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Here is a video rendering of the new MLS stadium currently under construction in St Paul. A mini-mi of Allianz, with LED lit ETFE panels, in Munich and even shares the name. The MLS wanted an urban stadium here, the suburbs were told to not bother. It is located on the site of an ill-conceived shopping center in a dense area of St Paul between the downtowns, next to a freeway, and transit connected via light rail and busway. I suspect Cincy's delay in announcement is over MLS dissatisfaction with the Oakley site. Now its a scramble for the West End. Newport is definitely out of the running at this point.

Correct - Frontier currently flies to SFO and is moving the service to SJC. Every move Frontier makes get super hyped. The same thing happened with MIA, they simply stopped flying to FLL and started MIA, not an expansion and definitely not a big deal. Since both United and Delta will continue SFO, SJC is a new destination on the CVG route map.

Frontier simply moved their SFO service to SJC. Not really a big deal and not a service expansion. A new destination for CVG, yes.

I don't believe concourse A has an FIS. All international arrivals without pre-clearance use B. Sometimes you will see Allegiant and Frontier parked over there.

They're both managed by ODOT and part of the same prioritization processes for funding, no? I fail to see how this matters. Even the phasing within Mill Creek Expressway is nonsensical.

It says OH4/561 bridge in 2017 construction PDF which would mean Paddock, in what I posted. But the details are likely to be right in the bid note. Looks like an error on ODOTs part in the publication then. On another note. I don't understand how they phase this. Do Mitchell and Hopple but leave 74, now moving north making another gap. Why not so it in line, at least. It sure seems like moving northward from the southern sections would make the most sense. In 2020, this newly constructed GE section will just be a freshly paved parking lot heading into the lockland split.

Looks like the state plans to tear down and replace the Paddock bridge this summer. See the HamCo projects. This should be in the news, and ODOT should be building it to match the current design (and I'm sure they won't be) https://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D08/Construction/Documents/2017%20D8%20%20construction.pdf

I thought there was a thread on here for the Dennison but now I can't find it. Am I dreaming or did it disappear?

very interesting. It will be a good project, but a similar effort to remove the back parts of structures as part of the 15/Race project was met with fierce resistance and this never seems to have been discussed publicly (I follow things closely but confess maybe I missed this one). Also, the Smitty's buildings were almost completely torn down but were saved at the last minute so it is good 3CDC is incorporating them. The large building across the street (Meiner) was also saved from emergency demo.

I thought the partially demolished condition was related to the Smitty's fire. Have they taken down more?

I live in Seven/Broadway and have gotten at least 3 postcards from them. The last one was full page size. They looks pretty desperate to me.

I like the park because it denies the Joseph's revenue from the land so they hopefully have some incentive to put it back into productive use. Fittingly, it is likely to be covered in dog sh*t so I like the symbolism. However, I don't believe they have any intentions of building a park. Just pre-demolition PR. A year from now, parking lot, with a nice free contribution from the city in the form of the alleyways.

My terminal reconfiguration idea: I base this on an assumption that Delta will need about 5-6 gates to fly to hubs and maybe a few key markets after its lease on B expires in 2020. -Concourse B is decommissioned and probably torn down. As nice as it is, it is unlikely to ever be close to fully utilized again and is poorly located. -A DEN like Skyway is built from the current backside of the security checkpoint to A with moving walkways, allowing passengers to get to gates quickly while allowing planes to pass underneath (a lower cost option - extend the "stub" on the N. side of A to reach the security checkpoint- it would block the existing taxiway) -The tunnel to concourse A is repurposed to be used for international arrivals with customs/immigration and a return to the terminal. This eliminates the ridiculous situation we have today where local arrivals have to reclear security and recheck bags to take the tunnel to get back in. - Concourse A is expanded to the west to accommodate SW, Delta's spoke/focus city operation, plus a few additional gates for growth with a ready plan to keep expanding if needed.

Because CVGs higher average fare relative to other nearby airports meant it lost local traffic, and as a result local demand for air service looked artificially low. Some people went to surrounding airports, some people didn't take the trips. This applies to leisure and business travel. Fares TO CVG are also high which limits people willing to visit as well. CVG was a connection operation for Delta that did not serve the community very well overall and to me, that is why O/D is the ultimate measure of recovery.

The measure to use is what is called O&D passengers (origin and destination) as it represents local residents and visitors choosing CVG over other regional competition. So, even if the airport peaked in 2005 the fares were high and so many people were simply making connections on Delta the total passenger stats I don't think are useful measurement of recovery. I'm looking for the stats as they are tracked but I do fly weekly and my anecdotal evidence just by the number of cars in long term lots and the business of the baggage claim to me suggest O&D passengers are quite possibly hitting records. DAY is going to continue to suffer. With Southwest out of there I expect fares to go up, demand to drop, and the airlines to downguage accordingly. The AirTran flights back in the day were the secret to the lower fares up there as Delta fare matched them to protect the Atlanta hub, fares at DAY have been climbing ever since those flights were dropped post SW/AT merger. DAY could consolidate onto one concourse now with the departure of Southwest.

This whole thing is just so shady. Hire the chair of the county Democratic party to get above the law at city hall. Both at the ZBA and now with the landmark designation. We all know how Cranley meddles when he's not supposed to, as well. If we lose the Dennison lets at least make this a rallying cry to break this close-knit group of republicans in disguise who run the local democratic party.

I doubt Cranley had anything to do with this. His appearance at the announcement came off as an after thought as he wasn't even mentioned or introduced until the very end. His head-bobbing during the entire thing was just weird. He repeated himself in a long-winded, hyperbolic speech. Just opportunism for Cranley I think people know full well on this board that he doesn't give a rats a** for anything/anyone other than himself and his own vanity.

Brand new lights not LED. What is holding ODOT up? They sure seem slow to change their ways.

Neon's can't move its vibe combined with its physical space make it what it is. It's going to be finished and it's so sad. 4EG taking over that space makes me really sad. A bar called Neon's in another location is just a new bar by the same owners. They can call it Neon's but it won't be. :cry:

The ticket vending machines are still a BIG PROBLEM. I rode a couple of times today and noticed large groups of people being left behind on platforms because they couldn't buy tickets because they were stuck in line behind egg-heads who can't figure the things out. In big groups it only take one person sitting there confused to cause a pile up. I saw one person who couldn't figure out how to put his ticket in the validator- putting it in 1/2 way but refusing to let it be sucked inside. Ticket purchasing and validation needs to be simpler. 1. All streetcar pass options on the LEFT side of the screen. Bus passes moved to the lower right corner or removed. 2. Ticket validators on the cars. It is still easily enforceable and we already know people aren't using the validators on the machines. I witnessed a lot of people have a bad experience today because SORTA can't get its act together and make this a simple process. The fact that they need to make a video to explain the process is just proof its over complicated. Is it hard to buy a ticket for me, No. But the whole thing is overwhelming to too many and causing delays for everyone. Oh, and the Washington Park machine was out of service, as well.

The bus passes on the left side of the screen are the most confusing aspect of the ticket vending machines. The options should be down the left hand side: 2 hour pass - ride now (comes out validated) 2 hour pass - ride later Day pass - ride now (comes out validated) Day pass - ride later The button used for the streetcar now on the lower right should say bus passes. You have a machine that is plastered with "Cincinnati Bell Connector" why wouldn't one assume the passes presented are for the streetcar?? It is completely unclear you re really buying a bus pass. The layout used suggests the primary purpose of the machine is to sell bus passes and streetcar tickets is the secondary purpose. Add this to the list of METRO operations grievances. It shouldn't take a video to explain it.

The real-time website has not worked for me. The website will say that a streetcar should be passing and there's nothing there or vice versa. In addition, using it on a phone is highly frustrating. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yep. Completely worthless. I don't know what technology Metro has here but they should be asking for a refund.

The Joseph Family are real shysters. Fitting for a car dealer family. A small parking lot at 830 Main sold for $1.1M last year. They know exactly what was viable to them, an expansion of their parking lot empire. A price like that makes the Dennison a bargain by comparison. I suggest hitting their car dealer pages on Facebook and Yelp with bad reviews- questioning the ethics of the owning family. I almost bought a car from Joseph VW and ended up not going through with it because they were so terrible to deal with, so glad I cancelled my order.

Liberty should wait for Cranley to be gone so that it can be done right.