Baxter Arena (67th & Center Street)

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:58 pm

jessep28 wrote:The World-Herald only called it Baxter Arena in a quote. Did they lose out on naming rights again, and are pouting like they did with the Qwest/CenturyLink Center?

Gosh, I had forgotten all about that hissy fit the newspaper had.

Trips · Post by **Trips** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 10:10 pm

I read the Pinnacle contract and the price is not the actual price. They actually pay a discount now with a $200k/year bump in 10 years. If they have a high school championship it costs them an extra $20k/year. They also get 20% to 40% off the total if the arena does not hit certain attendance, event numbers and marketing spend with the Pinnacle name on it.

The contracts on these are 50 pages and more that writing a big check for your name on a building. If I remember right, Pinnacle got a street named after them, private entrance for members, suite with option to buy 150 tickets per event.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:36 am

Not sure about the Pinnacle Deal, may be the Huskers said we can bring our own sponsors or something, but the Baxter Deal is exclusive.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 3:39 pm

UNO Partners With SAVOR for Arena Food Service

http://www.omavs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?D ... =210169003

UNO wrote:OMAHA, Neb. – Omaha Athletics announced today that it has entered into a five-year agreement with SAVOR to provide food and beverage service in Baxter Arena, the new on-campus home of UNO hockey, basketball and volleyball.

“SAVOR has extensive experience providing food service in venues such as Baxter Arena, and we are excited to bring their industry knowledge to bear to enhance the enjoyment of everyone who attends an event there,” said Trev Alberts, UNO’s Vice Chancellor of Athletics.

Post by **nebugeater** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:00 pm

Anything around here that uses SAVOR now?

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:10 pm

nebugeater wrote:Anything around here that uses SAVOR now?

Looks like Pinnacle Bank Arena uses them.

Post by **nebugeater** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:21 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
nebugeater wrote:Anything around here that uses SAVOR now?
Looks like Pinnacle Bank Arena uses them.

Really. Thanks didn't know that and a quick search for the SAVOR web site came up empty for me so I moved on.

hatwate · Post by **hatwate** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:22 pm

http://savorsmg.com/locations/by_city.php

schumatt · Post by **schumatt** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:51 am

Hoping for the best, but my only experience with SAVOR wasn't great. They run food service at McCormick Place in Chicago, where I attended a week-long Microsoft conference last month. The food -- breakfast and lunch each day -- was the absolute worst I've ever experienced at a large venue ever. That said, I understand arena concessions are certainly different than catering meals for a 20,000+ person event, so hopefully they're better at the concessions side of things.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:00 am

schumatt wrote:Hoping for the best, but my only experience with SAVOR wasn't great. They run food service at McCormick Place in Chicago, where I attended a week-long Microsoft conference last month. The food -- breakfast and lunch each day -- was the absolute worst I've ever experienced at a large venue ever. That said, I understand arena concessions are certainly different than catering meals for a 20,000+ person event, so hopefully they're better at the concessions side of things.

Have you ever had Aramark? Because that is a competitor and I think you may find a worse company if you try them.

schumatt · Post by **schumatt** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:10 am

Linkin5 wrote:
schumatt wrote:Hoping for the best, but my only experience with SAVOR wasn't great. They run food service at McCormick Place in Chicago, where I attended a week-long Microsoft conference last month. The food -- breakfast and lunch each day -- was the absolute worst I've ever experienced at a large venue ever. That said, I understand arena concessions are certainly different than catering meals for a 20,000+ person event, so hopefully they're better at the concessions side of things.
Have you ever had Aramark? Because that is a competitor and I think you may find a worse company if you try them.

I think my only experience with Aramark was at Tower V (5th floor of Woodmen Tower), which was consistently average.

I was kind of hoping for an extension of UNO's catering department. They seemed to do a good job when I was a student there... the food court fare was good, and the sit-down meals for meetings, banquets, etc. were always done well. And UNO's Rice Krispies bars are unrivaled, even by Snap Crackle & Pop themselves!

lmdramos · Post by **lmdramos** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 4:15 am

I wonder why they didn't pick Levy Restaurants as they seem to do a pretty good job at TD Ameritrade and the CenturyLink.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:10 pm

One of the Baxter signs went up yesterday on the Arena.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:15 pm

Godfather's Pizza Official Pizza of Baxter Arena
http://www.omavs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?D ... =210229887

Omavs wrote:Pizza-by-the-slice will be topped on-site at Baxter Arena and served hot for hungry Maverick fans at two locations – a kiosk and restaurant-style suite with tables to enjoy the pizza. A variety of toppings will be available – including specialty pies like the Classic Combo. Ticket holders will also have the option to receive pizza delivered straight to their box seats without missing any of the game.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:22 pm

Maybe they can develop a pizza cannon to shoot free pizzas into the crowd.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:32 pm

They could probably build a Japanese rock garden in the Aksarben neighborhood, and I'm sure that someone would go to the news to complain about it:

Residents concerned about traffic to new Baxter Arena

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:56 am

...85 days until the first puck drops..., 98% seats are installed...

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:59 am

Post by **Brad** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:26 pm

I went on the "Last" construction tour yesterday. Next time I head in the Baxter will be done!

My Notes and Observations:
-Dasher Boards, Red kick Plates with a back cap on top of the boards.
-Scoreboard is a great size
-Black Ice Test is next week
-Seats are about 98% installed by my guess.
-LED Arena lights are great!

1. Center Ice Panoramic.

2. Main Enterance, Grand Staircase with windows to Community Ice

3. Team Store

4. Community ice looking at Aksarben

5. The "lookout" from the concourse to the Community Ice

6. The next addition of Mav Minuets being filmed

7. Community Ice

8. Main Ice Arena from Zamboni Entrance

9. Under Construction scoreboard. You can see the ring going on the bottom and there is still another row of panels to go in on the top.

10. Seats!

11. More Maverick Minuets

12. More Scoreboard

13. View from the suites

14. Looking across the suites

15. Student Section

16. Center Ice from the Press Box

17. Terry making an appearance on Maverick Minuets

18. The view from the main concourse

19. View from the club lounge

20. One more Community Ice

21. Paving near the main entrance

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:32 pm

Nice

can't wait to see this place

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:10 pm

Looks great....I was hoping they might use red seats, but maybe red is harder to clean and wouldn't look as good.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:14 pm

Any idea on the dimensions of the scoreboard? I just looked and Notre Dame's is 15' x 15'.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:11 pm

Newest Maverick Minuets!
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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:40 pm

in F#?

Post by **Brad** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:05 pm

Coyote wrote:in F#?

What?

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:19 pm

is it in F#?

garyomaha · Post by **garyomaha** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:51 pm

I got the F# joke. I was trying to come up with a not-too-snarky way to comment on "Maverick Minuets." (We love you, Brad. I'll easily accept your spelling for the high quality of your photography!)

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:53 pm

garyomaha wrote: I got the F# joke. I was trying to come up with a not-too-snarky way to comment on "Maverick Minuets." (We love you, Brad. I'll easily accept your spelling for the high quality of your photography!)

Brad texted me after I posted that, asking What the F was I saying...

Post by **BRoss** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:19 pm

Coyote wrote:
garyomaha wrote: I got the F# joke. I was trying to come up with a not-too-snarky way to comment on "Maverick Minuets." (We love you, Brad. I'll easily accept your spelling for the high quality of your photography!)
Brad texted me after I posted that, asking What the F was I saying...

I still don't get it

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:28 pm

HR Paperstacks wrote:
Coyote wrote:
garyomaha wrote: I got the F# joke. I was trying to come up with a not-too-snarky way to comment on "Maverick Minuets." (We love you, Brad. I'll easily accept your spelling for the high quality of your photography!)
Brad texted me after I posted that, asking What the F was I saying...
I still don't get it

A minuet is a slow dance with a specific music I believe.

Post by **BRoss** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:35 pm

Louie wrote:
HR Paperstacks wrote:
Coyote wrote:
garyomaha wrote: I got the F# joke. I was trying to come up with a not-too-snarky way to comment on "Maverick Minuets." (We love you, Brad. I'll easily accept your spelling for the high quality of your photography!)
Brad texted me after I posted that, asking What the F was I saying...
I still don't get it
A minuet is a slow dance with a specific music I believe.

Ah, I get it now...a spelling joke. Didn't even see the mistake until you pointed that out.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:23 pm

$10,000 for the initial water supply.

hatwate · Post by **hatwate** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:28 pm

This is interesting.
http://www.unomaha.edu/news/maverick-da ... -arena.php

Post by **Brad** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 5:00 am

Parking lots are about finished at Baxter Arena. There are more on the west side of the creek.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:14 am

Does anyone know why this arena was set back so very far from the street, unlike the CenturyLink Center, or even the old Civic? I think this showed very poor planning.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:33 am

I heard that UNO is suspending all shuttle buses to the Crossroads this week and asking students now to park at the Baxter and shuttle from here.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:47 am

Perfect now the crossroads village parking facility can be integrated into parking for the BRT riders.

twiztid1 · Post by **twiztid1** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:24 pm

This project looks even worse from the air than it does at ground level. No doubt it'll be a great home environment for UNO hockey though. Anybody know their tailgating policy? I haven't seen rules anywhere, but tailgating could really enhance the gameday experience when weather is decent.

U R my Helix · Post by **U R my Helix** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:43 pm

It looks like a giant USB plug in. I hope that they plant a thousand trees in all these islands.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:19 am

nativeomahan wrote:Does anyone know why this arena was set back so very far from the street, unlike the CenturyLink Center, or even the old Civic? I think this showed very poor planning.

I agree...I drove by in the daylight today for the first time in a long time and I think they could have made it much more impressive if the building was right on Center. It just looks like a regular suburban arena the way it is. The Centurylink looks much better for pedestrians. I know that atmosphere inside at the hockey games is going to be better but this appears like it may be a dead zone when there are not events going on. They really shut off the development on the south side of Center.