The arena was planned to host the 2020 tournament's first- and second-round games, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The arena has hosted games in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament four times: first- and second-round games in 2008, 2012, and 2015 and Midwest Regional games (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) in 2018. The venerable Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2005. The Qwest Center displaced the 1954 Omaha Civic Auditorium as the city's premier indoor arena. In 2006, a $5.7-million expansion of the arena increased capacity by approximately 1,500 seats. Qwest Center Omaha opened in September 2003 with an initial seating capacity of 17,000 for concerts, 15,500 for basketball, and 14,700 for hockey. Naming rights to the arena were purchased by Qwest. The facility design was led by architectural firm DLR Group. In 2000, Omaha voters approved a $216 million bond issue to build a new convention center and arena the remainder of the $291 million project was provided by private organizations and individuals. Through the 2014–15 NCAA ice hockey season, the Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey team, representing the University of Nebraska Omaha, was also a primary tenant, but the Mavericks moved to the new Baxter Arena effective with the 2015–16 season. The arena's primary tenant is the Creighton University men's basketball team.
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The arena hosts basketball and hockey games, professional wrestling events, concerts, and the annual shareholders' meeting of Omaha-based conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, usually held on the first Saturday of May. Just west of the Missouri River, the elevation at street level is approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level. In July 2018, CHI Health bought the naming rights to the arena under a 20-year agreement worth $23.6 million, and the arena was renamed CHI Health Center Omaha effective September 1, that year. The complex opened on Septemas Qwest Center Omaha, and adopted the name of CenturyLink Center Omaha on July 15, 2011, as part of a $22 billion buyout of Qwest by CenturyLink (formerly CenturyTel). Operated by the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority (MECA), the 1.1-million-square-foot (100,000 m 2) facility has an 18,975-seat arena, a 194,000 sq ft (18,000 m 2) exhibition hall, and 62,000 sq ft (5,800 m 2) of meeting space. Omaha Arena and Convention Center (planning/construction)Ĥ1☁5′47″N 95★5′41″W / 41.263°N 95.928°W / 41.263 -95.928 Coordinates: 41☁5′47″N 95★5′41″W / 41.263°N 95.928°W / 41.263 -95.928ĬHI Health Center Omaha is an arena and convention center in the central United States, located in the North Downtown neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. For the arena in Bossier City, Louisiana formerly known as CenturyLink Center, see Brookshire Grocery Arena. This article is about the arena in Omaha formerly known as CenturyLink Center.
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