Omaha, Nebraska
Team Sport League Venue ( capacity ) Attendance
Creighton Bluejays baseball Baseball NCAA TD Ameritrade Park ( 24,000 ) 3,205
Creighton Bluejays men 's basketball Basketball NCAA CHI Health Center Omaha ( 18,560 ) 17,048
Omaha Mavericks men 's ice hockey Ice Hockey NCAA Baxter Arena ( 7,898 ) 6,570
Omaha Mavericks men 's basketball Basketball NCAA Baxter Arena ( 7,898 ) 2,366
Omaha Storm Chasers Baseball Pacific Coast League Werner Park ( 9,000 ) 5,315
Omaha Lancers Ice hockey United States Hockey League Ralston Arena ( 4,600 ) 3,302
Omaha Beef Indoor football Champions Indoor Football Ralston Arena ( 3,626 ) 3,302
Creighton Bluejays men 's soccer Soccer NCAA Morrison Stadium ( 6,000 ) 3,297
Omaha Pioneers Soccer USASA TBD -
Union Omaha Soccer USL League One Werner Park ( 9,000 ) -
Sports and recreation
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Main article : Sports in Omaha , Nebraska Sports have been important in Omaha for more than a century , and the city plays host to three minor-league professional sports teams . Omaha has hosted the annual June NCAA College World Series men 's baseball tournament since 1950 . [ 204 ] It has been played at the downtown TD Ameritrade Park since 2011 . [ 205 ] The Omaha Sports Commission is a quasi-governmental nonprofit organization that coordinates much of the professional and amateur athletic activity in the city , including the 2008 , 2012 and 2016 US Olympic Swimming Team Trials and the building of a new stadium in North Downtown . [ 206 ] [ 207 ] [ 208 ] The University of Nebraska and the Commission co-hosted the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division One Women 's Volleyball Championship in December of that year . [ 209 ] The 2016 Big 10 Baseball Championship was also played at the College World Series Stadium . Another quasi-governmental board , the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority ( MECA ) , was created by city voters in 2000 , [ 210 ] and is responsible for maintaining the CHI Health Center Omaha ( formerly CenturyLink Center Omaha ) . [ 211 ]
Omaha (/ˈoʊməhɑː/ OH-mə-hah) is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-largest city, Omaha's 2018 estimated population was 466,061. Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the 59th largest in the United States, with an estimated population of 944,316 (2018). The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) encompasses the Omaha-Council Bluffs MSA as well as the separate Fremont, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of the entirety of Dodge County, Ohio. The total population of the CSA was 970,023 based on 2017 estimates. Approximately 1.3 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a 50 mi (80 km) radius of Downtown Omaha. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the Gateway to the West. Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it played host to the World's Fair, dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. During the 19th century, Omaha's central location in the United States spurred the city to become an important national transportation hub.