// 2018 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS ABOUT BAXTER ARENA YEAR OPENED SEATING CAPACITY
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FUN FACT
Te train horn that sounds when the hockey team scores is an actual train horn donated by Union Pacific to the hockey team in 1996.
FAST FACTS Baxter Arena opened to the public in October 2015, the end product of a
joint community/university partnership led by Heritage Services of Omaha which raised $90 million for its construction and additional infrastructure improvements.
Te first steel for the arena was erected in the spring of 2014 and, dur-
ing the course of its 18-month construction, neighbors and businesses in Omaha’s bustling Aksarben Village community watched the building take shape south of Center Street and adjacent to the Papio Creek.
In June of 2015, it was announced that Omaha-based Baxter Auto had se-
cured the naming rights as part of a 10-year agreement with the university. Baxter Arena is the cornerstone of a larger plan for Omaha Athletics on
the former Chili Greens property to the west. Te area is envisioned as the future site of a baseball and soſtball complex which would bring almost all of UNO’s 15 NCAA Division I sports to campus. Future planning includes tennis courts and an indoor track.
Te arena was developed by the Tetrad Property Group of Omaha with
HDR serving as the lead architects on the project. Primary construction of the arena was performed by Omaha-based Kiewit, Inc
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TENANTS: Te arena (above) is a vibrant community asset, serving as
the home of University of Nebraska Omaha hockey, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball as well as concerts, civic events, campus recre- ation, youth hockey, figure skating, and is home to the Aksarben Curling Club.
AKSARBEN CURLING CLUB About the Aksarben Curling Club: Te growing Aksarben Curling Club
boasts 136 members and has a college program that includes teams from the University of Ne- braska Lincoln, Univer- sity of Nebraska Omaha, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Creigh- ton, and Wayne State, with UNL and Wayne State having competed in the 2016 College National Championship. Start- ing this fall, the club’s Junior Program will in- clude three age groups, elementary through high school, and is open to all students. Aksarben runs beginner’s leagues and learn-to-curls October through March. Open hous- es will take place Oct. 2 and Oct. 23 at Baxter Arena. For more information, visit
CurlAksarben.com or follow the club on Facebook at
facebook.com/ CurlAksarben or on Twitter @CurlAksarben.
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