The Omaha Beef are a professional arena football team. They are a member of the United Indoor Football. They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium. Arena football is a sport invented by Jim Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League and the National Football League. ... United Indoor Football is an indoor football league starting in 2005. ... Omaha Civic Auditorium was a 9,136-seat multi-purpose arena in Omaha, Nebraska. ...
External Link
Omaha Beef official site (http://www.beeffootball.com)
Omaha was chosen as the eastern terminus of America's first transcontinental railroad in 1862 with the passage of the Pacific Railroad Act.
Omaha's growth was accelerated in the 1880s by the rapid development of the meatpacking industry in South Omaha; in the 1880s, Omaha was the fastest-growing city in the United States.
Omaha is home to the Omaha Community Playhouse, one of the most famous and best-endowed community theaters in the United States, and to Girls and Boys Town; its Henry Doorly Zoo is widely considered one of the premier zoos in the world.