OPINION (By Gary Green, Nebraska Examiner)- "Omaha already knows the thrill of exciting crowds with the College World Series at Schwab Field and March Madness at the CHI Health Center. Now, there’s a unique opportunity to add the world’s fastest-growing sport to that tradition: professional soccer in downtown Omaha. To make this a reality, Union Omaha, the city’s pro-soccer team, is working on plans to build a new home for the club with surrounding development."

"We admire the visionaries who came before us — the leaders who dreamed of a convention center to attract national and international events, who reconnected Omaha to its roots with the Missouri River through the Back to the River project, and who ensured the College World Series would call this city home with a new baseball stadium. Their bold ideas, along with the leaders of the parks’ renaissance, the premier arts and culture venues, and restaurateur and entertainment efforts, inspire the plans of Union Omaha, and we aim to bring a new sport to downtown, creating a soccer-specific stadium that will carry Omaha’s legacy of bold ideas, spirited competition, and community gatherings into the future."

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