NEW $168 MILLION ARENA RECEIVES GREEN LIGHT

LINCOLN, NEB. — The City of Lincoln has signed off on Haymarket Arena, a $168 million arena that will replace Pershing Center in Lincoln. Situated within the $344 million West Haymarket Development revitalization project, the 16,000-seat arena will be home to the University of Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball programs. Designed by DLR Group, Bahr Vermeer Haecker Architects and Clark Enersen Partners, the facility will feature 32 suites and club and loge seating. The arena is expected to open in 2013.