However, on February 27, , after nearly five months of deliberation, Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey and the stadium committee made a public recommendation for a new downtown stadium. This proposal included plans for the demolition of Rosenblatt Stadium. Many citizens of South Omaha responded with disappointment and frustration over the lack of public participation in the project planning and a lack of a public vote on a multimillion dollar project.
Other concerns focused on the financing and certainty of the construction costs of the new stadium. In response, fans have begun a movement to build an online museum of Rosenblatt Stadium and have formed a special interest group on the social networking site Facebook. On April 30, , the city and the NCAA agreed on a memorandum of understanding , outlining a preliminary agreement to keep the World Series in Omaha for another 25 years through The agreement stipulated that the series be moved to the new downtown stadium by On April 15, , it was announced that Rosenblatt Stadium would be home to Omaha's Nighthawks in the United Football League for the inaugural season.
The Nighthawks played four games Rosenblatt stadium during the UFL season , selling out all four. The league was so impressed by the attendance that they awarded the UFL Championship Game to Rosenblatt which was the last event ever held there. Plans call for the site of Rosenblatt Stadium to be sold to pay off the debt remaining from the stadium's multi-million dollar renovations. The adjacent Henry Doorly Zoo is set to take control of the land and demolish Rosenblatt once the new downtown stadium is completed.
A tribute to Rosenblatt, sized to Little League standards, will be created within the new parking space created by the stadium's demolition. Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium was one of the few stadiums to still use live music instead of prerecorded music. The playing field in Rosenblatt Stadium had the ability to stay playable with even an 8.
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The Desert Dome opened in April and has been a part of Rosenblatt's landscape ever since. Parking and Tickets During the CWS the parking lots around the stadium are reserved parking only and not available to the general public. Many local homeowners and businesses offer parking at a high rate, but there's also some places where you can park for free.
We found one such place, in a large grassy area next to I, and parked there free of charge for four consecutive days. Advanced reserved and box seats are sold out, but up to 1, reserved seat tickets are made available on the day of the game for each game at the Rosenblatt box office, beginning at 10 a. General Admission ticket books offer an inexpensive way to watch the CWS. Seating is limited to the outfield bleachers, available on a first-come, first-served basis to 5, people.
No session date or seat number is printed on the ticket and the best seats in the bleachers go to those who arrive the earliest. Although you're not guaranteed admission with a GA seat you'll almost always get in the ballpark. It's important to note that the later you arrive at Rosenblatt the longer you'll have to wait at the GA entrance line in left field. The NCAA suggested an alternative: build a new stadium. The new stadium would have 9, permanent seats, with the ability to expand to 25, for the CWS.
Whether the city would go forward with building a new stadium depends on the NCAA. Omaha's current contract to host the CWS runs through , and the city wants at least a year extension for them to seriously consider building a new ballpark.
The NCAA generally grants extensions in five-year increments. Rosenblatt Stadium, home to the CWS since , will be torn down after the season, with its land slated to become a parking lot for Omaha's zoo. The new ballpark will be built next to the Qwest Center and open in The six million milestone was accomplished on June 16, A record , fans attended the College World Series. In the mids overflow crowds sat in foul territory down the first and third base lines, plus on the warning track, where fans held a yellow rope serving as a barrier between themselves and the field of play.
Any ball hit into the warning track throng was ruled a ground-rule double.
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