Head over to Fun-Plex Waterpark & Rides for POOLOOZA Music Festival.
Get tickets at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poolooza-music-festival-tickets-60302979836/amp
Fun-Plex Waterpark & Rides
7003 Q St.
Omaha, NE 68117
(402) 331-8436
https://fun-plex.com
Head over to Horsemen’s Park for this Omaha Event, Omaha Beer Fest.
It runs:
Friday 5PM – 9LPN
Saturday 2PM – 7PM
Horsemen’s Park
Infield Turf 6303 Q Street
Omaha, NE 68117
Phone: (402) 473-4200
More information atL
http://www.omahabeerfest.com
Zydeco Festival is five years strong. Enjoy this free Omaha festival at Turner Park at Midtown Crossing
Perforners include:
C.J. Chenier
Terry & The Zydeco Bad Boy
The Prairie Gators: Saturday, June 22 from 3-10 PM
More information at:
https://www.midtowncrossing.com/events/zydeco-festival-622
For those of you that are out of town or here and have noticed the scooters, there are some rules on using them. These include how old you must be, where they can be ridden and where they can be dropped off.
Those are located here:
https://www.facebook.com/OmahaPoliceDepartment
https://police.cityofomaha.org/latest-news/392-traffic-and-security-for-the-2019-college-world-series
Below is a copy of part of the text on their website. The excerpt applies to the scooters. It is used with permission.
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Scooter operators ARE subject to citation for violations of the Nebraska Rules of the Road.
Scooter operators:
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We recommend that the general public visit the CWS websites at NCAA.com/CWS or CWSOmaha.com for additional information. You can also contact TD Ameritrade Park Omaha at 402-546-1800 (once the CWS begins) if you have any questions.”
Thank you for making such a wonderful and artistic spread for us.
Thanks for coming.
It’s going to be awesome. I noticed a lot of inspiration from gourmet cooking this year.
Yes.
What kind of hashtags are you looking for you “not hotdog” is a sandwich?
… More hashtags…It’s kind of a fun debate that’s out there.
[Using #SandwichNotSandwich on Twitter @inomahanebraska]
Your definition of a sandwich is?
Anything between bread. It doesn’t have to be meat…A calzone maybe that’s more a pastry…
We had a debate actually among computer science students this last semester. “Is it a sandwich? What is a sandwich? What is the class, inheritance, etc?” Calzones came out as a sandwich…
Then what do you call a pop tart? A pastry?
That was also part of the debate
Was it really?
Yes. That one wasn’t a clear winner either way for the debate on “is it a sandwich”.
No?
What is your most unusual one and what do you think will be the biggest sales one?
I honestly think the nachos and our new taco. We have them a little more modern with braised beef. Nachos-they are a bigger version too. You get more with this.
I enjoyed your pun on Ty Cobb salad.
Yes. It’s fun.
Your pork wings? What is your inspiration for that?
I used them some years ago and popped up again somewhere. They are fun and easy to eat. They have handles. You don’t have to get as messy to eat them
Please tell me a little bit about your sauce on them.
It’s just our restaurant barbecue sauce. It’s in every Levy restaurant stadium in the country. The same barbecue sauce.
I had that last year it was really good.
Thank you very much.
[We hope to post more later. There were some technical difficulties with both recordings.]
The College World Series Food Tasting took place today at TD Ameritrade Park. It was another home run by Chris Myers and Levy Foods!
The Colossal Tot returns this year with an Italian spin to it with Italian sausage and marinara sauce. Only 50 of these are made per game and there is a countdown for these that you can watch. Order early to not be disappointed.
My surprise absolute favorite of the tasting was the Wonderboy Dog. The pickled purple cabbage and mustard smear with a thinly sliced piece of cheese with a savory dog was incredibly delicious. Even people in the room who weren’t mustard fans enjoyed this dog.
The Lithuanian Torte is a local Omaha favorite that now people from out of town can sample and enjoy. If you have never tasted its buttery flaky layers with apricot and cream filling, you are missing out. Don’t miss out and try it. I shared one just yesterday with my youngest. Indescribably good. Yum.
Number two on my list of favorites was also a surprise-the Baja Beef Taco. It was amazingly good. It’s a must try for the CWS. Another tasty taco was the Chicken Tinga.
I didn’t get to try this punny salad. For you ,younger folk, out there, Ty Cobb was a baseball player from the Detroit Tigers. I am guessing this in honor of the Tigers coming here on Thursday. If you don’t have tickets, get some for tomorrow’s MLB game, a great appetizer for the CWS or for some the main course.
The Hot Dog Sandwich is a sandwich, Chris tells us. It has meat in the middle and bread on both sides of it. Therefore it is a sandwich. This one is a BLT with a pickle and a tasty hot dog inside. #SandwichNotSandwich
The Grand Slam Nachos looked very good but I did not get to try them. Something to look forward at the game.
The Lobster Truffle Fries were a lot of people’s favorite at the tasting.
I didn’t get to try the Pimento Cheese Pretzel but it looked might good. Have to, of course, enjoy that they are baseball shaped and set near the baseballs.
These super meaty Pork Wings were a big hit with those who tried them.
The Texas Leaguer Tavern is a loose meat sandwich. It was so good it was hard to describe. Britanny helped with the words for this, “Perfect in every bite”. That summed it up. Each bite was perfect bite after perfect bite and perfect balanced.
The Omaha Smoke House is available in the Suites.
The Lemon Chicken Board is available in the suites.
Here is the menu for this year:
Stay tuned for more CWS food photographs and an interview. They are coming soon.
How did you first get interested in baseball and do you remember your first game either playing or watching?
Well, I got first involved in baseball probably going back in to the seventies going down with my father at the College World Series and down at Rosenblatt before they even had the bleachers down the left and right fields and you know the whole experience has just been a labor of love for me. So the experience is to me is all about the kids that are here and the kids who are playing for the love of the game for these universities because most of them won’t make it to the majors. Because when the kids go down today to the field play a little baseball on the field … this is … want to give something back to the kids and get them excited about baseball.
So, it’s really a lot about the kids and the community.
You probably have quite a few but your favorite baseball memories?
Well, my memories are sort of wholistic. I enjoy getting out to meet the coaches for teams and developing relationships with them.
I have relationships with some of the coaches and teams like Mike Martin who is coming back from Florida State this year. He is retiring. I have known him for thirty years.
Certainly there is a lot of remembrances Warren Morris home run at the bottom of the ninth when LSU won back twenty years ago with a walk off home run.
And I remember things like changes from Rosenblatt to TD Ameritrade Omaha and what we went through to get that done and take this event to the next level.
So I just remember how wonderful this has been for everybody who has played baseball and for the community.
Thank you
You are welcome. Thank you.
The College World Series Press Conference was held this morning on 12 June at TD Ameritrade Park.
Jack Diesing, President of College World Series of Omaha Inc.
Jean Stothert, Mayor of Omaha
Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, President of Creighton University
Anthony Holman, NCAA Managing Director of Championships & Alliances
Roger Dixon, MECA President/CEO
Anthony Holman and Jack Diesing
NCAA and CWS will donate tens of thousands of dollars to help rebuild local ballfields for children.
Please return for more images and interviews.
Enjoy these photos from my visit to the Santa Lucia Festival.
Yay! It is here. It is time for the 2019 College World Series and another interview with College World Series of Omaha, Inc.
This is one of my favorite things each year, to talk with you and learn more about the College World Series.
It’s one of my favorite things to talk about, the College World Series.
I think you are nine years as director and 30 years with the College World Series?
31 years with working on the College World Series.
You must have seen a lot of changes over the years and some things that are absolutely important to stay the same.
Yes, you are right. It is always a delicate balancing act keeping the same that fans look forward to revisiting when they return as well as giving them some new and exciting reasons to come back.
What’s new this year and what’s some of the things that you have noticed that people look forward to throughout the years?
Well in terms of some of the newer things, we have some activities. This year, somewhat in recognition of all the extraordinary efforts that first responders made in relation to the flooding we have had in our area, we have added a First Responders Day… that is going to be for game number 5, Monday June 17th…at 1 o’clock and that is new. On the field, we will be recognizing some first responders. We’ll have first responders as part of our color guard…well deserved recognition for folks that have put in extraordinary hours and effort and still aren’t finished with the flood relief.
We have a Kids Day which is Wednesday June 19th. That’s the 6:00 PM game. So, that would be game number 9. That will be the first time that kids 12 and under will be able to run the bases after the game. That will be fun.
On Monday, finals one, June 24th, that’s are Veterans-Military Appreciation Day as well.
What will be going on for that one?
A flyover for one thing. We will also be recognizing some representatives from past conflicts. That’s one of the highlights.
That’s some of our special community days.
It’s not exactly in conjunction with the College World Series but there is a Major League Baseball game going on Thursday the13th and the [College World Series] teams themselves a day early this year so they can attend those games.
So the College World Series teams will be able to attend the Major League game?
Yes so the student athletes and a few members of the travel party will have tickets to the Major League Baseball game on June the 14th. So the student athletes and teams are arriving on Wednesday the 12th.
I am looking forward to that game too.
Yes, that will be exciting. It will be interesting to see how they make that TD Ameritrade Park look like a Major League Baseball park and then turn it around in about 24 hours to make it look like where we are going to have our fan fest set up and where we are going to have opening celebration day and autographs. Then have a big opening ceremony that night.
For opening night ceremony this year we have a band. We are very excited about them, the Eli Young Band [https://eliyoungband.com]. They are a country band and have charted. One of the band members is from Omaha.
That’s exciting too when someone comes home.
Exactly right.
What can you tell us about the teams that might be coming here and who do you think might be an upset team that has a good chance of coming out from behind?
At this point we are still waiting it out. As you know Creighton was eliminated this week. So we won’t see Creighton in action. The super regional competition is about ready to begin. The super regional starts tomorrow [add date] and the winners of the super regional then come to Omaha.
Anything new for vendors or the area?
That reminds me of some of the Little League teams that come in conjunction with the College World Series.
One is run by a gentleman who is local. That is called The Battle of Omaha.
There is another out of Colorado and is called The Stump Buster Tournament.
Last year they had more than 500 teams and this year I think more than 700 teams.
They come from all over the country. Last year I think they had 35 states represented and I am guessing more this year with those increased numbers.
Do they get to play on the field there [TD Amertrade Park]?
They do not. They use fields throughout the metro area. I know they use a lot over in Council Bluffs and in Omaha. They bring in thousands of young athletes and their families. It’s a tremendous economic impact to the city. What happens is they start before the College World Series games and run partly after we wrap up. So they bring in a couple of waves of kids that participate.
So they are playing kind of the same time as the College World Series?
They are and they do that intentionally. With our general admission program, they … can watch (when they are not playing) the College World Series.
That’s great for us because it exposes young people all over the country to the College World Series. Not saying that we don’t bring in folks on our own but these are people that may or may not have planned to come to this year’s Series but now that their team is playing they will definitely take in a game or two.
Please see our other stories:
2018
2018 Interview with Al Avila, VP and GM of the Detroit Tigers
OmahaNebraska.com Interview with Al Avila, VP and GM of the Detroit Tigers
2018 Interview with Kathryn Morrissey, Executive Director of CWS Omaha Inc.
CWS Interview with Kathryn Morrissey, Executive Director, College World Series of Omaha, Inc.
What’s new in food for 2018
CWS Media Tasting 2018: Great Food Meets the Greatest Show on Dirt
2018 Interview with Chef Chris Myers
Omaha Interview: Chris Myers with Levy Restaurants at TD Ameritrade Park for College World Series
Tigers to Play Royals in Omaha! MLB Comes to Omaha!
OmahaNebraska.com Interview with Al Avila, VP and GM of the Detroit Tigers
OmahaNebraska.com Interview with Al Avila, VP and GM of the Detroit Tigers
2017
Al Martinez Hits First Home Run for College World Series- Before the First Game is Played!
Al Martinez Hits First Home Run for College World Series- Before the First Game is Played!
Omaha Interview with Kristi Andersen, Director of Communications at MECA
Omaha Interview with Kristi Andersen, Director of Communications at MECA
Omaha Interview with Marty Bilek at the College World Series Press Conference
Omaha Interview with Marty Bilek at the College World Series Press Conference
College World Series: Press Conference Omaha
Learn more about the College World Series at:
http://cwsomaha.com
https://www.ncaa.com/championships/baseball/d1
