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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.
The Lake Placid Rink was an outdoor ice rink that was used for various winter sports including speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey. The venue was in use through the end of the 1932 Winter Olympics , after which it was replaced by the Jack Shea Arena and James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink .
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.
Weather permitting the rink is open Monday through Friday and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., with a free skating session taking place from 8 to 10 a.m.
A 9-hole golf course opened in the park that year, but was closed in 1947. The golf course reopened in the 1960s with an 18-hole golf course. [1] The Omaha Tornado of 1975 lifted into the clouds at Benson Park, between the ice rink and lake. [2] The park was renovated in 1999, deepening the lake and adding trails and sidewalks.
In 1956, a former reservoir was converted to a skating rink to accommodate requests for year-round ice-skating facilities. The open-air rink would facilitate ice hockey and figure-skating in the winter, and dancing and roller-skating events in the summer. In October 1957, it opened to the public.