You're not trying to understand not wasting anymore time on you. I already told you I am well aware of local attractions and habits. I have lived in the area for decades. Go cyclones!!
Omaha as an NCAA site
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Des Moines blows away Omaha. In Des Moines the whole community gets into it. The organizers work with the business owners. People know where to go and where to park.
Thursday when we got there we couldn’t figure out where we were supposed to park close by. We didn’t receive any real direction on where the pregame hangout was. I knew where the Iowa State people were going to be but when we got there we were really disappointed as people who weren’t planning to drink.
That’s all before you get into the arena which absolutely sucks. There isn’t room on the concourse or any real direction on where the seats are. The bathroom lines were atrocious. The seats weren’t good. Video boards aren’t good either.
Omaha is just not a good setup. I’ve been to Big 12 in KC and the tournament in Chicago and Des Moines as well. All three are significantly better. Chicago nobody cared but at least the arena was nicer.
Sorry all, this info may be in another thread. What location(s) is/are having Cyclone pregame events?
The arena concourse sucks for sure, and Omaha locals definitely don't care about anything not related to Nebraska or Creighton.
You couldn't find where to park or anything to do downtown without drinking? Are you trolling?
In Des Moines there is a fan fest thing. We weren’t seeing anything in Omaha. Yeah there were some sit down restaurants but seemed to be absolutely nothing for someone looking for something quick.
Beer Can Alley on the second floor of the capital district is where they are serving Ames Lager.
The burger place was closed. DJs looked to be more sit down and was super busy. The rest are really too far. Maybe the 2 up by the baseball stadium. We just decided to go get something in the arena since we weren’t real hungry yet anyway. Like I said when we have gone to DSM there are directions to the Fan Fest and Court Ave. absolutely nothing for Omaha in that respect.
Sounds like you need a personal concierge to have a good time or find anything. Everything I posted is within 1.5 miles of the arena...there are ubers, rickshaws, and multiple options for quick food downtown.
Omaha is better suited considering what's around, but I can't say how they prep. They have a larger event coming in June that they definitely go all out for. I'd be curious to see what the NCAA does to determine how we'll a host city does after the fact.
Interesting. Two of my buddies are in Omaha and went to the games in Des Moines. They're not impressed with Omaha at all. Both mentioned how Des Moines was better.
No but the way people talked about it I was expecting something between Omaha and Des Moines. As it was it was a significant drop below Des Moines.
If we were really needing something we could have figured it out but it was extremely disappointing. Especially with how people have talked about it with the CWS.
Yeah, I can see that. The CWS brings multiple fanbases during warm weather and is basically a big festival. Hotels are full throughout the city.
ISU is really the only fanbase that traveled in numbers, and that was an unknown to Omaha until last Sunday.
Went to DJ's late last night to get food. Great spot. Mostly full, but they had empty tables. TV's everywhere. Lots of sports fan energy.
Our fans are coming off a great year in KC. Anything would less by comparison.
Always happy to dump on Omaha at any chance, but really I just hope that whatever the NCAA is looking for they find reason to keep both Omaha and Des Moines in the regular rotation. The more tourney games we can play within driving distance the better.
