Little oops at the arena fixed
The Beatles 1964 invasion hit Lincoln teensOmniArts co founders have emotional tie to 'Next Fall'Q with banjo great Bla FleckDunham brings 'Disorderly Conduct' tour to LincolnCity ordinance complicates Grand's alcohol planLincoln Exposed: The In Betweens, Dear Herman, Domestica impress on frigid nightOn the Beat: Mimicry at Super Bowl won by Bob DylanThe Kin comes back to Lincoln after opening for PinkAre Firefighter Cancer Deaths an Occupational Disease?Special Presentation of Triumph over Tragedy only at Roper Sons Funeral Cremation Services, RSVP today!Personal Banking Applications FormsWant to save money on granite? Until March 31st save $5 per sq.Pinnacle Bank Arena construction workers removed four columns on the first floor concourse area soon after they were put in because of problems with the concrete.This will not be the last time arena construction crews will redo work because of errors or mistakes, said Dan Marvin, an arena coordinator.A variety of inspectors are assigned to the project, and problems will be corrected, he said."Whether jumpman23 it's a curb on the road or a column in a building, we will check it, and if we don't like it we will redo it," he said.Primary arena contractor Mortenson recently announced the fix for a more serious problem: incorrectly bent rebar used in foundation pilings.The contractor is reinforcing 26 of the 52 pile caps, but not digging them up.The more recent problem, the four columns were poured Feb. 10, when the temperature was 13 to 17 degrees."(The columns) did not receive adequate protection and, therefore, had some freeze damage," Paula Yancey, anarena coordinator, said in an email. "They were taken out on the 17th and 18th and re poured on the 21st."The concrete was chipping at the edges and there was a potential that the design strength would be compromised, she wrote.Who's paying for the arena?Not meEarlier this week, the Journal Star reported that 24 businesses were delinquent on an estimated $388,482 of the arena occupation tax.In the first 12 months,the city collected $11.8 million from restaurants, bars, hotels and car rental businesses to help fund the more than $340 million in costs associated with development of the arena and related amenities.The $11.8 million amounts to $45.67 for everyLincoln resident man, woman and child.But in reality, some of us including visitors to Lincoln are paying way more than others, since the biggest chunk of the revenue comes from a 2 percent tax on restaurant and bar bills.My partner in covering local government, Jordan Pascale, is 24 and says he spends way more than he shouldat restaurants.In one week last month, he spent $12 on coffee, $24 on lunches, $29 on dinners and $15 on drinks out.So he contributed about $1.60 to the arenathat week, andhe figures he's spent about$89.60 since the tax began in January 2011.I rarely eat out, but I do drive through McDonald's for a senior (cheap) coffee three or four times a week.McDonald's raised their senior coffee by a penny to cover the arena tax a year ago. So I've contributed at least $2.08 in the past year.