The article reports on the dispute over the construction of the 24,000-seat minor league baseball stadium in Omaha, Nebraska worth $140 million. It reports that the College World series has been held in Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium for almost 60 years and the new stadium will become its new ...
Preceding College World Series, it'll be first MLB contest in Nebraska June 22nd, 2018 Jordan Wolf Share 0:00 0:00 OMAHA, Neb. -- Baseball has anchored the Omaha community for decades, playing host to the College World Series in June and housing the Triple-A Storm Chasers. And now,...
Omaha has had a series of minor league pro franchises in all four major sports. Some were somewhat successful and others were not. Hockey has been popular. But that hasn’t been a sure thing for every franchise. Omaha was a top affiliate of a NHL team not long ago. But after a coupl...
The Storm Chasers will be playing in special themed uniforms Saturday, as part of Salute to Corn Night, presented by the Nebraska Corn Board. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. and tomorrow will be a night with lots of corny entertainment. Pregame coverage will begin at 6:45 p.m. with...
Keeping the then named Omaha Royals in Nebraska’s largest city was a hoped for byproduct of the new ballpark plan announced on February 27, 2008, but what came to be called TD Ameritrade Park wasn’t designed to be the intimate, family-friendly minor league ballpark that the O-Royals wan...
The University of Nebraska at Omaha has enriched the city’s hockey legacy. The minor league professional Omaha Knights (1939 to 1975) began the love affair. The amateur Omaha Lancers (1986 through today) continued it. UNO found its niche as Neb.’s only collegiate hockey team. Despite gritt...
Though the words might appear apocryphal now, the College World Series was played in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1947 and '48 and in Wichita, Kan., in 1949. When the event moved to Omaha in 1950, there wasn’t much reason to believe the Nebraska city -- which, for the record, is the bir...
Every June the College World Series turns a Nebraska city into the epicenter of the baseball universe. This year, MLB joined the fun. The result? A unique window into the game at every level.
Omaha, city, seat (1855) of Douglas county, eastern Nebraska, U.S. It is situated on the west bank of the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa. Omaha is Nebraska’s biggest city and a regional manufacturing, transportation, trade, and service hub
Bellevue, city, Sarpy county, eastern Nebraska, U.S., on the Missouri River, immediately south of Omaha. The Lewis and Clark Expedition visited the area in 1804. Established in 1822 as a fur-trading post, Bellevue is named from the French for “beautiful