Southern Miss alum, but a long-time lurker of thisboard. This is by far my favoritecollege sports message board, you guys are honest, insightful and your OT postsare great. I moved to Omaha in December,so I thought I’d give you guys a heads up on a few things I haven’t seenmentioned here yet:
- Potholes. Theywill be everywhere due to how bad this past winter was, so if you’re driving toOmaha and using your own vehicles to get around be wary of them. Also prepare a few extra minutes of drivingdue to construction going on to fix them.
- For those flying in, there has been local talk of Uberand Lyft drivers boycotting the CWS. Nebraska is still under a state of emergency for the floods, and statelaws say that during such times surge pricing isn’t allowed. There was talk of this during BerkshireHathaway’s annual meeting last month that didn’t stick but a lot of drivers saythey lost money that week, so the boycott might stick this time. I would check with your hotels to see if theyare providing shuttle services.
- Omaha recently started a scooter rideshareprogram. If you’re interested download theapp for “Lime”. Also, be prepared to seea whole bunch of lime green scooters around.
- Consider Midtown Crossing and the Blackstone Districtfor your nighttime entertainment. It’s notas crazy as downtown or the Old Market. Focus on the areas between 30[SUP]th[/SUP] and40[SUP]th[/SUP] Streets and Farnam Street if you’re interested. Midtown Crossing is even holding a Zydecofestival the weekend before the championship series (which I’m hoping you guysmake, as I invested some capital in you at 15-1 before regionals began.
Safe travels to all of you making the trip, and enjoy Omaha!
