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Qwest Center Omaha

455 North 10th St

Omaha, NE 68102

Opened: September 20, 2003

Originally known as Qwest Center Omaha, then the CenturyLink 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 16, 2012	Norfolk State @ Missouri #	86 - 84
Mar 16, 2012	Detroit @ Kansas #	50 - 65
Mar 28, 2011	Oregon @ Creighton	76 - 84
Mar 23, 2011	UCF @ Creighton	64 - 82
Mar 21, 2011	Davidson @ Creighton	92 - 102
Mar 15, 2011	San Jose State @ Creighton	74 - 85
Feb 26, 2011	Northern Iowa @ Creighton	55 - 63
Feb 16, 2011	Illinois State @ Creighton	59 - 75
Feb 13, 2011	Southern Illinois @ Creighton	50 - 69
Feb 5, 2011	Evansville @ Creighton	69 - 75
	# - 2011-12 NCAA Tournament