Operator City of Ralston Broke ground June 29, 2011 Phone +1 402-934-9966 | Surface Multi-surface Opened 19 October 2012 Owner Ralston | |
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Location 7300 Q Street
Ralston, Nebraska 68127,
United States Capacity 4,356 - (End Stage Concert)
4,600 - (NCAA Div I Basketball)
4,000 - (USHL Hockey) Construction cost $36.8 million
($38.4 million in 2017 dollars) Address 7300 Q St, Ralston, NE 68127, USA Teams Omaha Lancers, Omaha Heart, Omaha Beef Similar Baxter Arena, Omaha Civic Auditorium, Mid‑America Center, Creighton Orpheum Theater, Omaha Central High Sch Profiles | ||
The Ralston Arena, also called the Ralston Sports and Event Center, is an arena located in Ralston, Nebraska, a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska. It serves as the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League and the Omaha Beef of Champions Indoor Football. It also served as home to the Omaha Mavericks NCAA Division I men's basketball team, representing the University of Nebraska Omaha, from its opening until the end of the 2014–15 season, with the school opening Baxter Arena for the 2015–16 season.
It was also the location of the VEX Robotics Nationals competition in 2013.
Also coming to the arena were the Omaha Heart, an expansion team of the Legends Football League, as announced on April 19, 2012.
In October 2015, the Ralston Arena was a venue for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 roller derby Playoffs, hosted by local league, the Omaha Rollergirls.