Birmingham Discussion Thread - Page 101

mcalumni01 · #**2001** Posted **Nov 11, 2022, 3:17 PM**

https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2022...inage-systems/

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2002** Posted **Nov 13, 2022, 9:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcalumni01

https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2022...inage-systems/

Thank goodness. Birmingham has huge problems with areal flooding. However, I doubt whatever amount the city receives will be anywhere near enough to put a dent in it...

TimCity2000 · #**2003** Posted **Nov 14, 2022, 9:33 PM**

Rumor is that the USFL will have 3 host cities / hubs for the 2023 year: Birmingham (still the HQ), Memphis and Detroit. The Tampa Bay Bandits would move to Memphis and be rebranded as the Showboats.

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2004** Posted **Nov 15, 2022, 2:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by TimCity2000

Rumor is that the USFL will have 3 host cities / hubs for the 2023 year: Birmingham (still the HQ), Memphis and Detroit. The Tampa Bay Bandits would move to Memphis and be rebranded as the Showboats.

Be nice having more teams from cities without pro football teams. I'd hope Birmingham/Memphis games would have higher attendance.

TimCity2000 · #**2005** Posted **Nov 15, 2022, 5:45 PM**

yeah, natural rivalry between the 2 cities plus not a terrible drive.

Tourian · #**2006** Posted **Jul 1, 2023, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpawnOfVulcan

Be nice having more teams from cities without pro football teams. I'd hope Birmingham/Memphis games would have higher attendance.

Yeah, I wonder if cities like Lousiville or Little Rock have a chance of getting teams.

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2007** Posted **Jul 23, 2023, 3:33 PM**

In the latest MSA delineations released by the White House, Birmingham re-added Walker County (~65,000) to the metro. That's a good bump, but it's also going to make the metro start shedding people given the former 6 county configuration only grew by a small, small amoun in the most recent estimate.

EDIT: Additionally, the metro dropped Hoover as a primary city. Now it's just the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-conten...etin-23-01.pdf

mcalumni01 · #**2008** Posted **Jul 26, 2023, 9:55 PM**

Within the next eight years in downtown Birmingham/close vicinity.

Carraway - $400M
Southtown - $200M
Smithfield - $300M
AT&T tower - $100M
UAB - $500M

Doesn't include other projects/developments currently occurring or announced.

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2009** Posted **Mar 26, 2024, 7:03 PM**

Welp, Birmingham-Southern closes in May... not a good look for the city or the state.

ttownfeen · #**2010** Posted **Mar 27, 2024, 9:57 PM**

What are the plans for the AT&T Tower again? Besides putting in residences?

mcalumni01 · #**2011** Posted **Apr 12, 2024, 1:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by ttownfeen

What are the plans for the AT&T Tower again? Besides putting in residences?

A restuarant on the ground floor and a bar on the roof.

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2012** Posted **Apr 18, 2024, 6:56 PM**

So, I've noticed there's a JetBlue flight scheduled yesterday and today between BHM and JFK; both around 4 PM. Little bit weird two days in a row. Maybe the flight is chartered?

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2013** Posted **Apr 19, 2024, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpawnOfVulcan

So, I've noticed there's a JetBlue flight scheduled yesterday and today between BHM and JFK; both around 4 PM. Little bit weird two days in a row. Maybe the flight is chartered?

And there's another one today.

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2014** Posted **May 29, 2024, 6:23 AM**

Southwest adds 2 new nonstop “test” destinations out of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

Brett Batchelor
WBRC
LINK

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Southwest announced Thursday that they are introducing two new nonstop flights out of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport beginning in the fall of 2024.

In a news release Thursday, the airline stated that they will now be flying from Birmingham to Phoenix and Nashville during the busy holiday travel season and to see how the market responds to the flights.

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TimCity2000 · #**2015** Posted **May 31, 2024, 2:15 AM**

nashville has to be for connections, right?

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2016** Posted **May 31, 2024, 3:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by TimCity2000

nashville has to be for connections, right?

I would assume so; it's a short, cheap flight. Plus, lots of people down here like spending weekends in Nashville, so there's a tourism draw, of course. Dunno if the flight is anymore convenient than driving up there, though, really.

ttownfeen · #**2017** Posted **Jun 12, 2024, 8:55 PM**

It's needed. Otherwise you're stuck connecting through Midway Houston Baltimore or Orlando.

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2018** Posted **Jun 12, 2024, 10:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by ttownfeen

It's needed. Otherwise you're stuck connecting through Midway Houston Baltimore or Orlando.

And those can be some inconvenient connections. I'll be interested to see how these new flights affect the total volume of passengers.

What would be nice is an Alaska Air flight to Seattle. I'd kill for that for my trips to Juneau; I hate connecting through DFW. Sadly, that's likely a long way off.

SpawnOfVulcan · #**2019** Posted **Today, 8:26 PM**

Per AL.com, Spirit Airlines will begin offering a nonstop flight from BHM to Fort Lauderdale beginning Oct 10.

We'll see how this goes...