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The city has hosted a number of important sporting events. Since 1950 Omaha has hosted the baseball College World Series. The Cox Classic golf tournament was part of the second-level circuit now known as the Korn Ferry Tour from 1996 to 2013. The circuit returned to Omaha in 2017 with the Pinnacle Bank Championship.
It debuted as the "Nike Omaha Classic" in 1996, with a purse of $200,000 and a winner's share of $36,000, won by Rocky Walcher on August 11. [3] For its 18th and final edition in 2013 , the purse had quadrupled to $800,000 and Bronson La'Cassie took the winner's share of $144,000 after three playoff holes.
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.
Greg McDermott usually calls the CHI Health Center in Omaha home, but this week three of his former assistants square off here in the NCAA Tournament
The 1951 tournament was the first tournament to have a game at a site other than the regional or national championship sites. From 1953 through 1974 , the tournament had between three and six sites host first round games, with the winners progressing to the regional semifinals at the regional sites.
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Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium was a baseball stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, the former home to the annual NCAA Division I College World Series and the Triple-A Omaha Royals (now Storm Chasers). It was the largest minor league ballpark in the United States until its demolition ( Sahlen Field in Buffalo now holds the distinction).
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