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Thanks Omaha

CoyoteChris

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 4, 2004
Thanks Omaha. Thanks for the friendly people, the clean neiborhood, the police presence, the hotels that had shuttles on demand for free. The great restaurants. Thanks for making an arena with with a good skating pitch with comfortable seats and a real esspresso stand. The sound system where I sat was good which I like but the Jumbotron, which is scheduled to be replaced in six months, was shot.....you couldnt even read the scores. The only thing really bad I can say is that someone in the Omaha Sports commision, who promoted this event, needs to be tarred, feathered, keel hauled, drawn and quartered, bamboo shoots stuck under their finger nails, and then torchured. The "daily" program newspaper suppliment ($2.00) was a disaster. I and every other fan have made sure it will NOT happen at Boston. I think on the first day, there were 27 complains written down at the USFSA booth note pad. Hey, USFSA, just put a real program as part of the bid package, OK? Its not rocket science. Other than that, the Sports commision did a great job for Novice. :laugh:
 

SkateFan66

On the Ice
Joined
Feb 27, 2012
Thanks Omaha. Thanks for the friendly people, the clean neiborhood, the police presence, the hotels that had shuttles on demand for free. The great restaurants. Thanks for making an arena with with a good skating pitch with comfortable seats and a real esspresso stand. The sound system where I sat was good which I like but the Jumbotron, which is scheduled to be replaced in six months, was shot.....you couldnt even read the scores. The only thing really bad I can say is that someone in the Omaha Sports commision, who promoted this event, needs to be tarred, feathered, keel hauled, drawn and quartered, bamboo shoots stuck under their finger nails, and then torchured. The "daily" program newspaper suppliment ($2.00) was a disaster. I and every other fan have made sure it will NOT happen at Boston. I think on the first day, there were 27 complains written down at the USFSA booth note pad. Hey, USFSA, just put a real program as part of the bid package, OK? Its not rocket science. Other than that, the Sports commision did a great job for Novice. :laugh:

I also hated the $2 newspaper supplement. But I guess that it was to be expected when the newspaper supplement was published by one of the local sponsors for the event, Omaha World Herald.
 

semosk8tfan

Medalist
Joined
Mar 29, 2009
Country
United-States
Found this recap article from the Omaha paper: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130128/NEWS/701289947/1742#skating-championships-organizers-praise-omaha-despite-empty-seats
Omaha is thinking about bidding on Worlds!

This was my first trip to Nationals. I had a great time. I was disappointed in the "fan fest" area. I expected to see an icenetwork booth and to see Championship shirts etc. for sale but that was all in the arena where an event ticket was required. My friends live in Omaha and they said compared to the Swim trials the pre-event publicity was sorely lacking. But they also said that if it were held in Omaha a second time they think ticket sales would be better because everyone who went loved it.
 

louisa05

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 3, 2011
Found this recap article from the Omaha paper: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130128/NEWS/701289947/1742#skating-championships-organizers-praise-omaha-despite-empty-seats
Omaha is thinking about bidding on Worlds!

This was my first trip to Nationals. I had a great time. I was disappointed in the "fan fest" area. I expected to see an icenetwork booth and to see Championship shirts etc. for sale but that was all in the arena where an event ticket was required. My friends live in Omaha and they said compared to the Swim trials the pre-event publicity was sorely lacking. But they also said that if it were held in Omaha a second time they think ticket sales would be better because everyone who went loved it.

I agree that tickets may sell better on a second time. A lot of my friends were under the impression that no good seats were available simply because events like the (annual) College World Series or Swim Trials or NCAA volleyball tourneys are typically sold out or only the bad faraway seats are left after the event begins. They would have bought those seats had they not been under the false impression that they weren't available and made no attempt.
 

CoyoteChris

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 4, 2004
Fanfest in Spokane was much better.....less commercialism and more skaters and TV interviews.....
Found this recap article from the Omaha paper: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130128/NEWS/701289947/1742#skating-championships-organizers-praise-omaha-despite-empty-seats
Omaha is thinking about bidding on Worlds!

This was my first trip to Nationals. I had a great time. I was disappointed in the "fan fest" area. I expected to see an icenetwork booth and to see Championship shirts etc. for sale but that was all in the arena where an event ticket was required. My friends live in Omaha and they said compared to the Swim trials the pre-event publicity was sorely lacking. But they also said that if it were held in Omaha a second time they think ticket sales would be better because everyone who went loved it.
 

CoyoteChris

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 4, 2004
Thanks for that article! I would love it if worlds were there.....I think they could do a great job. And there is a whole herd of restaurants and brewpubs I had no time to try.....:cry:

Found this recap article from the Omaha paper: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130128/NEWS/701289947/1742#skating-championships-organizers-praise-omaha-despite-empty-seats
Omaha is thinking about bidding on Worlds!

This was my first trip to Nationals. I had a great time. I was disappointed in the "fan fest" area. I expected to see an icenetwork booth and to see Championship shirts etc. for sale but that was all in the arena where an event ticket was required. My friends live in Omaha and they said compared to the Swim trials the pre-event publicity was sorely lacking. But they also said that if it were held in Omaha a second time they think ticket sales would be better because everyone who went loved it.
 
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