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by kristij49 on 2/22/16Baxter Arena - OmahaAlways a great time at the Baxter Arena. It's a wonderful venue.
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Always a great time at the Baxter Arena. It's a wonderful venue.
For parking-go across the street and use the free parking garages at Ak Sar Ben. Short walk, it's covered and easy to get out of. Love the area. If you can, get there early and go to one of the bars, sports bars or restaurants. It's a great location with so many places within walking distance of the arena. Spirit World is a fantastic option too for food and drinks. The arena is great. Great sight lines, lighting is really good. I've had no issues with food either and tried most of it. My son loves the cheeseburgers and fries combo.
Loved the new Arena, and of course the hockey game but we did miss the first period as we were not informed of the time change. Other people mentioned that they were late too as they were not aware of the time change. Also, the parking sucked. If the lot is full, they should inform with signage the lot is full. Plenty of parking if you had reserved a space. Someone was in our seats so we just sat one row below. The Arena was not full, so very surprised that I had limited seating available when I purchased the tickets.
First time at Baxter arena and it is a beautiful arena with great sight lines for UNO hockey. The free parking was all the way across the creek via a bridge and quite a distance away from the entrance. Close by parking seems to be reserved for season ticket holders and "BLUE" something or another people. So on a slightly windy very cold mid-teens evening, we had to walk a very long way with coats all buttoned up, etc. It was not pleasant in the least. Also there was a problem with the game time. Our preprinted Ticketmaster tickets showed a game time of 7:07 PM. The game actually began at 6:37 PM. Not sure how the time change was announced or communicated but we were never notified and only made it for the start of the game by accident. Thousands of other people must also have not been notifed because when the SOLD OUT game began the arena was only about 50% full. Lots of pople had not arrived. Which means that if they had been notified parking would have been twice as crowded and we might have had to park in Lincoln!
I held UNO Hockey Season Tickets the first few years they played in the Civic Auditorium. You felt like, no matter where your seat was, you were close to the action. The New Baxter Arena feels the same way. The only downside, The food could be improved (two dry/hard pretzels ended up getting tossed out by our kids). My family and I really enjoyed our time there.
I would believe every seat in the house would be great. I sat nearly behind the net but in the last row with PLENTY of leg room and an awesome view. As a Big guy, seat size and leg room were not an issue. We ate before at Voodoo Taco (very fast and fun with great eats) & used the garage behind them (easy in with fast out). Based on traffic, parking before the game on a Friday night by the arena may be a slow option. UNO may consider moving home games to 7:30 to accommodate people working until 5p, trying to get home to grab the family, and trying to get back to park and enjoy the views. Great night!
Great game all the way through...but late in the third period UNO scored to make it 3-2. CO takes out their goalie for another offensive player in an attempt to score and comes close. UNO almost breaks one away but CO catches up and works it back down around the goal. UNO finally breaks it loose and runs down the ice for a score that clinches the game with about 50 sec left. CO concedes to the loss and puts their goalie back in. Awesome way to end the game!!!
Always a great time watching the Mavs play hockey, but this game was the best!
Awesome arena, fans, game, and old town Omaha. Definitely be back next year.
Great venue great seats what could be better than center ice up against the glass, the north Dakota fighting Sioux to our right and the Omaha mavericks to our left great night of hockey
Both teams came into the game highly rated and they lived up to the billing. Friday night Omaha won in overtime and Saturday night North Dakota won in overtime. Hockey doesn't get any better than that.
Only been to one game before years ago and it was a great time then. Now, they play in even bigger arenas and the atmosphere is unforgettable.
Good atmosphere. Great game. The whole family had fun.
Excellent all around. Facility, staff, concessions... Game was great.
Great game, good seats, we enjoyed it!! The food was pretty good as well.
My whole family had a great experience!! Lots of entertainment sure would come back soon! The People here are very exciting!!
There's no better sporting event experience than sitting on the glass at a hockey game! I'd highly recommend it!
Seats were great right behind UNO. So Happy the Mavs won 6-0.
Took my two boys 7 & 9. Had a great time. Great opportunity to sit close and be in the middle of the action.
Good crowd and atmosphere. Decent hockey. Fun way to kick start an evening.