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I am a civil engineer working in the site development/water resources sector, and I can say that development is very fluid. NWA is a huge area, and developers will continuously seek out individual opportunities wherever they lie. If the powers that be in NWA are smart, they are developing comprehensive master plans and carving out space for higher density development. If not, prepare for Dallas sized sprawl across the whole area.
Transportation is a massive, massive hurdle for them because they don't have much in the way of existing highway infrastructure and building more will be prohibitively expensive. They need to get creative NOW with mass transit. Finishing the Springdale Northern Bypass should also be a priority.
Bentonville is now the 5th fastest growing city in the US and adding 10 people a day. And... there this 2045 projection
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2020/apr/13/planners-consider-how-to-fit-1-milllion/
1 million by 2045.
Not a bad thing for SDC's back yard.
I will turn 82 in 2045, and I hope to be around to say, "I told you so."
There is no way this projection turns out to be true. There are too many people with big money in NWA to allow it.
It just doesn't make sense. You think someone with their 15 acre microranch is going to accept a 15 story apartment building next to them?
How are developers going to build on land where it is very difficult to build more densely without running afoul of environmental regulations, and especially not cheaply compared to slab-on-grade flatlands?
With the topography in NWA, how would that many people get transported around? Traffic is already insane. They're talking about working class people, so they have to get to work, get to stores, and get home.
It's not going to happen.
Anyone who speculates on housing based on this, probably "owns" a home on Indian Ridge.
While we are wishful thinking the Busch Gardens parks would be nice additions. Notice I left out SeaWorld but I can see that as well.
Well considering that the Busch parks are part of the SEAS Chain you’re not going to get one band without the other. Not to mention, HFEC already has aquariums so why wouldn’t that be a good fit? Finally if you buy SEAS you get the rights to use Sesame Street IPs which would really benefit the current portfolio
Just the overhead of full fledged zoological theme parks. Williamsburg isn't heavy with animals and Tampa isn't really either whereas the SeaWorlds are but the locations make you truly national.
If you think the Tampa park isn’t heavy on animals then I question if you’ve ever actually been there. I’ll give you the Williamsburg park but even it has a large animal presence
I've been there, several times. It is and it's more like Wild Adventures in the dry land vs. Marine life cost aspect. My points was an aquarium is one thing and then there's the costs of maintaining so many different costly high maintenance marine exhibits and arenas as opposeded to herd animals in a safari type setting.
HFEC also owns aquariums. Are you sure you understand their portfolio of properties?
While we are wishful thinking the Busch Gardens parks would be nice additions. Notice I left out SeaWorld but I can see that as well.
Well considering that the Busch parks are part of the SEAS Chain you’re not going to get one band without the other. Not to mention, HFEC already has aquariums so why wouldn’t that be a good fit? Finally if you buy SEAS you get the rights to use Sesame Street IPs which would really benefit the current portfolio
Just the overhead of full fledged zoological theme parks. Williamsburg isn't heavy with animals and Tampa isn't really either whereas the SeaWorlds are but the locations make you truly national.
If you think the Tampa park isn’t heavy on animals then I question if you’ve ever actually been there. I’ll give you the Williamsburg park but even it has a large animal presence
While we are wishful thinking the Busch Gardens parks would be nice additions. Notice I left out SeaWorld but I can see that as well.
Well considering that the Busch parks are part of the SEAS Chain you’re not going to get one band without the other. Not to mention, HFEC already has aquariums so why wouldn’t that be a good fit? Finally if you buy SEAS you get the rights to use Sesame Street IPs which would really benefit the current portfolio
Location of HQ doesn't matter. They have to travel to visit any of the properties.
I'm sure many of you know about Piggly Wiggly grocery stores. They were the first grocery chain most of us in the South knew about.
Do you know where Piggly Wiggly is headquartered? Keene, New Hampshire.
Do you know where the Piggly Wiggly grocery store nearest their HQ is located? Ohio.
Of all the things HFEC might do that I cheer or condemn, the location of their HQ is least among them.
It’ll be interesting to see of the HFEC corporate HQ is moved from Atlanta to a more central location for the company
It has always irked me why they put corporate all the way down in GA. From what I always understood Herschend Entertainment's roots was always in Missouri with SDC/Marvel Cave being the original property.
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I have heard Breeze and BKG could happen in time. New airline by the guy that started Jet Blue
https://www.flybreeze.com/
February 2020... he picked one heckuva time to launch a new airline.
As for "nice", I've always liked SWA for that, but my only real points of comparison are Delta and AA.