{"id":50149,"date":"2013-03-15T16:40:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T21:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=50149"},"modified":"2013-03-15T16:40:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T21:40:40","slug":"nebraska-board-of-regents-approves-program-statement-for-new-arena-in-omaha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2013\/03\/15\/nebraska-board-of-regents-approves-program-statement-for-new-arena-in-omaha\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska board of regents approves program statement for new arena in Omaha"},"content":{"rendered":"
The University of Nebraska board of regents on Friday unanimously approved the program statement for the new arena at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.<\/p>\n
The vote will now allow the project to move forward with fundraising and completing finalized designs for the arena.<\/p>\n
“The arena is a game-changer for UNO – enhancing not only Maverick athletics and our move to Division I (in sports other than hockey), but also recruitment, student life and as a home for university special events,” said Chancellor John Christensen in a statement. “As importantly, this facility will provide a wide range of opportunities for community use as a similarly-sized replacement for the Civic Auditorium, in addition to serving as a wonderful complement to Aksarben Village and midtown redevelopment.”<\/p>\n
Construction of the arena is slated to start in late 2013 with an expected completion date of June 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The University of Nebraska board of regents on Friday unanimously approved the program statement for the new arena at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. The vote will now allow the project to move forward with fundraising and completing finalized designs for the arena. “The arena is a game-changer for UNO – enhancing not only Maverick athletics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n