Is Omaha getting ‘snookered’ in roughly half-billion-dollar infrastructure project?

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 1,527

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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OMAHA — One of Nebraska’s best-known construction companies has challenged the City of Omaha’s handling of one of the priciest city infrastructure investments ever.

Hawkins Construction Company, whose local roots harken back to the 1920s and building Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium, is fiercely critical of potentially excessive costs in the deal that they say are not because of “nefarious” city motives.

CEO Chris Hawkins sees it as a case of people who “likely fell asleep …

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