2007 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Total % of out Summer % of out City Attraction Attendance of state Attendance of state Omaha Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo 1,335,170 34 650,194 44 Raymond Branched Oak State Recreation Area 1,247,656 10 1,005,254 10 Omaha Old Market 900,000 50 400,000 75 Fremont Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area 840,000 40 756,000 40 Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala State Ogallala Recreation Areas 811,600 70 700,000 70 Ponca Ponca State Park 749,250 535,000 Louisville Platte River State Park 625,003 5 431,882 5 Louisville Louisville Lakes State Recreation Area 600,000 20 450,000 20 Alma Harlan County Lake 514,925 313,611 Wehrspann Lake at Chalco Hills Recreation Omaha Area 480,000 10 240,000 10 Crawford Fort Robinson State Park 460,154 35 401,249 40 Lincoln Pioneers Park 440,000 15 230,000 15 Burwell Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area 406,266 9 250,203 9 Omaha Amazing Pizza Machine 400,000 10 120,000 20 Lincoln Pawnee State Recreation Area 318,660 4 180,000 4 Lincoln Haymarket Park 310,000 15 200,000 15 Venice Two Rivers State Recreation Area 265,567 5 170,912 5 Omaha Omaha Children's Museum 234,783 14 89,702 16 Crofton Lewis and Clark Lake State Recreation Area 221,873 20 170,000 20 Omaha Orpheum Theater 219,689 13 31,382 7 Blair DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge 215,000 40 Chadron Chadron State Park 207,000 40 2,000 60 Omaha Joslyn Art Museum 201,021 25 79,838 30 Gretna Vala's Pumpkin Patch 179,800 25 Pierce Willow Creek State Recreation Area 170,000 134,000 Boys Town Boys Town 168,341 16 92,587 80 Lincoln Lincoln Children's Zoo 155,000 6 79,800 6 Shubert Indian Cave State Park 154,600 30 48,300 30 Omaha Lozier IMAX Theater 154,441 71,738 Niobrara Niobrara State Park 147,000 Niobrara Lewis and Clark Campsite 147,000 30 88,112 25 Niobrara Missouri National Recreational River 145,767 62,975 Columbus Columbus Racetrack 138,000 35 98,000 20 Lauritzen Gardens - Omaha's Botanical Center Omaha and Kenefick Park 132,973 30 Omaha Holland Performing Arts Center 131,129 10 15,481 7 Lincoln Lincoln Children's Museum 129,423 4 50,539 4 Ashland Strategic Air & Space Museum 124,129 45,320 Kearney Fort Kearny State Recreation Area 120,000 15 85,000 15 Omaha FunPlex 120,000 120,000 Omaha Durham Western Heritage Museum 118,464 46,874 Denton Conestoga State Recreation Area 114,196 4 75,000 4 Gering Scotts Bluff National Monument 111,891 55,014 Lincoln Lied Center for Performing Arts 110,967 9 3,000 75 Valentine Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area 101,500 10 78,000 20 Grand Island Fonner Park 100,000 15 Page 1 2007 Nebraska Attraction Attendance North Platte Lake Maloney State Recreation Area 100,000 10 75,000 10 Nebraska City Arbor Day Farm 100,000 40 50,000 40 Lincoln Champions Fun Center 100,000 Minatare Lake Minatare State Recreation Area 95,400 35 81,000 40 Lake McConaughy Visitor/Water Interpretive Ogallala Center 95,000 70 80,000 70 Omaha Omaha Community Playhouse 90,555 9 16,704 9 Lexington Johnson Lake State Recreation Area 85,197 5 76,677 5 Lincoln State Capitol 84,300 50 23,380 50 Lincoln Pioneers Park Nature Center 83,777 Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Ashland Wildlife Safari 82,722 50,420 North Platte Cody Park 80,217 20 43,200 20 Valentine Niobrara National Scenic River 79,942 Omaha The Rose Theater 76,112 1 7,800 5 Omaha Gene Leahy Mall 75,000 Grand Island Island Oasis Water Park 74,862 5 74,862 5 Omaha El Museo Latino 72,374 50 Lincoln State Fair Park Thoroughbred Racing 72,000 5 Beatrice Homestead National Monument of America 70,216 20,823 Kearney Great Platte River Road Archway 70,000 73 40,000 75 Loup City Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area 68,425 3 31,000 3 Hastings Museum/Lied Super Screen Hastings Theatre/J.M. McDonald Planetarium 66,949 20 21,988 25 Hastings Aquacourt Family Aquatics Center 64,845 10 Papillion Papio Bay Aquatic Center 61,000 Omaha River City Star Riverboat 60,000 40 50,000 40 Grand Island Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer 59,882 15 29,552 25 Grand Island Mormon Island State Recreation Area 59,000 30 38,000 30 Cambridge Medicine Creek State Recreation Area 57,853 Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Omaha Quarters 57,219 70 21,118 90 Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park and North Platte State Recreation Area 56,417 77 13,492 77 University of Nebraska State Museum of Lincoln Natural History and Mueller Planetarium 56,000 Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Lincoln Garden 55,000 Ogallala Front Street and Cowboy Museum 54,000 40 17,000 40 Chadron Museum of the Fur Trade 53,245 70 31,300 75 Gibbon Windmill State Recreation Area 53,150 25 34,000 25 Gretna Schramm Park State Recreation Area 50,000 20 40,000 20 Kearney Fort Kearny State Historical Park 50,000 60 40,000 60 Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Nebraska City Arboretum 50,000 60 8,600 60 Columbus Pawnee Plunge Water Park 49,000 49,000 Bridgeport Bridgeport State Recreation Area 46,570 40 21,144 40 Enders Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area 46,235 60 39,550 60 North Loup Davis Creek Reservoir 42,100 2 34,000 3 Sutherland Sutherland State Recreation Area 40,000 15 30,000 Valentine Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge 40,000 50 30,000 50 Page 2 2007 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Tekamah Pelican Point State Recreation Area 40,000 Tekamah Summit Lake State Recreation Area 40,000 Papillion Papio Fun Park 40,000 McCool Junction Junction Motor Speedway 37,690 39 1,460 26 McCook Red Willow State Recreation Area 36,129 40 25,000 40 Kimball Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area 35,589 98 24,170 98 Brady Jeffrey Lake 35,500 20 35,500 20 Omaha CoCo Key Water Resort 35,000 Rock Creek Station State Historical Park and Fairbury State Recreation Area 35,000 30 28,000 30 Scottsbluff Riverside Zoo 31,000 Eagle Eagle Raceway - America's Home Track 30,000 50 22,000 50 Gothenburg Sod House Museum 30,000 80 20,000 80 Paxton Ole's Big Game Steakhouse 30,000 40 Scribner Dead Timber State Recreation Area 30,000 2 15,000 5 Anselmo Victoria Springs State Recreation Area 30,000 19 25,000 22 Gretna Holy Family Shrine 30,000 25 18,000 35 Verdon Verdon Lake State Recreation Area 30,000 1 15,000 1 Springfield Soaring Wings Vineyard 30,000 5 18,000 5 Omaha The Jaipur Restaurant and Brewing Company 30,000 3 Trenton Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area 29,309 65 20,685 70 Beatrice Beatrice Big Blue Water Park 29,229 Crofton Lewis and Clark Visitor Center 28,000 25,000 Fort Calhoun Fort Atkinson State Historical Park 27,375 15 18,375 19 Fort Calhoun Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge 27,286 10 16,371 10 Raymond James Arthur Vineyards 27,000 25 20,000 40 Chimney Rock National Historic Site and Bayard Visitors Center 26,176 50 15,586 66 Gering Wildcat Hills Nature Center 26,036 30 15,173 30 Gering Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area 26,036 30 15,173 30 Crofton Corps of Discovery Welcome Center 25,617 97 13,732 97 Gothenburg Pony Express Station 25,492 80 21,398 80 Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Nebraska City Trail & Visitor Center 25,144 59 11,457 62 Roca Roca Berry Farm 25,000 5 8,000 5 Lewellen Ash Hollow State Historical Park 24,000 65 14,000 65 Holdrege Nebraska Prairie Museum 23,484 25 7,828 14 Scottsbluff The Midwest Theater 21,218 2,800 Omaha Mt. Vernon Gardens 21,000 Norfolk Cowboy Trail 21,000 21,000 North Platte Cody Go-Karts Family Fun Park 20,367 60 20,367 60 Gretna Aksarben Aquarium Outdoor Education Center 20,000 15 10,000 15 Burwell Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park 20,000 60 70 60 Hastings Chautauqua Pavilion 20,000 10 13,000 15 Grand Island Mid-Nebraska Speedway 20,000 Albion Boone County Raceway 20,000 5 Kearney Museum of Nebraska Art 19,890 4 3,625 8 Lexington Family Aquatic Center 18,584 Royal Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park 18,500 65 16,000 50 Page 3 2007 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Omaha Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and Gardens 18,000 Bartlett Pibel Lake State Recreation Area 18,000 9 11,980 9 Gretna Tiny Town Village 16,000 20 13,500 25 Beatrice Beatrice Speedway 15,400 20 15,400 20 Wood River Crane Meadows Nature Center 15,000 Valentine Valentine National Wildlife Refuge 15,000 15 2,000 15 Omaha Joslyn Castle 15,000 60 Kearney Kearney Raceway Park 15,000 15 11,000 15 Nebraska City Riverview Marina State Recreation Area 14,500 50 900 50 Pawnee City SchillingBridge Winery & Microbrewery 14,000 40 8,500 30 Omaha Heartland Gondolas 13,879 40 9,102 40 Ayr Crystal Lake State Recreation Area 13,250 10 8,000 10 Ogallala Petrified Wood Gallery 13,114 95 8,458 97 Harrison Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 13,000 80 7,500 80 St. Benedict Center and Benedictine Mission Schuyler House 13,000 20 4,000 20 North Platte Neville Center for the Performing Arts 13,000 25 2,000 30 Ashland Double D Ranch 12,500 98 Scottsbluff West Nebraska Arts Center 12,239 2,081 Norfolk Riviera Raceway 12,200 1 Brownville The Lyceum 12,000 20 7,000 30 Wellfleet Wellfleet Lake 12,000 10 12,000 10 Nebraska State Historical Society's Fort Crawford Robinson Museum 11,575 40 8,145 40 Hastings Children's Museum of Central Nebraska 10,746 25 3,090 20 Sutherland Flat Rock OHV Park 10,098 10 10,098 10 Crawford Trailside Museum of Natural History 10,055 Tri-State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Gordon Museum 10,000 25 10,000 25 Norfolk Poppy's Pumpkin Patch 10,000 2 McCook McCook Speedway 10,000 Omaha Prairie View Lake and Recreation Area 10,000 10 1,200 10 Lincoln Veterans Memorial Garden 10,000 David City Family Aquatic Center 9,863 3 9,863 3 Ashland Willow Point Gallery and Museum 9,860 18 5,770 34 Omaha Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 9,682 2,575 North Platte Lincoln County Historical Museum 9,524 39 5,051 20 Minden Minden Opera House 9,235 18 4,150 75 Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Red Cloud Educational Foundation 9,187 9 2,830 12 Red Cloud Red Cloud Opera House 9,187 9 2,830 12 North Platte North Platte Area Children's Museum 9,124 5 2,135 9 Fremont Louis E.