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Originally Posted by Gate Dancer
That picture brings a tear to my eye.........in 1985 Ak-Sar-Ben averaged a little over 13,000 people per day and on Saturdays people would come in busses from KC, Des Moines and Sioux City. I believe the record for Greyhounds in the parking lot was 27. Two years later the place was a graveyard and now provides student housing for the Univ of Nebraska at Omaha. Jack Van Berg and Don Von Hemmel were kings. Those were the days........
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1985 was when I went to Ak-Sar-Ben for the only time. I was living in Kansas City and my pal Phil came to visit and we road-tripped up to Omaha. I was working for Procter & Gamble at the time and stopped and made a sales call on the way at a truck stop in Mound City (!).
Ak-Sar-Ben was a great surprise to us, and we had a great day winning about $250-300 each. We went to Johnny's by the Yards for steaks afterwards too. Was a day I won't forget... Just great.
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