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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.
After the 1975 tornado Omaha built a new emergency operations center. Because of the critical role that the Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club played in the response to the disaster, the club was awarded a $10,000 grant from the City of Omaha to outfit a communications room with amateur radio equipment.
A 135-room Marriott Hotel opened in 2008; Aksarben Cinema, [9] a 10-screen movie theater debuted in late 2010 and shortly after an Aspen Athletic Club fitness center opened in the same complex. [10] Mojo Steakhouse and Ales, a full-service restaurant and bar, opened in 2011 in the same complex.
Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna is hosting its 34th annual Christmas in the Woods Craft Show on Friday and Saturday.
AKSARBEN Rodeo is an annual festival of the region's heritage. Its three core events include the Douglas County Fair, The Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Livestock Exposition, and the Ak-Sar-Ben Rodeo, host of the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour – Omaha Round. [11] AKSARBEN's Coronation Ball is a celebration of volunteerism and civic pride.
Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge, a bridge connecting Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa that stood from 1888 to 1966 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights , a minor-league hockey team that played from 2005 to 2007 Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club , a club of licensed amateur radio operators in the Omaha area from 1945 to present
ConAgra Foods relocated their headquarters to neighbor the Old Market in 1991, after a contentious battle with local advocates after the City of Omaha demolished the Jobbers Canyon Historic District. On October 1, 2015, ConAgra announced that it would cut about 1,500 jobs and relocate its headquarters to Chicago as part of a restructuring plan. [5]
Today it is site of a trailer court by the same name. East Omaha proper was once an agricultural area. Once considered for the site of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, it lost out to Kountze Park. Omaha's main airport, Eppley Airfield, is now in East Omaha, and the community has been the location of racial contention for several years. East ...