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T he $8. 7 million Herman Student Life Complex tripled the size of the academic space available for Husker student -athletes by using the previous space known as the Hewit Center and the space previously occupied by the West Stadium Strength Complex . Nebraska Athletics is one of the few self- sustaining athletic programs in the country. In 2016-17, Nebraska was one of only two collegiate programs in the nation to attract nearly 1. 3 million fans across its seven major team sports through the doors of its world-class facilities. In 2016-17, Nebraska was the only Division I program to rank in the top 15 nationally in attendance in football and men's basketball. Overall, nine Husker sports ranked among the top 20 nationally in attendance in 2016-17. This incredible interest and support enables Nebraska Athletics to invest in the student-athlete experience, as well as the overall game-day experience. Nebraska is a leader in providing all the resources and support necessary f...

Lincoln may be Nebraska's "Second City," but it's first in the minds of its 300,000-odd residents. As the state's capital and the home of the University of Nebraska's flagship campus, Lincoln is a cosmopolitan hub that attracts visitors and transplants from all over the world. By the time you're done searching for apartments in Lincoln NE, you'll be ready to settle here for good. Lincoln Attractions Lincoln's signature attraction is the sprawling Nebraska Capitol Complex . The domed building near the city's center is one of the largest in the country and attracts thousands of visitors from surrounding states. Meanwhile, visiting families can't miss Lincoln Children 's Zoo. This one-of-a- kind institution features hundreds of unique species and has an extensive petting area that lets kids interact with birds, mammals and reptiles from the world's deserts, rain forests and steppes. Lincoln Natural Beauty Despite its locatio...

August 26, 2017 Chip and Joanna love fixing up houses, and even offer a popular rental house | HGTV.com You may not be a celebrity, but you can live like one. The rich and famous love selling (and renting) luxury real estate almost as much as they like buying it. Provided you have the money, you can move into a home where the glitterati once slept. You might even be able to score a relative bargain in the process. Celebrities sometimes have trouble unloading their over-the-top homes, research by Redfin has found. The real estate website looked at 60 homes celebrities bought and sold, and compared them to similar homes that weren’t purchased by famous faces. The stars’s homes not only took longer to sell, but they also tended to sell at a discount. It wasn’t unusual for celebrity home s to sell for $1 million or more under the original asking price. ")}; Sometimes a celebrity’s home takes a while to sell because of unique design features or amenities that don’t appeal to al...

In the latest sign of a renaissance on the south end of downtown, a five-story building with a bank, street- level retail shops and 130 loft apartments is scheduled to open next week. The Pinnacle Bank Place is a five-story structure on Lancaster Avenue, between Jennings and Throckmorton streets. It is just west of the Fort Worth Water Gardens and north of Texas & Pacific Warehouse. Not all of the features in the blond-brick building will open at once. Many of the retail shops will open toward the end of the year, including a Novak Hair Studio , Stories Coffee Shop and Dentistry of Downtown Fort Worth , a city official said. But the bank itself is ready for customers. And lofts are about 70 percent leased, said Robert Sturns, economic development director with the city of Fort Worth. “The Pinnacle Bank Place is going to spur a lot of the activity we have been expecting in that area near the Water Gardens,” Sturns said. Joining forces In 2015, Pinnacle Bank and the city’s Loc...

Tickets for front row seats are available for Monday’s historical solar eclipse — they’re just on someone’s front lawn or a dirt patch in the middle of nowhere. Savvy property owners along the 70-mile “path of totality”—where the nation’s solar eclipse will provide a total black-out—are cashing in on the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon and putting their backyards, front yards, farm land and empty apartments up for rent on AirBnb for the busy event. And they don’t come cheap. For $500 a night, astronomy nerds can camp out in a “fenced in” family backyard in Lincoln, Nebraska — tent not included. Apartment and home rentals in the area typically go for as low as $32 a night on a regular weekend. In another ad, a dusty dirt patch in Hopkinsville, Kentucky — a prime eclipse viewing area — is available for $400 a night. “ 1 acre flat level graveled lot . No trees to block view, large area to have camp fire. Could hold up to 20 tents for camping, or parking for 40 vehicles,” the ad reads....