ARENA : FACTS

• The CenturyLink Center Omaha Arena is big! A six-story building can fit inside the space.
• This much space can hold a lot of people—18,300 people to be exact.
• The Arena offers 32 Luxury Suites and more than 1,000 Club Seats.
• There is plenty of space backstage, too. The Arena has 7 locker rooms, 5 dressing rooms, a media interview room and broadcast facilities.
• We love our home teams! The Arena is home to Creighton Bluejays men’s basketball and UNO Maverick men’s hockey.
• We are totally flexible. The Arena has hosted concerts, family shows, swimming, tennis, basketball, hockey, rodeos, motocross, circuses, volleyball on a hard court and a sand court and much, much more.
• Two events in one day? No problem! Our floor can change over from basketball to hockey in one hour and twenty minutes.
• Our floor crew is totally professional. They move 4,896 objects in that time to make the change.
• Putting down the ice floor takes 10,000 gallons of water. The ice is approximately an inch thick.
• More than ten miles of tubing underneath the concrete floor circulate the coolant necessary to keep the ice floor cold.
• Major sporting events in the CenturyLink Center Omaha Arena include the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, the 2008 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship, the 2008 and 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball 1st and 2nd Rounds, and the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming.
• Major concerts in the CenturyLink Center Omaha Arena include The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, U2, Billy Joel and Elton John on the same stage, The Eagles, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Kenny Chesney, Celine Dion, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Jimmy Buffett and many more.
• Other major events include the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting and Ak-Sar-Ben’s River City Rodeo and Stock Show.