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Baxter Arena (original working name UNO Community Arena) is a sports arena in the central United States in Omaha, Nebraska.Owned and operated by the University of Nebraska Omaha, it serves as the home of several of the university's intercollegiate athletic teams, known as the Omaha Mavericks.
It was home to the Omaha Mavericks NCAA Division I men's basketball team, representing the University of Nebraska Omaha, from its opening until the end of the 2014–15 season. The school opened Baxter Arena for the 2015–16 season. [7] It was the location of the VEX Robotics Nationals competition in 2013.
The city is also notorious within the wrestling world for other reasons, including Chris Masters' 2005 claim that, "anywhere is better than Omaha, Nebraska", offering of $6000 for a plane ticket to anywhere else in the United States. Omaha also hosted the WWE Judgment Day Pay-Per-View Event on May 18, 2008, which was held at the then-Qwest Center.
In June 1995, the University of Nebraska Omaha began talks with local hockey supporters on the feasibility of a varsity men's ice hockey program. [6] Shortly thereafter, the school re-hired long-time Athletic Director Don Leahy. Leahy returned to the school after a ten-year absence to start the hockey program. [7]
The 1945-46 Omaha Knights with Gordie Howe (2nd from left, back row) All efforts to start ice hockey in Nebraska were focused in and around Omaha for most of the 20th century. The first real attempt was towards the end of the Great Depression when the Omaha Knights began play as members of the AHA.
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This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Notes: This list is in a tabular format, with columns arranged in the following order, from left to right: Athletic team description (short school name and nickname), with a link to the school's athletic program article if it exists.
Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum was the premiere ice rink and concert arena in Omaha for more than 70 years. Popular acts ranging from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley to Nirvana all performed to sold-out crowds. It was also home to the Omaha Knights, a minor league hockey team from 1959 to 1975.