It is pretty sedate in Old Town Omaha with no danger of the 1PM bar close being infringed upon. Old Town Lincoln is the real deal though, brick streets, lots of old repurposed buildings, that streets that feel very much like the old frontier Missouri river town days. I do not think I have been to very many places that capture that "old town" vibe like Omaha.
Further upriver the area by the newer Arena Creighton plays in and the CWS BB stadium is good enough with some pretty good new riverfront apartments/ condos that I could deal with if I had to live in Omaha. Conagra also has a massive corporate campus with a nice park between Old Town and the river. I never made it up the hill to the actual downtown, but I was somewhat impressed. When I think of Omaha I always think of two old movies (Election - Matthew Broderick - Reese Witherspoon plus About Schmidt - w/ Jack Nicholson) both scewer Omaha a bit.
The deal was too good to pass up, so I avoided the hotel rates in Lincoln, but I may pay the real price in traffic issues tomorrow.
