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(12-06-2012 12:06 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(12-05-2012 07:09 PM)Matrix Wrote:  so which "pipe dream" will actually come to fruition in this town first? The On-Campus Football Stadium for UAB or "NBA Birmingham?"("none of the above" option available as well)...

I pulling for the 2022 Winter Olympics

William Bell once said he had some investors lined up to buy the team soon to be known as the Pelicans. Pelicans???! Really???! Really!

Sometimes the only alternative to is

(12-05-2012 07:59 PM)Blazer Engineer Wrote:  Nice Jake "the Snake" Roberts reference

Thank you...I thought I'd be the only one who remembered that...It was one of his utterances to the Ultimate Warrior many years ago. I never forgot that, because it resonates and carries over into the harsh realities of life and people as well. He (Roberts) was and still is one of my all time favorite pro wrestlers, for his skills in the ring and his demeanor out of it.

(12-06-2012 12:06 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(12-05-2012 07:09 PM)Matrix Wrote:  so which "pipe dream" will actually come to fruition in this town first? The On-Campus Football Stadium for UAB or "NBA Birmingham?"("none of the above" option available as well)...

I pulling for the 2022 Winter Olympics

I guess Larry will be out of JAIL by Then

We need to get him out and send him to Mississippi and tell him he gets a pardon if he can figure out how to con them out of enough money to pay us back.

(12-06-2012 09:59 AM)uabbean Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:06 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(12-05-2012 07:09 PM)Matrix Wrote:  so which "pipe dream" will actually come to fruition in this town first? The On-Campus Football Stadium for UAB or "NBA Birmingham?"("none of the above" option available as well)...

I pulling for the 2022 Winter Olympics

I guess Larry will be out of JAIL by Then

& that downtown "Mall Of America" will be built with a streetcar line on 19th street leading to the dome/MPF...yeah, right....what about the entertainment district? Anyone been by there lately to see how it's coming along? The baseball stadium's taking an impressive form, I'll grant them that one.

(12-06-2012 11:54 AM)Matrix Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 09:59 AM)uabbean Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 12:06 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(12-05-2012 07:09 PM)Matrix Wrote:  so which "pipe dream" will actually come to fruition in this town first? The On-Campus Football Stadium for UAB or "NBA Birmingham?"("none of the above" option available as well)...

I pulling for the 2022 Winter Olympics

I guess Larry will be out of JAIL by Then

& that downtown "Mall Of America" will be built with a streetcar line on 19th street leading to the dome/MPF...yeah, right....what about the entertainment district? Anyone been by there lately to see how it's coming along? The baseball stadium's taking an impressive form, I'll grant them that one.

Entertainment district is actually coming along nicely. A few tenants have been named, notably a Todd English PUB (James Beard award winner), Octane Coffee (Recently merged with locally owned primavera coffee, and it's atlanta location was named one of the best coffee shops in the country) and a Texas de Brazil.

As far as construction, it is taking form very quickly, and looking good, albeit relatively small.

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/bl...n-tap.html

Texas de Brazil? Now I'm gonna be fat. :(

What is the status of the tenants that were connected to #1, Taylor Hicks, the American Idol now local car salesman and #2, Reuben Studdard? They were reported to be in the mix for their own music based sites in the district.