Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)

[Louie]

Seems a shame to me and a waste of prime real estate. My guess is the city simply doesn’t want to pay for the litigation it would take to move on and likely has no concrete replacement proposals.
Several years ago there was a proposal for a retirement condo tower for UNL alumni near campus at 14 and Q in Lincoln. I thought, at the time. it was a novel idea and this would be a great location for something like that related to Creighton. With construction costs being what they are right now, I’m sure anything like this is just a pipe dream but again, just seems like such a missed opportunity.

That is an excellent idea. I’m also starting to think that, while it doesn’t have any fancy element, the current design might actually work. Having a neighborhood instead of another entertainment district might be good. There’s many other districts around. I’m still hoping for a grocery store….

I'm so over the 'districts', just build things and they'll mesh together in time.

[Hawkeye]

Ol' Hawkeye can appreciate and respect the thoughts of those of you who are ready to move past the hand wringing and teeth gnashing phase and get on with building something/anything on the site.

No, that's not the issue. The problem is that many of you now seem to believe White Lotus will suddenly become a competent developer and actually deliver on even a fraction of what they've proposed....despite the fact that they have produced exactly ZERO ground-up developments of this type in their entire company history.

Six to nine months is the running joke around here. With them, it'll be a genuine shock if anything of significance happens in six to nine years. This has "Crossroads: The Sequel" written all over it.

[djc311]

Ol' Hawkeye can appreciate and respect the thoughts of those of you who are ready to move past the hand wringing and teeth gnashing phase and get on with building something/anything on the site.

No, that's not the issue. The problem is that many of you now seem to believe White Lotus will suddenly become a competent developer and actually deliver on even a fraction of what they've proposed....despite the fact that they have produced exactly ZERO ground-up developments of this type in their entire company history.

Six to nine months is the running joke around here. With them, it'll be a genuine shock if anything of significance happens in six to nine years. This has "Crossroads: The Sequel" written all over it.

I definitely do NOT believe WL will get things done - that's why it's mind-boggling that the city backed off the litigation and is basically throwing in the towel with who's probably one of the most incompetent developers in the metro area.

[Early Involvement]

City probs. https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/11/09 ... -on-track/

[TitosBuritoBarn]

I'm going to choose to feel optimistic about this. I wish they'd tear down the old Civic garage though. It's an activity dead zone on the street.