E&I tour hits Omaha - All discussions

Originally posted by MattG:Hey, still a worthwhile theory!

Originally posted by Bloodraven:I thought it was about "not preaching to the choir", like what's the point of repeating your political points in the cities where most people agree with you, so instead go to those places/states where you'll have more chance to confront the audience.
(obviously I don't know the USA that much to know, it's just what I thought first).

But now I like the WB theory better

Originally posted by MattG:There's actually not as many seats left as I thought.

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Some over there on Edge's side of the stands, but some of those will be filled by the venue and it will hardly be noticable.

GA will be light but there were plenty of light nights on the 2015 tour too.

Originally posted by cesar_garza01:When they say Omaha I always think of the Alexander Payne movies Election, About Schmidt, Nebraska. Anyone else too?

Originally posted by ap5:The comments in here make it clear few people on this board have ever been to Omaha. It is actually a very nice midwestern US city with close to 1/2 million people. Yeah it’s small but it’s not some cowboy hick town. It actually has a great college/university scene between Creighton and UN-Omaha and many come back to the city for big events from UN-Lincoln to the south. Super liveable downtown around the Old Market area - lots of good bars and restaurants and loft/warehouse apartments.

U2 took a risk to play these smaller cities when they are way below their peak popularity. The show will still be plenty full.

And no, I don’t live there and am not from there or even live in the Midwest, but I have been there several times.

Originally posted by cleazer:Is anyone here actually from Omaha?

What type of weather are we looking at over the next 2 days?
I'm driving out there tomorrow.