Interview 3367 – Caption Index: 532
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How did you decide to develop that?… Read More
Well, that one was, that was one of them that, that actually, you know, that wasn’t one of my ideas. That was a chairman of the board saw an IMAX, liked it, got a, you know. We went to see the IMAX in, at the Sony Center in New York. Read More
The timing was, the timing was right at the point where IMAX, where IMAX theaters were really at their peak in their cusp. And, you know, they, they were really, really, really generating a lot of, a lot of income and a lot of excitement. Actually, you know, we put… Read More
I don’t know. Yeah, we, well, I think we get, we, we do well. I mean, statistically speaking, we say it’s for the kids, but statistically speaking, you know, we’re assuming that anybody 12 and over as an adult, we have a lot more adults come than kids. And I… Read More
Turns out it was since it was used, it was relatively inexpensive and it’s made a huge amount of money for us because we get really great ridership. Plus it’s fun. It goes right across the top of the giraffe, across the ostriches, cheetahs, rhinos, across the, it crosses the… Read More
(chuckling) Am I correct that you have an IMAX at the zoo?… Read More
What role did their participation play in developing Omaha Zoo?… Read More
Say again?… Read More
Sorry. Thank you. They say that the, it’s easy to say the zoo is for the families, for the kids, families. Read More
How do you get teenagers to want to come to the zoo?… Read More
And plus now we expanded that by acquiring more land, and recently the, you know, the Rosenblatt stadium, the ballpark, we just acquired that and are in the process right now of tearing down the stadium. So we picked up another 37 acres of prime parking land, you know, right,… Read More
And plus you can do it even if it’s raining or cold or really hot. Read More
I mean, was it just public relations?… Read More
Well, I think that, you know, the thing, the thing that, that we, unlike a number of places where, you know, particularly in a Nebraska summer, and, you know, there, there are zoos that you can go in the summer and, you know, you better have your hiking. You better… Read More
Then that left the main part of the zoo as a, as an open park with hoofstock and, and, you know, pachyderm, elephants rhinos and things that, and in our big walkthrough aviary, cause we’ve got a four acre walkthrough aviary that really aren’t good exhibits in the wintertime anyway. Read More
No. I can’t remember who’s idea that was. Read More
(laughs) Not taking credit for that?… Read More
No. That it made a really good story. Read More
(chuckling) How’d you go about getting people to want to come to the zoo?… Read More