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Slowdown is an entertainment venue located in the NoDo neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska.A combination of a live music venue, shops, restaurants, and apartments, the venue was developed by Saddle Creek Records as a direct competitor to the Sokol Auditorium in Little Bohemia. [1]
CHI Health Center Omaha is an arena and convention center in the central United States, located in the North Downtown neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska.Operated by the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority (MECA), the 1.1-million-square-foot (100,000 m 2) facility has an 18,975-seat arena, a 194,000 sq ft (18,000 m 2) exhibition hall, and 62,000 sq ft (5,800 m 2) of meeting space.
Designed by Omaha architectural firm HDR, Inc. in collaboration with Polshek Partnership Architects, the structure is owned and managed by Omaha Performing Arts, and specializes in events requiring an environment with good acoustics, including performances by touring jazz, blues and popular entertainers, as well as the Omaha Symphony Orchestra ...
The Liberty First Credit Union Arena, formerly known as Ralston Arena and sometimes as Ralston Sports and Event Center, is an arena located in Ralston, Nebraska, a suburb of Omaha. It serves as the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League and the Omaha Beef of the National Arena League (NAL). [6]
On May 20, 2015, Eric Church performed in front of a crowd of 15,823, the highest attendance at the arena for an event other than a Nebraska men's basketball game. An April 23, 2022 George Strait concert set an arena record with $3.1 million in gross sales.
In December 2010, Joslyn Castle was sold by the State of Nebraska to the Joslyn Castle Trust, a private concern created for the purpose of maintaining the historic property. [ 9 ] Today, the Castle is the namesake of the surrounding Joslyn Castle neighborhood, [ 10 ] and is a site in the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum .
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.
Omaha Civic Auditorium was a multi-purpose convention center located in Omaha, Nebraska.Opened in 1954, it surpassed the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum as the largest convention/entertainment complex in the city, until the completion of CHI Health Center Omaha in 2003.