Omaha Area Amusement Park?
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well all i was saying is that it was planned, if they don't build at least one major ride I garuntee it will not draw crowds. Take Silver Dollar City for example. Park attendance was ok bfore they built their B&M coaster, but after their attendance shot through the roof and they ended up with another coaster this year, one which no one else has(Powder Keg) launced coaster that includes water and opened a whole new park with a woodie(Celebration City)
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In both the talk surrounding the CB proposal... and now... Minard seems rather vague in just what this indoor park is supposed to comprise. I'd look for a 'Dave and Busters' type of setting. Forget the indoor roller coaster (aside from perhaps what you can find in the 'Playdazium' today... I assume that's still there.. my kids have outgrown Playdaze, haven't been there in a few years).
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Boy, oh boy! I wouldn't get too excited just yet, based on what I see on that "website." The diagram of the park, with the copyright 2005 below it, looks a whole lot like the plan he was pushing in CB. That, and the quote from the linked story about not having the land or the majority of the financing...deja vu.
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Here's an idea.
Instead of pumping $2 million into the State Fair why don't we put the money towards this and jsut have the State Fair there. The Fair is an iffy draw but an amusement park would be a guarnateed draw with people from outside of the state coming as opposed to people in the state hardly going to the fair. Then we could use the Fair rides as "fillers" and spend the big money on big rides.
Instead of pumping $2 million into the State Fair why don't we put the money towards this and jsut have the State Fair there. The Fair is an iffy draw but an amusement park would be a guarnateed draw with people from outside of the state coming as opposed to people in the state hardly going to the fair. Then we could use the Fair rides as "fillers" and spend the big money on big rides.
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(gee whiz... don't be so bitter Icejammer... an amusement park anywhere near the metro... would be better than no amusement park at all)
One would assume Minard was fairly content with his overall plans for the CB park... ASIDE from a lack of financial backing. So here he is to give it another go... bolstered by the promise of LB500.
This time around he also has at least as one investment group in his camp that we are aware of ... this group out of Des Moines which the World Herald quoted and is commiting $25 million to the project. As best as we could tell last time around he had nothing. That he has Lee Terry sticking his neck out and speaking on his behalf says alot as well.
One would assume Minard was fairly content with his overall plans for the CB park... ASIDE from a lack of financial backing. So here he is to give it another go... bolstered by the promise of LB500.
This time around he also has at least as one investment group in his camp that we are aware of ... this group out of Des Moines which the World Herald quoted and is commiting $25 million to the project. As best as we could tell last time around he had nothing. That he has Lee Terry sticking his neck out and speaking on his behalf says alot as well.
They better put me on Travis' commentary. I was probably the first person to call in (and long distance at that). He said Omaha doens't need an amusement park. He said Des Moines and KC are closee enough for weekend getaways and that we didn't need one because it would in effect keep people "stuck in Nebraska".
He made himself look like even more of a dumbass when he said we couldn't support a park because Peony Park failed. I remember going there as a kid and it was fun but my mom said the reason Peony Park failed was because it wasn't big enough to compete with the rides at Adventrueland and WoF. After seeing the pictures of the old Park at that Hy-Vee I would have to agree with her. Apperently Travis doens't see that people from Des Moines or KC will come to the park and that it won't just be locals attending. He said the rides are only fun for so long.
He also brought up the State Bill about helping with funding and said it was a bad idea because the park would fail. Also he added "I didn't think this state supported gambling."
He made himself look like even more of a dumbass when he said we couldn't support a park because Peony Park failed. I remember going there as a kid and it was fun but my mom said the reason Peony Park failed was because it wasn't big enough to compete with the rides at Adventrueland and WoF. After seeing the pictures of the old Park at that Hy-Vee I would have to agree with her. Apperently Travis doens't see that people from Des Moines or KC will come to the park and that it won't just be locals attending. He said the rides are only fun for so long.
He also brought up the State Bill about helping with funding and said it was a bad idea because the park would fail. Also he added "I didn't think this state supported gambling."
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Duuuuude, no bitterness, just a major sense of deja vu with Minard all over again. Last time around, he kept saying he had the financing all lined up, but when it came down to the nitty gritty and time to put pen to paper with the city, he only had a portion of it lined up for certain, but kept saying he was this close to getting everything else together - he just needed a little more time. The fact that his conceptual drawings haven't changed in several years tells me he's been more focused on securing funding than on any actual plans.jhuston wrote:(gee whiz... don't be so bitter Icejammer... an amusement park anywhere near the metro... would be better than no amusement park at all)
Hopefully this time will be different. Maybe the addition of the shopping and entertainment and athletic components will be the icing on the cake for this plan. One would assume that Lee Terry is savvy enough to not put his neck out on a project like this if there isn't a really good chance of success (of course, some people associated with a bridge in Bellevue might have a word or two about Mr. Terry when it comes to success in securing funding). If we end up with a bona fide amusement park, and not an updated Peony Park, great. If LB500 doesn't pass though, no one should be holding their breath.
Oh, and in case anyone hasn't figured it out yet....Travis Justice is an idiot.
How many people do you know that drive to KC every year to go to WOF. All of my 25-35 year old friends and myself go to WOF every summer. Omaha could totally support an amusement park. Also the park does not have to be indoors we usually go to WOF in october on a sunday. The place is decked out for Halloween, you wear your sweatshirt and jeans and there are less people.
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Thats the dumbest thing I've heard. Peony park was on flipping 76th and Cass in the middle of the city. It was completely boxed in, outdated, and got vandalized constantly. Those were the reasons it failed. I don't get why he even does that commentary, no one cares how Travis feels. He needs to go back to sports.we couldn't support a park because Peony Park failed
Tonight in Travis out of everyone only 2 people aggreed with Trav. One guy said he didn't think we had the population or the climate to have an amusement park. The other didn't think we should give tax incentieves. Trav really poured on the fat |expletive| sauce when he said it would be better to have casinos than an amusement park.
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