SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Sports Nebraska is a cooperative group of 11 convention and visitors bureaus and sports commissions from across the state of Nebraska working together to enhance Nebraska’s economy, image and quality of life through the attraction, promotion and the development of national and international sporting events. Sports Nebraska plays a leadership role in attracting key sporting events to the state while leveraging the sports market to generate economic impact and media exposure for all represented communities in Nebraska.
Columbus Area Sports & Activities Council ...... 1-2 Box 1677, Columbus, Nebraska 68601
402-562-4234
www.playandstaycolumbus.com
Fremont & Dodge County CVB ...... 3-4 529 N. Main St., Ste. 1, Fremont, Nebraska 68025
402-753-6414
www.visitfremontne.org
Grand Island Sports Council ...... 5-6 2424 S. Locust St., Grand Island, Nebraska 68801
308-382-4400
www.grandislandsports.com
Kearney Visitors Bureau ...... 7-8 1007 2nd Ave., Kearney, Nebraska 68847
308-237-3178
www.meetinkearney.org
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau ...... 9-10 1128 Lincoln Mall, Ste. 100, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
402-434-5335/Toll Free 800-423-8212
www.lincoln.org
Norfolk Area Sports Council ...... 11-12 609 W. Norfolk Ave., Norfolk, Nebraska 68701
402-371-2932 www.sportsinnorfolk.com
North Platte Area Sports Commission ...... 13 -14 101 Halligan Dr., North Platte, Nebraska 69101
308-221-6865/Toll Free 800-955-4528
www.playnorthplatte.com
Omaha Sports Commission ...... 15-18 1004 Farnam St., Ste. 102, Omaha, Nebraska 68102
402-502-2216
www.omahasports.org
Visit Omaha ...... 15-18 1620 Dodge St., Ste. 1900, Omaha, Nebraska 68102
402-444-4660/Toll Free 866-937-6624
www.visitomaha.com
Sarpy County Tourism ...... 19-20 12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, Nebraska 68046
402-332-5771/Toll Free 800-467-2779 www.gosarpy.com
South Sioux City Chamber of Commerce/CVB ...... 21-22 4401 Dakota Ave., South Sioux City, Nebraska 68776
402-494-1626
www.southsiouxchamber.org
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE COLUMBUS AREA SPORTS & ACTIVITIES COUNCIL
The Columbus Area Sports & Activities Council is a Notable Events Hosted: partnership between the City of Columbus and the Platte County Agricultural Park — Platte County Fair, Columbus/Platte County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Live Thoroughbred Horse Races, 3D Archery The mission of CASAC is to promote the facilities of the Tournament, Columbus Home Show, Tournament of the area, and make Columbus a premier venue for year- Heartland, Eagles State Pool Tournament, Platte County round activities and events. Ag Exposition
Top Sports Facilities: Pawnee Park — American Legion Baseball/Regional Ag Park State Tournaments, high school football games and Platte County Agricultural Park is home to the Platte track meets, Columbus Tennis Association Tournament, County Fair and Columbus Horse Races. It features a Platte Valley Ringers Horseshoe Tournament, Columbus 12,000 square foot exhibit hall, a large livestock arena Kids Run, Relay for Life, Midwest Street Rod Show, Antique Tractor Show and a grandstand that seats in excess of 3,500 people. There is ample outside space to accommodate large Gerrard/Bradshaw Parks — USSSA Baseball Tournament, events as well as an onsite restaurant. Lakeview Softball Tournament, MAAD Regional Softball Pawnee Park Tournament, Columbus Mariners Baseball Tournament, Pawnee Park is a large, city-owned park. It features a Fire and Ice Softball Tournament 2,000 seat stadium with a turfed football field and an eight lane all-weather track. There is a baseball facility, tennis courts, horseshoe pits, a skateboard/BMX facility, sand volleyball, disc golf, fishing lakes, a swimming Columbus Area Sports pool/water park and a nine hole golf course. & Activities Council Box 1677 Gerrard/Bradshaw Parks Columbus, Nebraska 68601 Gerrard/Bradshaw Parks are the primary baseball/softball facilities in Columbus. They have a total 402-562-4234 of ten lighted baseball/softball fields, as well as two football fields and six tennis courts. There are modern www.playandstaycolumbus.com restrooms and concession stands. Both facilities have [email protected] ample parking and spectator areas.
Closest Airports: • Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI) – 62 miles 623 53 • Lincoln Airport (LNK) – 75 miles Hotel Rooms Restaurants • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) – 75 miles Quick Facts: • Columbus will be the site of the 2020 Cattleman’s Ball. • The Pawnee Plunge Waterpark has the region’s only Flow Rider surfing/wave machine. • Columbus has a great public park system that would be an excellent venue for baseball, softball and soccer events.
Pawnee Park 1 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Quail Run Golf Course
Pawnee Plunge Waterpark
Gerrard Park
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 2 FREMONT & DODGE COUNTY CVB
Located 45 minutes northwest of downtown Omaha Notable Events Hosted: and one-hour northeast of Lincoln; Fremont, Nebraska Dillon Family Aquatics Center has been the host of the is conveniently connected to surrounding population Heartland Athletic Conference Swim Meet, and is the centers and is an attractive option for sporting events host of the 2020 KCAC Swimming Championships. such as baseball, softball, swimming, and soccer.
Top Sports Facilities: Dillon Family Aquatics Center Fremont & Dodge County CVB The center features a natatorium with an eight-lane 529 N. Main St., Ste. 1 50-meter Olympic-size pool, and twelve lanes at 25 Fremont, Nebraska 68025 yards. Other features include a 10-person spa, spray pad, one-meter diving, mezzanine-level spectator 402-753-6414 seating for 300, party room, steam room, locker rooms, family changing and restrooms. www.visitfremontne.org Schilke Baseball Complex [email protected] This 20.1-acre, three ball field complex includes fields focused for children ages 17 and under, including seating for up to 400.
Christensen Field Soccer Facility This premier multi-purpose facility offers eight soccer fields, four baseball/softball fields, indoor livestock arena, three pole barns with horse stalls, an enclosed barn, plus an outdoor horse arena.
Closest Airports: • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) – 32 miles 441 140 • Lincoln Airport (LNK) – 43 miles Hotel Rooms Restaurants
Quick Facts: • Home of the KCAC Regional Finals for Aquatics – 2020. • Host of the 2018-19 NAIA Competitive Cheer and Dance Championships. • Host of the 2018 GPAC Women’s Tennis Tournament.
Dillon Aquatics Center
3 SPORTS NEBRASKA Guide Christensen Field Indoor Arena Schilke Baseball Complex - Nick Novack Field
Dillon Aquatics Center
Schilke Baseball Complex Christensen Field
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 4 GRAND ISLAND SPORTS COUNCIL
Established in 2007, the Grand Island Sports Council was rooms with coaches offices can be found on the main created to attract and host quality sporting events in the floor, along with lounges, meeting rooms and training city. Grand Island has hosted scores of regional and equipment rooms. There are multiple concession stands, national competitions — equine, shooting, wrestling, official dressing rooms and a four sided video score basketball, archery, bowling, cheerleading, soccer and board. To top it off there are 20 acres of hard more. We have a high rate of return events, evidence surface parking. that Grand Island knows how to make sporting competitions and tournaments successful. Notable Events Hosted: Heartland Public Shooting Park — 4-H National Top Sports Facilities: Shooting Sports Championships, Zombie Heartland Public Shooting Park Shoot, USPSA Events
The Heartland Public Shooting Park is the largest, Veteran’s Athletic Complex — USSSA Class C State, a most complete public shooting park in the Midwest. brand new 10 field complex ready to host events This includes sporting clay, trap, five stand range, rifle, handgun, and archery (practice and 3D) ranges and a Heartland Event Center (Fonner Park Campus) — new olympic bunker trap. The HPSP also offers a USA Wrestling, Heartland Hoops Classic, Nebraska seven-acre lake, viewing deck, meeting facilities, and State Cheer and Dance internet access.
Veteran’s Athletic Complex Grand Island Sports Council The Veteran's Athletic Complex contains ten 300' 2424 S. Locust St. softball fields and twelve acres of soccer fields. The Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 complex contains newly built concession stands and
restrooms along with paved parking lots made handicap 308-382-4400 accessible. A trail connects the complex to Eagle Scout
lake and a splash pad is available on hot summer days. www.grandislandsports.com
[email protected] Heartland Event Center (Fonner Park Campus) The Heartland Event Center is a 170,000 square feet building with a seating capacity of 7,500. Four locker
Closest Airports: • Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI) – Located in Grand Island 1,900 130 • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) – Hotel Rooms Restaurants 152 miles via shuttle Quick Facts: • Grand Island is home to the spring migration of Sandhills Cranes. • The Nebraska State Fair is located in Grand Island. • The Railside is a revitalized downtown district sport attendees can enjoy.
Veteran’s Athletic Complex 5 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Heartland Event Center Heartland Event Center
Heartland Public Shooting Park
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 6 KEARNEY VISITORS BUREAU
The Kearney Visitors Bureau is a destination accommodate 5,000 guests. The fairgrounds hosts a management team striving to promote sport tourism in wide variety of events such as wrestling, rodeos, our community. We work to facilitate events by concerts and more.
providing support between sport planners, event venues, Patriot Park assisting with event promotions, coordinating volunteers Patriot Park is a new addition to Kearney’s athletic and offering financial support. venues. This complex includes four youth baseball and Kearney is a premier destination for sports and events four youth softball fields and the Brad Bowman Field, a because of its central location, state-of-the-art facilities, fully accessible field, a first of its kind in the area. convenience of hotels and restaurants and affordable Concessions, indoor batting cages and official’s locker prices. As the home of several statewide events, regional room are all on site. tournaments and a variety of other events, Kearney has the facilities for all field and gym sports, and Notable Events Hosted: exceptional facilities for wrestling, hockey, BMX, golf, University of Nebraska at Kearney — Shrine Bowl, Mr. drag racing, equestrian and more. In addition to our and Miss Basketball and NCAA Regionals (Volleyball, sports venues, Kearney has ample hotel rooms, a large Wrestling, Golf, Cross-Country)
selection of restaurants and multiple travel options with Buffalo County Fairgrounds — Midwest Classic Wrestling interstate and highway access and a regional airport Duals, Senior Games, AMIkids Gymnastics with daily flights to Denver. Patriot Park — USSSA State Baseball, State Little League Top Sports Facilities: Baseball, Youth & Collegiate Softball Games University of Nebraska at Kearney The DII University of Nebraska Kearney plays host to a multitude of events ranging from NCAA regionals to a variety of state and local athletic tournaments. With first Kearney Visitors Bureau rate facilities such as the Health & Sports Center and 1007 2nd Ave. Foster Field, UNK is the one of Kearney’s premier Kearney, Nebraska 68847 host venues.
308-237-3178 Buffalo County Fairgrounds
The Buffalo County Fairgrounds offers three excellent www.meetinkearney.org flexible facilities to serve a range of events. The [email protected] Exposition Center features 52,000 square feet and seats
over 5,500. In addition, the outdoor area can
Patriot Park 7 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Buffalo County Fairgrounds University of Nebraska at Kearney
Viaero Center University of Nebraska at Kearney
Closest Airports: • Kearney Regional Airport (EAR) – Located in Kearney 1,800 125 • Central Nebraska Regional Airport Hotel Rooms Restaurants (GRI) – 53 miles East Quick Facts: • Kearney has hosted 400+ Mr. & Miss Basketball events over the last 28 years. • Tri-City Storm Hockey is entering their 20th season. They were Clark Cup Champions in 2016 and Anderson Cup in 2019. • The Buffalo County Fairgrounds can hold 14 full sized wrestling mats under one roof.
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 8 LINCOLN CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
Lincoln, Nebraska’s state capital is centrally located for all Speedway Village your sports travel needs. New sporting facilities along Speedway Village is the premier sports destination in with rejuvenated downtown entertainment districts Lincoln. The 35-acre facility includes nine outdoor sports moves Lincoln to the top of the list for destinations to fields and a 100,000 square foot indoor turf facility that visit. Whether it’s world class athletics, unique can be covered with composite flooring. The complex Midwestern dining or a love for the arts you seek, Lincoln also features an 80,000 square foot building with eight has it all. Lincoln has a tremendous passion and tradition basketball courts and up to 12 volleyball courts. of hosting major national competitions all the way down to their local youth sports. Lincoln’s commitment and Notable Events Hosted: small-town feel are what make it an attractive destination Pinnacle Bank Arena — Volleyball Nations League, NBA for any size market. Our tier one amenities, community Preseason Basketball, and NCAA Women’s Basketball support and attention to detail are a few of many reasons Tournament Regional Championships
to come to Lincoln. We have created a buzz around the Bob Devaney Sports Center — Final X Wrestling, NCAA city that is being noticed by many across the U.S. We Gymnastics Championships, and NCAA and Big 10 Track look forward to hosting your next event and showing you and Field Championships why Lincoln is the premier destination for all your sporting needs. Speedway Village — USA Roller Sports National Championships, 3v3 Live Soccer Tour Top Sports Facilities: Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena is a state of the art 470,400 square foot multi-purpose arena in the downtown Haymarket Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau district of Lincoln. With a capacity of 16,000, PBA has 1128 Lincoln Mall, Ste. 100 hosted many national sporting events and concerts, as Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 well as serving as the home for Husker men’s and women’s basketball. 402-434-5335 800-423-8212 Toll Free Bob Devaney Sports Center The Bob Devaney Sports Center has hosted a variety of www.lincoln.org national level sporting events and serves as the home for [email protected] numerous Nebraska Cornhusker athletic teams. The multi- purpose complex includes a 7,900 seat arena, a track and field facility with a banked 200-meter track, and a 25-yard swimming pool.
Closest Airports: • Lincoln Airport (LNK) – Located in Lincoln 5,300 500+ • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) – 60 miles Hotel Rooms Restaurants Quick Facts: • The USA Roller Sports National Indoor Championships have been held in Lincoln 30 times since 1962, more times than any other city in the United States. • Sun Valley Lanes, a 32-lane bowling alley has hosted the World Tenpin Bowling Association Youth Championships, United States Bowling Congress, Intercollegiate Team Championships and many other events. • Lincoln will host the National High School Association Rodeo Finals, the world’s largest rodeo in 2020 and 2021 at the Lancaster Event Center.
Pinnacle Bank Arena 9 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Speedway Village Bob Devaney Sports Center
Pinnacle Bank Arena Star City BMX Park
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 10 NORFOLK AREA SPORTS COUNCIL
At the Norfolk Area Sports Council, we have fun, build Notable Events Hosted: strong relationships, and help our members make the Veterans Memorial Park — College level baseball and most of the vast resources and social opportunities. soccer events as well as a professional baseball game. Bringing people and events to Norfolk is our number The football field is also home to the Northeast one priority. Nebraska All Star Football Classic.
Top Sports Facilities: Johnny Carson Theatre — NSAA State Play Production YMCA/Elkhorn Valley Bank Fieldhouse Championships as well as Leap! National Dance The YMCA/Elkhorn Valley Bank Fieldhouse features an Competition indoor suspended running track, a new gymnasium and main field area. The 80 yard x 43 yard indoor air-conditioned field is covered with turf and can host soccer, football, baseball and softball games. Complete with a concession stand area and indoor children’s Norfolk Area Sports Council playground. 609 W. Norfolk Ave. Norfolk, Nebraska 68701 Veterans Memorial Park Veterans Memorial Park is comprised of 21 acres and is 402-371-2932 home to Memorial AquaVenture water park, Memorial Baseball field, Miracle Skatepark and Memorial Football www.sportsinnorfolk.com field. [email protected] Johnny Carson Theatre The Johnny Carson Theatre holds over 1,200 people with state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems, loading and unloading areas. The theatre has hosted various musical concerts, national theater tours, and national dance competitions.
Madison County Fairgrounds
11 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Cowboy Trail Memorial Field
YMCA/Elkhorn Valley Bank Fieldhouse Johnny Carson Theatre
Closest Airports: • Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) – 80 miles 669 70 • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) – 113 miles Hotel Rooms Restaurants Quick Facts: • For the past 11 years Johnny Carson Theatre has been home to the nationally recognized Great American Comedy Festival. • Miracle Skatepark, located at Veterans Memorial Park, is being completely redesigned by Spohn Ranch and slated to host events and competitions later in 2019. • King’s Lanes bowling venue hosted the Women’s State Bowling Tournament, and the US Women’s Qualifying Tournament for Nationals in 2019.
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 12 NORTH PLATTE AREA SPORTS COMMISSION
The North Platte Area Sports Commission, a division of Centennial Park Youth Baseball Fields the North Platte/Lincoln County Visitors Bureau, is a Centennial Park offers two all grass t-ball fields, three sports advocacy organization for North Platte and lighted baseball diamonds with lighted scoreboards, Lincoln County, Nebraska. What drives us to blaze new utilized for youth 13 and under, and one lighted Junior trails in sports marketing is turning everyday events into League Baseball Diamond with lighted scoreboard, exceptional experiences and to distinguish our utilized for youth 14-18. Concession stand and restroom community as a leader in event development and facilities nearby, with an outdoor, covered batting cage. tourism. North Platte is conveniently located along Interstate 80, within equal distance of two major cities: Notable Events Hosted: Denver, CO and Omaha, NE, which makes North Platte a D&N Events Center — ACO (American Cornhole prime location to host your sporting event. Organization) Master Series Major Tournament, Western Nebraska Youth Wrestling Tournament, Eagles State Top Sports Facilities: Pool Tournament, and Midwest Championship MMA D&N Events Center Fighting 40,000 square foot building, suited for many different Dowhower Girls Softball Complex — ASA Northern types of sporting events and conventions, conveniently Nationals Girls 16U Class A Fastpitch Softball located near I-80, within walking distance from hotels. Tournament, Buffalo Bill USA Girls Open-Class Fastpitch Includes 3,000 square foot kitchen/concession area Softball Tournament along with multi-stall bathrooms. Turf floor occupies half Centennial Park Youth Baseball Fields — Nebraska Cal of the 37,000 square-foot event or exhibit area, while Ripken 12U Regional Tournament the other half is sports flooring.
Dowhower Girls Softball Complex Dowhower Softball Complex has seven lighted softball North Platte Area Sports Commission fields, each with lighted scoreboards, clay infield, grass 101 Halligan Dr. outfield with underground sprinkler system, and clay North Platte, Nebraska 69101 warning track. The complex offers central facilities with restrooms, concession stand, and upper level 308-221-6865 scorekeeping area. One field is suitable for NJCAA 800-955-4528 Toll Free Softball play. www.playnorthplatte.com [email protected]
Closest Airport: • North Platte Regional Airport (LBF), serviced by United Airlines. Located in 1,700 60 North Platte Hotel Rooms Restaurants Quick Facts: • North Platte is home to Buffalo Bill Cody's Ranch and Nebraska's first rodeo, Buffalo Bill Rodeo held in June during NEBRASKAland Days, located at the Wild West Arena. • The world’s largest classification railyard (Bailey Yards) and the Golden Spike Tower (Eight story building in the shape of a railroad spike that gives a panoramic view of Bailey Yards) is located here. • The North Platte Area Sports Commission hosts an annual Tanking Race, the last weekend in March.
D&N Event Center 13 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Dowhower Softball Complex D&N Event Center Centennial Park Baseball Fields
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 14 OMAHA SPORTS COMMISSION & VISIT OMAHA
Omaha Sports Commission Baxter Arena The Omaha Sports Commission works closely with area The arena is a vibrant community asset, serving as the businesses and community leaders to help recruit and home of University of Nebraska Omaha hockey, men’s promote amateur sporting events. The OSC is a “total and women’s basketball and volleyball as well as service event team”, meaning that it is involved in all concerts, civic events, campus recreation, youth hockey, aspects of event management from bid selection and figure skating and curling. The building seats 7,500 with additional space for standing room. preparation to Event Hosting and Event Enhancement to post-event evaluation. Ralston Arena The venue is a multi-faceted facility that is not only Visit Omaha home to the USHL’s Omaha Lancers, the Summit Visit Omaha is the Destination Marketing Organization League’s University of Nebraska Omaha Men’s for Omaha Metro and Douglas County. Basketball, WFTDA’s Omaha Rollergirls, the CPIFL’s Omaha Beef, and LFL’s Omaha Heart, but it also Top Sports Facilities: sets the stage for a wide variety of concerts and events. CHI Health Center Omaha Created in 2003, the facility contains more than Union Bank & Trust Sports Complex 1,100,000 square feet, including a 194,000 square foot This brand new 134,000 square foot complex offers exhibition hall, more than 63,000 square feet of meeting premium volleyball and basketball courts perfect for space and an 18,300 seat arena. The facility is connected tournaments of all levels. With eight volleyball courts, six via skywalk to the 600 room Hilton Omaha. basketball courts and HD digital scoreboards, the Union Bank & Trust Sports Complex is ready for action! TD Ameritrade Park Home to the NCAA Division I Men’s College World Series and Creighton Bluejays baseball program, TD Ameritrade Park Omaha seats 24,000 and features a 360-degree walk-around concourse for a perfect view of the field.
Baxter Arena 15 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE CHI Health Center
Ralston Arena
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Notable Events Hosted: CHI Health Center Omaha — 2018 (Sweet 16/Elite 8) & 2020 (opening rounds) NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2020 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Final Four
TD Ameritrade Park — NCAA Division, Men’s College World Series, B1G Ten Baseball tournament
Baxter Arena — 2017 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Curling
Ralston Arena — 2018 Curling World Cup Baxter Arena
CHI Health Center TD Ameritrade Park
CHI Health Center
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Omaha Sports Commission 1004 Farnam St., Ste. 102 Omaha, Nebraska 68102
402-502-2216
www.omahasports.org [email protected]
Koch Family Tennis Center Visit Omaha 1620 Dodge St., Ste. 1900 Omaha, Nebraska 68102
402-444-4660 866-937-6624 Toll Free
www.visitomaha.com [email protected]
Union Bank & Trust Sports Complex
Closest Airport: Approximately • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) - located 15,000 1,500+ in Omaha Hotel Rooms Restaurants Quick Facts: • The Omaha Metropolitan Area is home to more than four top class arenas, three indoor fieldhouse complexes and a dozen outdoor competition fields. • Omaha is home to seven colleges/universities that provide volunteers, fans and hosting support for events. • Omaha is almost exactly in the middle of the U.S. and Omaha’s Airport has 88 departures a day, making Omaha easily accessible from anywhere. • Baseball has a been a tradition in the Omaha area for more than 60 years including the College World Series, Triple Crown’s Slump Buster, Omaha Storm Chasers, and many other tournaments. • Omaha has hosted large events in the sports of swimming, rodeo, baseball, hockey, basketball, track & field, wrestling, golf, volleyball, triathlon, and many more.
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 18 SARPY COUNTY TOURISM
Situated directly south of Omaha, Sarpy County is the fastest growing county in the state. Sarpy County Sarpy County Tourism includes the cities of Bellevue, Gretna, La Vista, 12356 Ballpark Way Papillion, Springfield, along with Offutt Air Force Base. Papillion, Nebraska 68046 From Baseball to Quidditch, Volleyball to E-Sports, Sarpy County has a home for every sport! 402-332-5771 800-467-2779 Toll Free Top Sports Facilities: Werner Park www.gosarpy.com Werner Park is a unique outdoor venue which is home [email protected] to the Omaha Storm Chasers, the Triple-A Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. Papillion Landing Papillion Landing includes a 120,000 square foot community recreation center and an 80,000 square foot indoor turf field house. La Vista Sports Complex This La Vista owned complex offers a number of playing surfaces including: soccer fields, softball fields, baseball field, flag football fields, and a remote airplay flying field.
Notable Events Hosted: Werner Park — Triple-A All-Star Game Papillion Landing — UWW U15 Nationals Wrestling Championship
La Vista Sports Complex — Slumpbuster Baseball Tournament
Closest Airports: • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) – 15 miles 2,245 400 Hotel Rooms Restaurants
Quick Facts: • Bellevue University hosts the largest annual regular season volleyball tournament in the nation. • Werner Park has hosted the Triple-A baseball all-star game and will be the home venue for USL1 professional soccer in 2020. • Sarpy County is the smallest county in Nebraska but the fastest growing county in the state.
Werner Park
19 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Papillion Landing Fieldhouse
La Vista Sports Complex La Vista Sports Complex
SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE 20 SOUTH SIOUX CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/CVB
Welcome to South Sioux City. On behalf of the entire Riverview Softball/Baseball Complex community, we are happy to have you and hope you This complex sits close to the river, three softball fields, enjoy your stay. We continue to prosper thanks to the two baseball fields and concessions available for events. opportunities afforded to our city. Industry is booming The Delta Hotel is walking distance from the complex as manufacturing, green energy and meat processing and the Dible Soccer Complex is in walking distance.
dominate our region. This is also an exciting time as we SSC Schools are currently undergoing a 200-acre housing expansion Partnering with the South Sioux City School district on featuring apartments, townhomes and standalone many basketball events provides us with seven courts homes alongside the Missouri River. New restaurant and and plenty of room to host any type of basketball/ shopping opportunities also keep popping up along our volleyball event when the school is not using bustling Dakota Avenue and beyond. A wide array of these facilities. recreational activities will keep visitors entertained. Camping, fishing, playgrounds, disk golf and a multitude Notable Events Hosted: of parks are sure to keep guests active. Don’t forget to ASA Softball State Tourneys, ASA regional softball visit the Vietnam Wall replica at Siouxland Freedom events, state and regional soccer events and the school Park! Our community has been recognized nationally can host many events with their facilities including the and across the state for its growth and we’re grateful “Mini-Dome” that you are here to see it. We hope you enjoy your visit
and please come again soon!
South Sioux City Chamber of Commerce/CVB
Top Sports Facilities: 4401 Dakota Ave. Dible Soccer Complex South Sioux City, Nebraska 68776 10+ Fields located along the river available for tourney
play. Many different Siouxland Soccer organizations take 402-494-1626 advantage of this location to host local, state and
regional events. www.southsiouxchamber.org
Dible Soccer Complex 21 SPORTS NEBRASKA GUIDE Riverview Ball Fields
Voss Fields
South Sioux City High School (SSC) Mini-Dome
Closest Airports: • Sioux City Airport (SUX) – 5 miles • Sioux Falls Airport (FSD) - 80 miles 325 30 • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) – 85 miles Hotel Rooms Restaurants
Quick Facts: • South Sioux City is part of the tri-state metropolitan area containing Sioux City, IA, and North Sioux City, SD. • South Sioux City has hosted National Dog Shows every year since 2014. • South Sioux City’s girls basketball program has won 12 state basketball championships.
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