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I thought I read Dunkirk was shot with zero CGI, which could have something to do with the minimalist scenes?

Would you happen to be a freelance writer? KJP may be hiring...

Stadiums do not make good convention spaces. Take a look at the Lucas Oil schedule, which is also attached to a convention center.

So it sounds like any hope of GOP support is just a glimmer on the horizon?

As someone who works in arenas all around the world, I can attest that we are lucky to have such a great facility right here in Cleveland. Anthony Bonavita and his team should be commended for the job they do there.

Yes it's the women's pre-release facility. I see no reason why another jail couldn't be located here.

I would assume the NFL would accept a mix of different classes of hotels. After all not all hotel rooms are for those arriving at BKL on private jets. They do have to house the "help." Interesting note on the JAX Superbowl using cruise ships for additional lodging. I suppose Cleveland would have to rent them out for the winter to get them jammed in the ice here to host attendees. Then there is the problem of there really isn't all that many Great Lakes sized cruise ships even out there...

The NCAA is also headquartered in Indy, so they probably have less of a hotel need than these events hosted in other cities. After all, all the NCAA staff are home. When the NBA Allstar game was here in Cleveland (just an "arena" event), there were tech people staying as far out as Canton. I talked to one guy in town to work and event that was staying at a little Hampton Inn or something at a freeway exit in Geneva because it's all they could find.

With a windmill farm on top. The NIMBY bird protectors in Bratenhal will have a stroke.

We probably need to add 1500 more hotel rooms to the market before any of these events are even a consideration.

First energy stadium is not in the glide path of either runway at Burke. It is close to the path of 6R, but not in the path.

So if you had to leave a Yelp review, this would be 1 star? 😜

If the Dolans ever wanted the Boomers to stop whining about the Guardians name change, this is not the way to do it. They should have spent big and made a run for the Series immediately.

Why bother when the Republicans draw maps that Democrats get 40% of the votes and 20% of the seats? Then there is the issue of brain drain...all the smart youngsters are heading for states not run by the MAGA crowd.

You are correct. There are certainly a fair share of organ shipments via commercial carriers, and even via UPS and Fedex. For actual living, breathing patients, the Clinic's fixed-wing contractor is Aitheras Aviation which does their ambulance moves for critical care transport. I can tell you from being at BKL that their planes are moving all the time. They are in the hangar directly to the east of Signature Aviation. https://www.aagjet.com The Clinic's rotary-wing critical transport group is based at Signature, the FBO just to the east of the terminal building. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/-/scassets/files/org/critical-care/critical-care-transport-brochure.pdf?la=en

As well as the transplant patients flying into the Clinic, or time sensitive crucial live organ and tissue shipments. And me, of course. I use(d) the airport both as a student pilot, a private pilot and as a paying customer on Ultimate Air (as have thousands of others). I'm hardly a 1% jet setter. Other cities likely didn't use their waterfront as a toxic landfill for generations. Despite my defense of the airport, like Mayor Bibb I believe it's worthy of a conversation. But I'm just being realistic. 450 acres on landfill in Cleveland is going to take generations to develop in a city where we have a hard time filling in a surface parking lot near the water. In the meantime, I believe we should be taking baby steps. Let's make a greenway all the way around the outside of the airport property, to allow public access to the waterfront. What little kid wouldn't want to go fishing with dad and watch airplanes land at the same time?

Longer and wider runways mean more safety for all aircraft, regardless of your socio-economic position.

In addition Lake County Executive (it's no longer Lost Nation) does not have any precision instrument approach procedures (meaning it's minimums for weather are higher than an airport with a precision approach). Cuyahoga County does have a precision with ILS 24, but as you mentioned the NIMBY's were out in full force years ago when there was talk of runway expansion. My ex wife was one of them as she lived off White Rd on the approach end of 24.

One of the key functions of Burke that everyone is leaving out here is it's role as base for the Cleveland Clinic air ambulance division (both fixed and rotary wing). So if Cleveland is trying to remake itself as a healthcare hub for the nation, there is no better place to start than BKL. I've said this many times up-thread, but with BKL we have something that no other major market in the country has now--a class D airport with instrument procedures located directly in the central business district (Kansas City is the only city I can think of with a similar setup--with KMKC located across the river from the CBD). Any discussions of future parkland should also weigh this economic benefit, and what the airport might become if the City of Cleveland hired an outside contractor and proactively starting marketing and developing partnerships for Burke, rather than it's usual reactive sit-on-their hands tactics.

CIFF promo trailer featuring the Contemporary Youth Orchestra--check them out if you've never had a chance they are quite talented!

Everyone seems to be forgetting that Burke was built on very very toxic landfill. In speaking to one of the maintenance guys down there, he told me if you try to dig a hole very deep a brown sludge starts oozing up.

Still going today so I think they made their money and then some!

Yeah there must be something about the zip code that doesn't work in the corporate hotel chain financials. We all know it would work, but it doesn't on some MBA's spreadsheet. Just imagine if there were a streetcar line from Rocky River to downtown via Lakewood....

My Buffalo-raised wife sent me this and I got a kick out of it. Here in Cleveland we may have an ancient car fleet that catches on fire, but at least the map is slightly more interesting! 🤣

Not necessarily true. The acts will play the venue that gives them the biggest payday. If HBA has a smaller gross but even way less expenses, they may opt to play the older building. It would also depend on how deep the pockets are at the new arena. They may lower their rent initially to run HBA out of business. Nederlander isn't even close to #1, which is by far Live Nation. Nederlander currently ranks #4 post-pandemic, but this is only because many of the bigger indie promoters are still getting their footing coming out of Covid. Prior to Covid Nederlander was top 30. https://data.pollstar.com/chart/2021/09/Top100Promoters_977.pdf