Baxter Arena (67th & Center Street)

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:50 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:Noticed that they have been installing this on the exterior of the building the past few weeks. I am assuming that they are doing it to cover up the a/c units.

That will be a good addition!

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Post by **Brad** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:48 pm

Breaking News.... Baxter Arena now has a Local Beer!!! "Cow Bell" by Infusion!

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:03 pm

Brad wrote:Breaking News.... Baxter Arena now has a Local Beer!!! "Cow Bell" by Infusion!

About time! What is it!

Post by **Brad** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:42 pm

Coyote wrote:
Brad wrote:Breaking News.... Baxter Arena now has a Local Beer!!! "Cow Bell" by Infusion!
About time! What is it!

Untapped says Belgian Strong Pale Ale. Also, apparently its been here since December 19th, 2015. All check-ins appear to be at the Baxter Arena.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:00 pm

Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:
Brad wrote:Breaking News.... Baxter Arena now has a Local Beer!!! "Cow Bell" by Infusion!
About time! What is it!
Untapped says Belgian Strong Pale Ale. Also, apparently its been here since December 19th, 2015. All check-ins appear to be at the Baxter Arena.

Looks like a lot of confusion, some say it's an Amber/Red, some say it tastes more like a Scotch Ale...
Did you see where it is being served?

Post by **Brad** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:39 pm

Blue Line bar on the south end and a kiosk on the west side. I did not look on the north or east side.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:29 pm

Brad wrote:Blue Line bar on the south end and a kiosk on the west side. I did not look on the north or east side.

I must give this brew a try...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:05 am

Baxter Arena proves a 'perfect fit' for metro area's high school graduations

13 High Schools and 3 colleges this year!

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:53 am

Coyote wrote:Baxter Arena proves a 'perfect fit' for metro area's high school graduations

13 High Schools and 3 colleges this year!

Omaha World Herald wrote:“They really like the size, location, the parking situation,” said Mike Cera, associate athletic director at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and arena general manager. “The size is the real attraction.

That was an unexpected career move.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:05 am

Who's that?

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:12 am

MTO wrote:Who's that?

Juno, Superbad...

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:39 pm

Coyote wrote:
MTO wrote:Who's that?
Juno, Superbad...

Good movie

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 7:30 am

Coyote wrote:
MTO wrote:Who's that?
Juno, Superbad...

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT should have come first...

Post by **Brad** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:15 am

LOL... From "Lets Go DU", UNO's opponent this weekend.

NEBRASKA-OMAHA’S BAXTER ARENA SLIP SLIDING AWAY

http://letsgodu.com/2016/02/29/nebraska ... ding-away/

The northwest corner of the 81 million dollar multipurpose facility has sunk 3.5 inches in the last year. The firm is predicting a doubling over each subsequent year. The risk longer term is a total collapse of the facility.

It would have been better if they said the last 6 months since the place isn't even that old, but good try Denver.

Omaha_corn_burner · Post by **Omaha_corn_burner** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:10 pm

Brad wrote:LOL... From "Lets Go DU", UNO's opponent this weekend.

NEBRASKA-OMAHA’S BAXTER ARENA SLIP SLIDING AWAY

http://letsgodu.com/2016/02/29/nebraska ... ding-away/

The northwest corner of the 81 million dollar multipurpose facility has sunk 3.5 inches in the last year. The firm is predicting a doubling over each subsequent year. The risk longer term is a total collapse of the facility.
It would have been better if they said the last 6 months since the place isn't even that old, but good try Denver.

I haven't found any other sources online. I would not trust this one random report.

asherballa · Post by **asherballa** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:18 pm

I believe Denver U's tongue is planted firmly in its cheek

Athomsfere · Post by **Athomsfere** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:49 pm

asherballa wrote:I believe Denver U's tongue is planted firmly in its cheek

But. But there is this very good artistic rendering!

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:06 pm

Can't believe that article wasn't real.

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:13 pm

Does UNO have a rowing club?

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 10:33 am

UNO's Baxter Arena wins top honors at the ACEC Nebraska awards

University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) Baxter Arena took home the 2016 Grand Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) at the Nebraska Engineering Excellence Awards Feb. 24. Though originally submitted for an award in the structural engineering category, the new arena, designed by HDR and Lempka Edson Architects, earned the highest honor as the best engineering project among all of the engineering projects submitted this year in Nebraska. Not only the best engineering project award, it also captured the People's Choice Award.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:05 pm

Working fire at Baxter Arena. There's a two alarm apartment fire elsewhere tying up the scanner feed, so I can't tell what's going on.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:11 pm

I just saw that on @Meanstreets. What the heck is going on?

Post by **Brad** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:14 pm

Apparently heavy smoke inside.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:34 pm

Fire is out. I drove down there, I could not see any smoke through the windows, but I didn't get too close. All the fire and rescue equipment was on the east side by the loading dock.

yard salad · Post by **yard salad** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 9:39 am

Fire apparently caused by a food warmer: http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/fire-st ... eb067.html

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:19 am

The Arena manager that was hired two years ago to oversee completion and to mahnage the Arena is no longer in his position. Two other unnamed arena employees are also gone.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/baxter- ... 47f1f.html

Nearly two years after hiring its first arena manager, and seven months after opening Baxter Arena, UNO is looking for a new leader to run the facility.
University of Nebraska at Omaha Athletic Director Trev Alberts confirmed Monday that Mike Cera is out as the general manager of Baxter, home to the school’s signature hockey program and basketball and volleyball teams.
Cera, a veteran arena manager, was hired in June 2014 to oversee the arena’s final construction and manage it after its October 2015 opening...........

Read the rest at the OWH link

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Tue May 03, 2016 12:17 pm

A very curious decision indeed.. And the timing of it is pretty interesting as well..

Philosophical differences? I would have loved to be in the Room with Alberts when this meeting and the terminations went down...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed May 04, 2016 4:56 pm

I have to think the financials of the arena are not hitting the projections. UNO athletics have not exactly been a model of financial stability and they have a lot riding on this working. Hoping the numbers they used to justify this were not out of reach. That happens so much with these things as we have seen happen with Centurylink and Ralston just to name 2.

Greg

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Wed May 04, 2016 6:40 pm

Completely unrelated, but why is "Baxter Arena" in quotation marks in this thread?

Post by **Coyote** » Wed May 04, 2016 9:58 pm

RNcyanide wrote:Completely unrelated, but why is "Baxter Arena" in quotation marks in this thread?

The original title if this thread was UNO's Hockey Arena @ Aksarben, but when the following was posted the thread title changed...

On June 3, 2015 Brad wrote:UNO's new athletic arena gets a name

http://www.omaha.com/uno/hockey/uno-s-n ... html?x=234

Henry Cordes / World-Herald staff writer wrote:The Baxter Arena is the name of the new home for UNO Maverick athletics.

Joined by representatives of Omaha’s Baxter Auto, University of Nebraska at Omaha officials on Wednesday officially unveiled the name of the school’s new $82 million arena, nearing completion near 67th and Center Streets.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Wed May 04, 2016 10:03 pm

I understand that, but the quotation marks suggest dout, disbelief or sarcasm. Just thought it seemed odd.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Thu May 05, 2016 6:31 am

Greg S wrote:I have to think the financials of the arena are not hitting the projections. UNO athletics have not exactly been a model of financial stability and they have a lot riding on this working. Hoping the numbers they used to justify this were not out of reach. That happens so much with these things as we have seen happen with Centurylink and Ralston just to name 2.

Greg

Correct me if i am wrong, but i thought CLink was profitable.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu May 05, 2016 11:27 am

It is for MECA but they do not pay any of the cost of construction and it's bonds. It's separate. The initial financing methods for the Clink failed fast. Fahey had to redo the bonds (where we were only making interest payments for a time), we went back to the state to ask for more liberal methods to help with the financing and then despite promises that the city's general fund would never be tapped to help pay for it, it has.

Greg

omaha79 · Post by **omaha79** » Thu May 05, 2016 12:11 pm

Greg S wrote:I have to think the financials of the arena are not hitting the projections. UNO athletics have not exactly been a model of financial stability and they have a lot riding on this working. Hoping the numbers they used to justify this were not out of reach. That happens so much with these things as we have seen happen with Centurylink and Ralston just to name 2.

Greg

Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

Maybe that also explains why there was so much chatter last year about an announcement of a new baseball stadium being imminent and that the money had been in place for some time but was waiting on Baxter Arena to get on its feet. Just recently, Trev told Shatel at the Omaha Press Club event that the funding is not in place and there is no timetable.

I can't help but get the feeling that something has changed and I wonder if it's tied to Baxter Arena.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu May 05, 2016 1:27 pm

Agreed. This was such a huge endeavor. It seems like these things are always built with overly optimistic projections, then when that does not happen, trouble. UNO does not exactly have the reserves or resources as the city.

Greg

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Thu May 05, 2016 3:05 pm

thenewguy wrote:
Greg S wrote:I have to think the financials of the arena are not hitting the projections. UNO athletics have not exactly been a model of financial stability and they have a lot riding on this working. Hoping the numbers they used to justify this were not out of reach. That happens so much with these things as we have seen happen with Centurylink and Ralston just to name 2.

Greg
Correct me if i am wrong, but i thought CLink was profitable.

The arena is.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri May 06, 2016 9:44 am

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 12:42 pm

They have been paving the parking lot to the east of Baxter Arena this past week. Hopefully someday that will be torn up and replaced with development. I hate all the parking out by Center St. now as it is. Maybe UNO should have built a parking garage on this land with ground level retail.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:17 pm

Baxter Arena has the Doordash app for the concession stands! Order from your seat on the Doordash app, walk up to a special window at the concession stand and you order is sitting there waiting! Amazingly fast!

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 3:48 pm

Brad wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:17 pm Baxter Arena has the Doordash app for the concession stands! Order from your seat on the Doordash app, walk up to a special window at the concession stand and you order is sitting there waiting! Amazingly fast!

Food only?