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Erik

The NCAA may have taken the CWS, and nearly $40 million a year from us.. but they will never take away the tradition or Rosenblatt, or that $3 million per year in raised taxes! Now, let's try to get the Royals to stay and not look at other cities with a much better situation in a much better spot......

Erik

I think it's more important to keep rosenblatt than the CWS, because of all the wonderful, fond memories of the CWS in the past..

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Erik

I am 29 years old, and believe it or not I have been following Omaha's progress since I was 8.. I remember in the beginning when it was slow and negativity was so rampant that it seemed the cancer that destroyed the city's progress would never go away.. It pretty much began in the mid-1990's where t...

Erik

As a husker fan and from watching the game, I'll explain what I see.. The players have had more of a size/speed combo than every team we've played except USC, where it was actually similar, this includes Mizzou and okie st.. The players on the field are not playing ball as much as reacting to the op...

Erik

I have an idea that would save the CWS, and the Omaha Royals from leaving... I am currently coming up with a proposal of a letter that I'm going to send to the mayor of Council Bluffs.. As soon as the NCAA can open up talks with other cities in regards to hosting the CWS tournament, that they can ac...

Erik

I agree mr cox..

I'll take a chance of losing lots of tax revenue to save $.02 for every double cheeseburger

Erik

Actually, taxes should be the reason we build the stadium. Here's the math.. 2% = 3.0million per year of generated revenue for a MAXimum $120mil stadium Let's say we don't build the new stadium, and of course we will lose the CWS if we dont: .5% for the $26 million renovation of Rosenblatt 23.0% tax...

Erik

Sorry, but in order for Omaha to become the city we want it too, you can't just sit on a gold mine and expect to become rich, you have to dig for it and realize that the ONLY way to make money is to spend money...

Erik

your right about rosenblatt, we should keep if for history, forget everything else... we should've kept the 17 story building that was torn down to make way for the FNC building because it has traidition UP, the Qwest Center, Conagra, Holland should all have built in Sarpy county or in council bluff...

Erik

I know it may be a tough one to chew, however, to my defense... I am not hiding behind a guest name.. although I don't write too many posts, I've been a member for a long time and come here practically everyday I hate this rumor, and I only wish the VERY VERY best for the city I know the lease part ...

Erik

My brother works for Gordman's and knows Jeff Gordman, and my brother told me that he has been told (not telling me the source) that Gordman lost their lease and is not considering staying in Omaha, it will either be St Louis, MO or St Paul, MN as early as Spring 2008...

Erik

You afraid of heights? This is going to take us to new heights beyond where we are now..

Erik

The arena is not expandable as they had taken all of the inner-space allotted already, however, for a hefty price tag they can do some major renovations... The convention center part would cost some, but not as nearly as bad as the arena.. I hope that I am wrong, but that is the impression I am gett...

Erik

I loved Costco when I lived in Vegas, but I've never been to Sams so I really cannot compare the two, but I know that the Costco's in Vegas both had a gas station and a good snack center.. does this one plan the same?

Erik

I would join for sure!

Erik

I like it too, great job! Â :D

Erik

The three things that can be done to help combat the brain drain.... As silly as the reasoning behind why it would help it definetely are propably one of the biggest factors for brain-drains across the US.. 1. Theme Park, if a city has one of these, then there is like some weird mechanism that makes...

Erik

I hope that Fahey does what is best for Omaha, and he already knows what that is... Even if he loses the election because of it, he should do what's best for 'everyone' not just fans that come for a week out of the year every 5 years... The Royals expressed very strong interest in the NDT stadium, a...

Erik

To me I want what is best for Omaha first, and that is just an opinion... And what is best for Omaha is very much lopsided in controversy in this discussion.. What is best for the CWS fans for the next 2 years is rosenblatt as it would be emotionally traumatizing for them to use a brand new stadium ...

Erik

congrats DTO!! glad you will be staying!!

Erik

I stole that picture and posted it on a few thread on huskersillustrated, so that people could form a more (not so brainwashed) idea of what it would be like to have the stadium downtown...

Thank you, if you want me to take the picture down I will!!!!

Erik

Once GrandIsland hits the big 50,000 mark, I expect a Grand Island/Hastings metro area, Kearney for several years would not be included, but after time it may become a CSA Real strong numbers here for Nebraska's 2nd populated area (after Omaha/Lincoln) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2006 Â Â Â 2005 ...

Erik

If you do end up staying in Toronto... Remember your roots, post here often, and don't become a hater Â :D

Erik

I saw the show on 180th and Pacific as I live just a few blocks away, and I was more impressed with that fireworks show than ANY I have ever seen before!!
They must have spent hundreds of thousands on that one!!

Erik

The large Hy-Vee that was built in Fremont a few years ago, and the ones currently being built in Omaha are amazing by building design standards.. Whether it's a 65,000 or 80,000 sq ft building (not much of difference), I promise that it's presence will be felt for a while... I lived in Vegas for ab...

Erik

For years you have been a Big O fanatic like myself, I moved to Vegas for a year and hated it..
Omaha is a class A city and all of us on this site know this...
What happened?

Erik

That's awesome!! I love how Council Bluffs has become a great option and alternative for corporate building and living.. I have realized that one of Omaha's strengths is that it lives in TWO states, giving Omaha/CB a chance for a double take by potential employers, developments, people relocating......

Erik

with the soon to be annexation of two major retailers... TWO retailers they will receive over $2,000,000 a YEAR minimum in taxes that at the most will take 20 years to pay off the new stadium... Now consider this... how many new big retailers will Omaha get in the next 20 years.. When you consider t...

Erik

I have an idea!!

We can let Council Bluffs build a baseball park!

That way, the citizens of Omaha don't have to pay for the new stadium, and the CWS and Royals can be based out of Council Bluffs, but still remain the Omaha Royals and the road to Omaha!!

Erik

honestly, I am getting to the point now where I would let this one go.... To many people that want to see that dump and continually pump money into that money pit... they can go ahead, because people here wouldn't know what a great thing is if it hit them square in the face... I'm getting to the poi...

Erik

Building a state-of-the-art stadium will not make Omaha lose the CWS....

Erik

I looked it up.. it's actually the same amusement park that closed down 2 years ago, there are two investors buying the property etc...

Erik

In kearney, Norfolk, North Platte etc.. The ration of Husker fans vs Blue Jay fans has got to be 80 to 1, there is probably very little if any coverage of Blue Jay sports there and people would probably be thinking "okay, does anyone care? " In the Omaha World Herald subscriber range which...

Erik

Erik,

We are continuing to work on the Nebraska location. Â Significant progress has been made on the legislation.

We are anxious to open a park, here, also.

Thanks,

Steve Minard
Steven.Minard@wildescape.com[/center]

Erik

Nebraska's OOC schedule for 2009 isn't all that great, but they do play a national powerhouse on the road... so that puts it at above average right there... Very few teams play more than one respectable college team for an OOC schedule every year.

Erik

Wow, people forget that Nebraska faces serious competition when they can, if you look at everyone else's schedule all over the country that are traditional powerhouses like the Huskers, you will see that they also struggle to pack a top notch OOC schedule, however, if you do notice that Nebraska alw...

Erik

Whiskey Creek (near Omaha in Fremont and Lincoln)
Farmer Browns

of course there is the national chains
Outback Steakhouse
Texas Roadhouse
I actually like the Cheesecake Factories steaks, they seem to have alot of intense flavor, but real expensive!!

Erik

because of the fact that UNO is not joining is probably a good sign that they may make the jump to I-AA

Erik

That is true, however Notre Dame was able to join the Big East without joining with the football team, however I don't think the Big 10 would let them do that, however, if they started a football team, I know the Big 10 would die to grab Creighton...

Erik

ouch, if Creighton can get into a more prestigeous conference and pay their head coaches more money, they could be tops in the nation, as they already have one of the highest average game attendances in the nation...

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