Corey Ross Omaha Publications' Managing Editor
Baseball
Bonanza By the time you read this, both TD Ameritrade Park and Werner Park, the new home of the Omaha Storm Chasers, will have opened to kick off a landmark baseball summer in Omaha. Have two new baseball stadiums ever opened in one city in the same season before? Beats me, but if not, it’s going to be fun to watch Omaha make history. In this issue of Omaha Magazine, and in our Encounter magazine, we provide a look at TD Ameritrade Park, the replacement for Rosenblatt Stadium that will be the new home of the College World Series for the next 25 years. For nearly two years now, we’ve watched TD Ameritrade Park take shape at the corner of 10th & Cuming Sts. and become the new face of the city as visitors arrive from the airport. The anticipation has built
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with each brick and beam. The stadium’s time to shine will come in June when the College World Series arrives and the nation will be presented with a brand-new vision of Omaha via millions of TV sets tuned to ESPN. As the world watches, new traditions will be born by the hour as fans stream into the stadium and begin their CWS experience anew. We can be fairly certain of the CWS experience on the field, but it’s the rest of the CWS – the fan experience outside the stadium – that is the great unknown. How that unfolds has been the subject of many questions and much speculation ever since the last CWS. Now it’s time to find out how it’ll play out, and it’ll be interesting to watch as the CWS reinvents itself for the new era.
Speaking of reinvention, minor league baseball will be getting a makeover as well, thanks to the re-branding of the Omaha Royals as the Omaha Storm Chasers and the opening of their new baseball stadium in Sarpy County. Werner Park is designed to provide the intimate, family-friendly atmosphere that was lacking at Rosenblatt Stadium. Besides providing a compelling baseball experience, there’ll be a carousel, basketball court and a wiffle ball field to entertain kids. Family Spectrum magazine, a part of the Omaha Publications' portfolio, will sponsor nights at the Storm Chasers on May 1, 8, 22; June 12, 28; July 17, 24; and Aug. 7, 21. Maybe we’ll see you there. Whether you’re in Sarpy County or downtown, it figures to be an exciting summer on the diamond.
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