Our Vision

As recommended by the Mayor’s Arena Task Force and approved by the voters in May 2010, construct a new 16,000-seat arena in the West Haymarket area to replace the aging Pershing Auditorium.

Expand the Haymarket Park area and create opportunities for new baseball and softball fields to attract additional regional tournaments to Lincoln.

Create and market a new Nebraska Sports Triangle between Memorial Stadium, expanded Haymarket Park and the new West Haymarket Arena. This recreational and economic area would provide a special place for state and regional sports tournaments while sharing parking and providing food, beverage and shopping opportunities before and after games.

Develop a University Humanities and Art Center block in the pedestrian-friendly Haymarket area to celebrate Nebraska’s rich heritage. The Humanities and Art Center block could include first-floor retail and upper-floor residential living opportunities.

Create an attractive, vibrant, year-round regional ag exhibition and events center for the community and state at 84th and Havelock Streets by utilizing existing university property at this location.

Implement a Civic Plaza at 13th and P Streets and develop the tower project on top of the proposed Q Street city parking garage (former Starship Theater site) for downtown residential living and retail use.

Expand community- and university-related retail and entertainment along P and Q Streets between the University and downtown. Run a trolley or street car along this corridor from the Haymarket to Union Plaza Park and back.

Develop the newly configured Antelope Creek and its immediate environs as the waterway flows through the city at the eastern edge of downtown Lincoln. It includes the north-south expanse between O and Vine Streets. The project boasts a multitude of potential benefits to Lincoln and its citizens.

Develop a public and private sector research and development corridor along Antelope Valley improvements from O Street to State Fair Park and support the development of Innovation Campus on the old state fairgrounds.