street would no longer be available for parking for shows. Sad for families because it was so close and convenient (especially in winter time). But apparently SOMETHING is happening there.

HskrFanMike

And wait...and wait...and wait...

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The main reason Fahey chose the smaller Hilton was cost; the Hilton was originally bid at $60 million for the 400 rooms versus over $90 million for the 528 room Marriott. The redesigns to the Hilton pushed the final cost of the Hilton to $71 million for 450 rooms. Pretty tough to justify spending th...

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NEDodger wrote:I've never heard of Smokin Barrel. Anyone had it?

Yes, and it's the best brisket I've found in Omaha. Better than many places in Kansas City.

HskrFanMike

The only way a new stadium gets built is if a new owner pays for it. (Or at least the vast majority of it.) Now, perhaps UNO or Creighton could find a way to enter into a partnership agreement to utilize one of the existing facilities in Omaha, but if the ownershp feels they need to control all of t...

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There's another option here, and that's UNO's Caniglia Field. The old football bleachers were ripped out as part of the conversion to soccer, but it still holds 3k. You could reinstall some of them to bring it up to USL demands, and now that UNO has permission to sell alcohol at Baxter Arena, it doe...

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The only way a professional soccer team works in Omaha is if they partner with an existing stadium for a shared deal, or build it themselves. Just look at the finances for the Mid-America Center, Ralston and Baxter Arenas...and then combine it with the lack of development in Sarpy County. I don't se...

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[If I had to vote between Runza and Don & Millies, I'd vote D & M every time... Bronco's, a place I have not eaten at in at least 6 years, has better fried chicken than burgers..from what I recall.. Also- They used to have the BEST French fries in Omaha back in the day.. Not even close toda...

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Just my .02. But, either way, the Royals were never going to agree to play in a 25k facility designed by the NCAA and managed by MECA where they had no say over scheduling, advertising, amenities, concessions, parking, etc. That's not entirely true: While the Royals were still going to need to vaca...

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mistake. UNO just handed the reins of their flagship program to the equivalent of a 16 year old first time driver. I think that's a bit of a stretch. While its is first NCAA Head coaching job, he did win a CCAA championship in the Canadian version of the NCAA. From everything I have heard, players ...

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Omaha apparently misses the cut. The bids to be awarded are for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. The venues, in that order, are believed to be in Detroit, Buffalo, Boston, and Pittsburgh. Next year's event (2018) will be held in St. Paul, Minn. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/on_camp...

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I'm not a fan of New York style thin pizza, but Noli's could change my mind. It's the best NY style pie I've ever had. Unfortunately, it comes at a price: $50 for two pizzas is a little steep. But no question it was good...and that's something I've never been able to say about the other NY style pla...

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We've had Zio's delivered to work a couple of times lately, and I remarked that I hadn't been to Zio's in years.

I then remembered why I hadn't been to Zio's in years. Totino's makes a better pizza...even if it's now square.

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I don't think UNO can drop baseball without closing the whole athletic department down. I don't think UNO can drop any sports without jeopardizing Summit League membership. That being said, I don't think UNO is going to be able to build a baseball stadium unless a baseball supporter demands and fund...

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Green space makes for a fine interim solution while we wait for a more appropriate development. That being said, I think we need to put a moratorium on any further demolition downtown until the Wall Street/Lanoha and Civic sites are developed. The Gavilon project would have been a much better fit on...

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Greg S wrote:You forgot the one that might be off the most, Century Link Center.

Greg

From what I understand, the Clink is the area's most successful arena. Convention Center has issues, but the arena had been doing well for years.

HskrFanMike

What are you going to do, if you are UNO? Clearly, the financial assumptions for building the arena were completely wrong. But guess what, so were the numbers that Ralston and Council Bluffs used. (I suspect the numbers Sarpy County used for the ballpark were all wrong, but they've kept that to them...

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Driving west up Lower Dodge yesterday, I noticed that the old "Nissan of Omaha" building at 115th & Dodge had been spruced up...and had a sign on the windows calling it "Woodhouse Hyundai." I'm assuming Woodhouse bought the Hyundai dealership from Baxter; can't imagine that H...

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Going back on topic; I've tried a couple of new places as of late. Hog Wild Pit BBQ: Regional chain with 3 locations in town. Not bad; probably on par with Dickeys. Is what it is. Ox & Bull Food Truck (Leahy Mall on Thursdays): A step up from Hog Wild. Smokin Barrel Food Truck (Millard on weeken...

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It's been a few years since I'd been to a CenturyLink concert, and I was appalled at the difficulty in getting in the door. We arrived from the south, but the south entrance line stretched well past the I-480 bridge. Went to the main entrance and the line stretched the entire length of the conventio...

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I'm just disappointed we haven't found away to sustain an attendance average at 6k. That was my ultimate hope for this. An average of 6k+ every year. We are backsliding closer to 5k every year...and that's just not really acceptable. That's going to be extremely difficult to do without expanding th...

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This pretty much sums up Jean Stothert: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqbZBr4WYAA6bv4.jpg:large That is her web site on a mobile phone. Looks like her staff rushed one together on Saturday night (and didn't have time to go buy a photo, just copied one they found on the internet, not bothering to notic...

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I worked there in the appliance dept for 2 years- 1981-1982. You must have worked with Ron R. Too.. Small world isn't it? When I worked at Center St, they paid us every Friday in cash. Enjoyed the commission..we used to sell washers, dryers and fridges along with everything else when I worked that ...

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I was wondering about this place. Drove by last weekend, and it seemed every window was broken out and the drapes were flapping in the breeze. It was a nice looking hotel from the outside.

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Interesting! The one on West Center was a KMart at one time too Yep. I worked at that store for 2 years while in college in the 80's.. Fun times indeed... Ciao..LiO...Peace Oh really? I worked in the electronics/appliance department on Center for over five years, from fall of 1983 to Thanksgiving 1...

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