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Sports arena in Nebraska, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Viaero Center,[3] previously known as the Kearney Event Center and Firstier Event Center, is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Kearney, Nebraska. It opened in November 2000 as the Tri-City Arena. It is home to the 2016 USHL Clark Cup Champions Tri-City Storm ice hockey, and former teams, the Nebraska Cranes basketball and Tri-City Diesel arena football. Seating capacity for hockey, basketball and arena football is 4,047.
Former names | Tri-City Arena (2000–200?) Kearney Event Center (200?–200?) FirsTier Event Center (200?–2009) |
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Location | 609 Platte Road Kearney, Nebraska 68847 |
Owner | Storm Hockey, LLC |
Operator | Storm Hockey, LLC |
Capacity | 5,000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | November 1999 |
Opened | November 18, 2000[1] |
Construction cost | $10.5 million ($18.6 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
Tenants | |
Tri-City Storm (USHL) (2000–present) Tri-City Diesel (NIFL) (2001–2004) Nebraska Cranes (USBL) (2005–2006) Kearney Hawks (MPIF) (2016–2017) |
The arena features 20 luxury suites and also plays host to concerts, trade shows, conventions and other events.
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