Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:11 pm
I drove by there tonight and there were lights on the outside cycling through various colors.
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Sunday at 2, correct? Â I was planning on going too.almighty_tuna wrote:Next week is an open house. I'll bring the camera!
We got an invite for Ralston residents for an open house on Oct 17th, I hear that there is also one on Sun Oct 21st as well. Â I might be wrong though.Brad wrote:Sunday at 2, correct? I was planning on going too.almighty_tuna wrote:Next week is an open house. I'll bring the camera!
Yeah, I got the same one, skinzfan. Looking to hit the one on the 17th.skinzfan23 wrote:We got an invite for Ralston residents for an open house on Oct 17th, I hear that there is also one on Sun Oct 21st as well. I might be wrong though.Brad wrote:Sunday at 2, correct? I was planning on going too.almighty_tuna wrote:Next week is an open house. I'll bring the camera!
Really? Â He needs more attainable goals, maybe shoot for a Benson activity level before trying to rival downtown Omaha.Now that the arena is in place, the city is considering how to use it as a starting point to realize the original revitalization goals.
To foster that development, the city is currently working on a 10-year plan that will, among other things, re-imagine Country Club Road — a six-block stretch of tree-lined street that leads to Ralston's historic downtown. Groesser sees it as a walkway that could eventually rival downtown Omaha in terms of accessibility and atmosphere.
Again, not happening. Â That "kind of feel" includes hundreds of millions in development and city investment over decades. Â I get that the Ralston mayor is excited for their arena, but he is just getting crazy here. Â I think one of the city's councilmen have much more realistic goals here.“It's a really walkable distance,” Groesser said. “That's shorter than the walk from the Old Market to the CenturyLink Center. I can see the arena and our downtown area taking on that kind of a feel.”
A newer strip-mall development on the east side of the intersection of 72nd and Q Streets that currently sits mostly empty will be much easier to fill with increased traffic for some 200 days each year, said Krause.
They will only lose UNO men's basketball. Â I think the Lancers and Beef are big enough draws to keep this place going. Â Everything else like LFL(if that survives) Roller Girls, and maybe NBA D-League are nice extras for them. Â On top of a few concerts and trade shows a year.MadMartin8 wrote:Now that UNO's arena is in the works, I have a feeling this one is going to go the way of the MAC.
Maybe, but Omaha won't annex them beforehand like they did with Elkhorn.jessep28 wrote:Ralston's 10 year plan should be to bring their population above the annexation threshold, if possible.
Ralston will never be annexed. Â That was decided decades ago. Â Elkhorn was perceived as blocking Omaha's future growth. Â Ralston isn't blocking anything.almighty_tuna wrote:Maybe, but Omaha won't annex them beforehand like they did with Elkhorn.jessep28 wrote:Ralston's 10 year plan should be to bring their population above the annexation threshold, if possible.
Is it possible? That'd be a pretty big leap in population in a small area. Plus, if they start taking away projects from Omaha, I think we'd put an end to that and just annex them.jessep28 wrote:Ralston's 10 year plan should be to bring their population above the annexation threshold, if possible.
At least 20, probably closer to 30, its noticablly taller than the streetlight next to it. Â Its also as wide as a full size van is long so closer to 15' wideskinzfan23 wrote:They are putting up a pretty sizeable sign next to Ralston Keno, for the arena. Today they installed Daktronics boards on both sides. They probably measure about 5 feet wide and 20 feet tall. Hopefully they will look good once they are up and working. Also hoping they don't use them as a digital billboard with lots of other ads.
From last Tuesday:skinzfan23 wrote:Yeah you are probably right. They put a sign for the Ralston Arena on top of the steel framing today. Not nearly as impressive as the Daktronics board they just installed.
Omaha Lancers wrote:The Heat is ON!!!
Arena seating is SOLD OUT. We only have standing room tickets left. 400 tickets left at $10 a piece. You can only purchase those at the box office upstairs.
It's official we are sold out.
From the Ralston Arena website:Brad wrote:At least 20, probably closer to 30, its noticablly taller than the streetlight next to it. Its also as wide as a full size van is long so closer to 15' wideskinzfan23 wrote:They are putting up a pretty sizeable sign next to Ralston Keno, for the arena. Today they installed Daktronics boards on both sides. They probably measure about 5 feet wide and 20 feet tall. Hopefully they will look good once they are up and working. Also hoping they don't use them as a digital billboard with lots of other ads.
Marquee: Â 28'8" h x 15'6" w; two (2) upper backlit identification panels - 8' h x 21' w
Yes, they need to suspend banner ads from the ceiling.TitosBuritoBarn wrote:Rink doesn't have enough ads.
Junior Hockey decided it wants to look like that commie European hockey.TitosBuritoBarn wrote:Rink doesn't have enough ads.