To carry on a point from another topic...this could be a very positive game changer for the Tri-state.
NOW is the time to make the burg as attractive as possible to potential highly educated professionals & entrepreneurs. And that does include stuff to do that does not require a 3 hour drive.
Now if they could just somehow resurrect the Sandwich Isle... along with some minor league sports and a place for Herd baseball within walking distance of campus with Pullman Square and a GOOD downtown hotel plus a refurbished Mack & Dave's and that potentially great park on the river side of the floodwall, Huntington could really shine.