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CenturyLink Center
455 North 10th St
Omaha, NE 68102
Opened: September 20, 2003
Closed: March 31, 2018
The CenturyLink Center Omaha, originally known as Qwest Center Omaha, now called CHI Health Center Omaha, is an arena and convention center in the North Downtown neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. Operated by the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority (MECA), the 1.1-million-square-foot facility has an 18,975 seat arena, a 194,000 sq ft exhibition hall, and 62,000 sq ft of meeting space.

The complex opened on September 20, 2003 as Qwest Center Omaha, and adopted the name of CenturyLink Center Omaha on July 15, 2011, as part of a $22 billion buyout of Qwest by CenturyLink (formerly CenturyTel). In July 2018, CHI Health bought the naming rights to the arena under a 20-year agreement worth $23.6 million, and the arena was renamed CHI Health Center Omaha effective September 1, that year.

Just west of the Missouri River, the elevation at street level is approximately 1,000 feet above sea level.

The arena hosts basketball and hockey games, professional wrestling events, concerts, and the annual shareholders' meeting of Omaha-based conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, usually held on the first Saturday of May.

The arena's primary tenant is the Creighton University men's basketball team. Through the 2014-15 NCAA ice hockey season, the Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey team, representing the University of Nebraska Omaha, was also a primary tenant, but the Mavericks moved to the new Baxter Arena effective with the 2015-16 season

The arena has hosted games in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament four times: first and second round games in 2008, 2012, and 2015; and Midwest Regional games (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) in 2018. The arena was planned to host the 2020 tournament's first and second round games, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Mar 25, 2018Duke @ Kansas #81 - 85
Mar 23, 2018Syracuse @ Duke #65 - 69
Mar 23, 2018Clemson @ Kansas #76 - 80
Feb 27, 2018DePaul @ Creighton 57 - 82
Feb 24, 2018Villanova @ Creighton 83 - 89
Feb 17, 2018Marquette @ Creighton 90 - 86
Feb 10, 2018Xavier @ Creighton 72 - 71
Jan 27, 2018Georgetown @ Creighton 77 - 85
Jan 17, 2018Seton Hall @ Creighton 63 - 80
Jan 9, 2018Butler @ Creighton 74 - 85

# - 2017-18 NCAA Tournament