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Why would you tell people that you are from two entirely different cities? I sure hope you've lived in both.when i say that i am from Richmond than I do when i say that i am from Norfolk -
Our unemployment isn't THAT bad is it?
LOL, No they're talking about southwestern Virginia. Not southside Hampton Roads.
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I don't know if any of you have seen these ambitious plans for North Beach, but it looks pretty good. It looks like they're planning two 19 story towers and one 20 story tower. I think 2 of the 3 have been or are being completed as we speak, but I didn't know that there was a third planned.
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While this is not good news, it does leave room for Jetblue. The airport has said that another carrier (hopefully Jetblue) is going to be announced later this year. JetBlue's name has been tossed around by airport officials several times over the past few years. Also, Indy Air only accounts for 2-3% of the total passengers served at NIA, so it's not going to be that big of a blow.
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Almost every building in downtown Norfolk is being or has been renovated and turned into street level retail with condos above.Is there a trend like this in Norfolk along with the reshaping of the skyline? -
I think the words they used were "Bad Element" from Norfolk coming to the Beach.
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I see the making of wonderful photo thread. It will bring a new meaning to the term "high-rise".I am currently in the business of Adult Entertainment..LOL
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I'm 28 and originally from W.Va. I've lived in VB for about 14 years.I am new, so i am curious about where everyone is from. -
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The problem is that most tourists drive here instead of flying. Also, Norfolk is not a hub for any airline, so the passenger count is going to be low.Still, Norfolk needs more passengers. -
Yeah, Jetblue was what I was thinking too. Mr. Shank had said before that he was working on getting them to this area.
Wow, that would give us 4 total low fare airlines within the metro to choose from. I look for ORF to expand again in the very near future to handle the added traffic.
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Norfolk airport passengers continue to increase
NORFOLK -- The number of passengers at Norfolk International Airport increased 6 percent last month over the same period last year. Last month, the total passenger count reached 248,826, compared to 234,425 in February 2004.
Passenger counts at the Norfolk airport have increased nearly 10 percent in the first two months of 2005, compared to the same period last year.
Shank also said at the time that the airport most likely would announce a new airline in 2005, which might help keep passenger growth robust.
Southwest Airlines' new daily nonstop flight between Norfolk and Chicago also will be a boost. The flight to Chicago began earlier this month and marks the airport's first service to Chicago Midway.
Humm, new airline huh? Sounds good!
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New resort opens today to guests
YORK COUNTY -- The Great Wolf Lodge that has been more than a year in the making still was going through its final touching up as its first guests arrived to fill 100 rooms today.
Public officials took their first look at every nook and cranny of the enormous new family-oriented $62 million resort Wednesday. Besides drawing the out-of-towners to the vacation destination, parts of the lodge will be available to locals.
There are eight types of suites, all with fireplaces and balconies, ranging in price from about $300 to more than $400 a night. Many feature separate kid-themed areas with bunk beds and a television in a mock cabin, tent or wolf den.
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Hey guys, sorry about all the "?"s in the article, but that's how it shows up on my screen too.
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I remember when the only cruise ships that came to Norfolk were the ones that needed overhauling, LOL.
Here's a nice article from Inside Business how the cruise industry is helping out ORF.
Cruise business gives airport a lift
By Philip Newswanger
Inside Business - Hampton Roads
Monday March 21, 2005
Cruise passengers are making waves at Norfolk International Airport.
A side effect of Norfolk?s burgeoning cruise business is an influx of air travelers, drawn by cruises to nowhere and cruises to somewhere. They represent maybe less than 1 percent of the airport?s yearly count of 2 million to 3 million passengers ? but they indicate that Norfolk?s cruise market may be larger than first imagined.
This is a new direction for the city?s cruise business.
Post 9/11, cruise lines decided to go after the drive market, since many travelers were afraid to fly to larger port cities. In response, cruise lines deployed ships along the East Coast, hoping to attract travelers from within a 300-mile radius of smaller cities like Norfolk.
That has changed ? which has surprised and pleased Nauticus officials, who are now building a marketing campaign that targets travel agents in cities that have nonstop flights to Norfolk.
?When we started this, cruise lines were attracted to us because of the drive market,? said Stephen E. Kirkland, manager of cruise operations and marketing for Nauticus. ?We knew that the drive market would be high.?
Kirkland provided figures that show that 60 percent of Norfolk?s embarking cruise passengers drive here from elsewhere while 40 percent of them use Norfolk International Airport.
The figures are a tally of 33,759 passengers from Celebrity Cruises and Holland-America Line in 2004, showing that 4,460 travelers from Florida, second only to Virginia in head count, and 1,716 from Texas flew to Virginia.
According to a marketing strategy compiled by a task force of vested cruise interests, Holland America?s marketing efforts resulted in a large number of Texas passengers in 2004, whereas Floridians chose Celebrity for its Bermuda itinerary.
Because of an increase in air passengers, Nauticus will hire a consultant by May or June to spread the word ? ?Here?s where we are and here?s what we are doing? ? in Charlotte, Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
?It?s necessary to reach out to those travel agents,? Kirkland said. ?The convenience of the airport is very attractive to cruise lines. Most ports don?t partner with airports.?
?It?s growing from pretty much nothing to something,? said Tom Host, senior vice president for T. Parker Host Inc., ship agents and brokers based in Norfolk. ?Until these ships were home-ported here, there was pretty much nothing for the airport. This is a new phenomenon. It?s starting slow and may grow like Tampa.?
Sixty percent of Tampa?s cruise passengers use the airport, said Host, whose company represents the following cruise lines in Norfolk ? Holland-America, Radisson, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruise Line, Crystal Cruises, Cunard Lines, Silver Sea Cruises and Seabourn Cruise Line. Host also sits on the Norfolk Airport Authority board of commissioners.
As the 80,000-square-foot cruise terminal adjacent to Nauticus aims for a 2006 completion, Cruise Norfolk, the cruise-industry side of Nauticus, is stepping up its marketing efforts with articles in trade publications and membership in the American Association of Port Authorities and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association.
Norfolk?s cruise terminal will cost $41 million, funded by the state and city. The cost includes construction of the corrugated steel and glass building with a maritime theme, the renovation of nearby piers and some Town Point Park enhancements.
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I like it, though it doesn't look like anything that would come out of Roanoke or Virginia for that matter. I sure hope this thing gets built.What do you think?Bingham called the cost "a moving target."God, that's scary! Might wanna hit it soon, this is state money right?
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Just click the link, then click on "Portfolio", then click "Passenger Terminals", then you will see "Norfolk Cruise Terminal". Click pics. to see larger renderings.
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Va. Beach loses only 500 jobs to Norfolk but isn't Va. Beach the one that took thousands of jobs as well as population from Norfolk in the last 2 decades? hmmm...
And Norfolk is still prosperous! They can't stand it!
I remember Va. Beach city council saying that they didn't want to connect to downtown Norfolk via LRT because they didn't want the "BAD" element from Norfolk coming VB. Bet they wish they could take that back now.
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Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World superstore in Hampton's new Power Plant center. It will have a 110,000-square-foot store and an outdoors-themed restaurant.
Galyan's Trading Co. is opening May 2004 at Virginia Beach's Town Center. It will be a two-story, 85,000-square-foot store with a 45-foot rock climbing wall and golf simulators.
######'s Sporting Goods just entered into this market with a 53,000-square-foot store in Va.Beach
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I think he lives in HR, so I don't think he meant anything by what he said.