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[1] [2] The organization was founded in 1888 and includes the Sidner Ice Arena, the Dillon Family Aquatic Center, the Hazel R. Keene Wellness Center, and the Sidner Family Sports Complex. [3] The first building opened in 1907 on 5th and Park streets. Prior to this, YMCA met in small rooms around Fremont. [4] The current building opened in 1969. [5]
In 2012, Omaha mayor Jim Suttle announced that the Omaha Civic Auditorium, which originally opened in 1954, would close in 2014 due to excessive maintenance costs. [5] The closing of the Auditorium would leave Omaha without a mid-sized indoor venue, [5] and would also have a major impact on the Mavericks ice hockey team.
In Nebraska, the cities of Omaha, Lincoln and Norfolk had lows of negative 12, negative 17 and negative 18 degrees, respectively, smashing several century-old records, the weather service in Omaha ...
No longer functioning in Omaha. [7] New York Life Insurance Company: 1845 Omaha Country Club: 1899 Omaha Public Power District: 1946 Omaha World-Herald: 1885 Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the Omaha Evening World. It was absorbed by George L. Miller's Omaha Herald in 1889. Peter Kiewit Sons: 1884 Packaging Corporation of America: 1959
They were known online as "The Ice Skating Sisters," and when they crisscrossed the country for competitions and camps in places like Boston, Seattle and Austin, Texas, their parents went with ...
'Warmed up to 24 below zero' In Minot, North Dakota, city spokeswoman Jen Kleen her car's temperature gauge said it was minus 32 degrees while she was driving to work on Tuesday morning.
In October 2015, the Ralston Arena was a venue for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 roller derby Playoffs, hosted by local league, the Omaha Rollergirls. [ 8 ] The arena sold the naming rights to Liberty First Credit Union on a ten-year agreement and Ralston Arena was renamed on January 1, 2022.
The 1945-46 Omaha Knights with Gordie Howe (2nd from left, back row) All efforts to start ice hockey in Nebraska were focused in and around Omaha for most of the 20th century. The first real attempt was towards the end of the Great Depression when the Omaha Knights began play as members of the AHA.