Fargo in the next 10 years??

[The_Sicatoka]

... if they can't find a parking spot 30 feet from the door of ...

I enjoy listening to people who complain about parking anywhere and then drive to the gym to walk on a treadmill.

[MHDBisonfan]

SKYLINE! With a few more buildings on both sides of the river, we could get our skyline to look like this other midwestern mid-size (well, getting big now) town:



Bonus points if you can guess the city (withhout cheating by doing a "save as")

[NorthernBison]

They started a project to ensure water to Fargo back in the 60's (Garrison Diversion). It still isn't finished. As a matter of fact, that project also included a secondary canal to stabilize Devils Lake (New Rockford Canal) which is basically finished but never connected.

Right now, a plan to take water from Pelican Lake to the Sheyenne is being studied again. It would take the best water from Devils Lake so would do nothing for Devils Lake water quality but would be better quality water for downstream users. There is a real question of how much additional water the Sheyenne can handle.

[EndZoneQB]

I'm going with Omaha or Little Rock.

Edit: Do you guys remember where the UP Center was SUPPOSED to be? Someone offered to build an arena downtown, that would have housed NDSU basketball as well. NDSU didn't want to do that(I don't know details), but it basically caused the plan to fall apart. It would have put the UP Center downtown, had mixed commerical and a 12story condo/apartment complex that seriously took up like 3 blocks it looked like. Instead they built that 5 story building on 1st ave no. I think the big arena/condo was supposed to be placed where those run down shops and stuff are at on NP Ave right by Stop N Go or whatever. I think it was Brandt still was it not?

[Bison"FANatic"]

Isn't Canada the problem with all of the bringing water to the Red River Valley. They are very against intermixing basins. Heck we have been in court with them for a long time now over it.

[Bisonguy]

I'm going with Omaha or Little Rock.

Edit: Do you guys remember where the UP Center was SUPPOSED to be? Someone offered to build an arena downtown, that would have housed NDSU basketball as well. NDSU didn't want to do that(I don't know details), but it basically caused the plan to fall apart. It would have put the UP Center downtown, had mixed commerical and a 12story condo/apartment complex that seriously took up like 3 blocks it looked like. Instead they built that 5 story building on 1st ave no. I think the big arena/condo was supposed to be placed where those run down shops and stuff are at on NP Ave right by Stop N Go or whatever. I think it was Brandt still was it not?

Yeah, it was Brandt, but the taxpayers voted against having to pay for it.

[bisonmike2]

I'm going with Omaha or Little Rock.

Edit: Do you guys remember where the UP Center was SUPPOSED to be? Someone offered to build an arena downtown, that would have housed NDSU basketball as well. NDSU didn't want to do that(I don't know details), but it basically caused the plan to fall apart. It would have put the UP Center downtown, had mixed commerical and a 12story condo/apartment complex that seriously took up like 3 blocks it looked like. Instead they built that 5 story building on 1st ave no. I think the big arena/condo was supposed to be placed where those run down shops and stuff are at on NP Ave right by Stop N Go or whatever. I think it was Brandt still was it not?

I remember that downtown UP center proposal. I voted for it, but 90% of Fargo didn't. It would have been awesome, minus the congestion problems that would have come up with 8,000 people trying to get into and out of downtown . I remember they had a sign up that said "Coming Soon: City Center Spring 2005!" And that they had that up well into 2007.

[Tatanka]

SKYLINE! With a few more buildings on both sides of the river, we could get our skyline to look like this other midwestern mid-size (well, getting big now) town:



Bonus points if you can guess the city (withhout cheating by doing a "save as")

Dude. The Qwest building gives it away. Omaha, NE.

[EndZoneQB]

Yeah, it was Brandt, but the taxpayers voted against having to pay for it.

Dumb.

I remember that downtown UP center proposal. I voted for it, but 90% of Fargo didn't. It would have been awesome, minus the congestion problems that would have come up with 8,000 people trying to get into and out of downtown . I remember they had a sign up that said "Coming Soon: City Center Spring 2005!" And that they had that up well into 2007.

Yeah, that would have been HUGE for downtown. All the bar traffic before the games, residential traffic, etc would have made downtown blow up even more than it is now. Congestion would have been a fair trade off IMO. More reason to hang out at a bar/restaurant after games until traffic dies down!

[Bisonguy]

I remember that downtown UP center proposal. I voted for it, but 90% of Fargo didn't. It would have been awesome, minus the congestion problems that would have come up with 8,000 people trying to get into and out of downtown . I remember they had a sign up that said "Coming Soon: City Center Spring 2005!" And that they had that up well into 2007.

It was a poorly conceived concept, and there was never a definite direction for what they wanted to build and have the taxpayers foot the bill for. "It's for the kids", "We could get a minor league hockey team", "It could be the home for NDSU basketball", "It will seat 8,000", "It will seat 4,500", etc. etc...........