Author: OmahaNebraska

Omaha Free Events: Gene Leahy Mall, 4 July

Enjoy the renovated Gene Leahy Mall with special free events from 1-4 July.

Monday, 4 July

Game Cart
8 AM-4 PM

Imagination Playground
8 AM-4 PM

Guided Park Tour
9-10 AM

Park Food Trucks
11 AM-?11 PM?

Character Photos
11 AM-1 PM

Stilt Walker and Juggler
2-5 PM

Face Painting
2-4 PM

African Culture Connection Music
6-7 PM

USS Omaha Symphony Concert
8-10 PM

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4th of July Fireworks
10-10:20 PM

More information at:
https://theriverfrontomaha.com

Omaha Free Events: Gene Leahy Mall, 3 July

Enjoy the renovated Gene Leahy Mall with special free events from 1-4 July.

Sunday, 3 July

Morning Yoga – All Levels Flow
7-7:45 AM

Game Cart
8 AM-4 PM

Imagination Playground
8 AM-4 PM

Core and Strength
8-8:45 AM

Park Food Trucks
11 AM-?11 PM?

Balloon Animals
11 AM-2 PM

Junior Rangers
1-2 PM

Omaha Percussion Live
4-5 PM

Dog Training – Puppy Parade
5-6 PM

UNO High School Summer Theater-Fame
8:30 A/m-11 PM

More information at:
https://theriverfrontomaha.com

Omaha Free Events: Gene Leahy Mall, 2 July

Enjoy the renovated Gene Leahy Mall with special free events from 1-4 July.

Saturday, 2 July

Morning Yoga – All Levels Flow
7-7:45 AM

Game Cart
8 AM-4 PM

Imagination Playground
8 AM-4 PM

Baristas and Bakers
8-11 AM

Bootcamp
8-8:45 AM

Art Workshop – Glass Blowing
9 AM-12 PM

Dog Training – Loose Leash Walking Tips
10-11 AM

Park Food Trucks
11 AM – 11 PM

Balloon Animals
11 AM-2 PM

Panel in the Park with KANEKO
11 AM-12 PM

Magic Time
4:30-5:30 PM

Bocce Ball 101
6-7 PM

Brett Eldredge with special guest Lauren Alaina
8-9:30 PM

More information at:
https://theriverfrontomaha.com

Omaha Interview: Omaha Mayor, Jean Stothert, on Renovated Gene Leahy Mall

This is reprinted from a previous post.

It’s been wonderful to watch all these things grow and develop and now Gene Leahy Mall is getting its refresh. Can you tell us a little about what is coming up please?

Sure, there’s 90 acres of city owned property. It’s the Gene Leahy Mall. Go east Heartland of America Park and then you go north to Lewis and Clark Park Landing. That whole area. We are working in cooperation with the private sector. And when it’s all done, it’s going to be about a $400 million project and the city put in $50 million and the rest is private. And so that just really shows that the good public private partnerships that we have in Omaha and the investment that is going on in Omaha right now.

The Gene Leahy Mall will open the first of July, and it’s fantastic. We’ve raised it up to the street level so it’s usable. It’s usable for events. The old mall was pretty, but you couldn’t use it for anything. I think when people get in it, they are going to love it.

I toured it the other day and it’s gorgeous. It has something for everybody. And then it will go on down to Heartland of America Park which will connect us right to the river. That’s our most important geographic feature we have. We live on the river, so that park will go all the way down to the river and then north to Lewis and Clark Landing where a beautiful new STEM museum will be down there that Kiewit is the major funder. That portion of it, Heartland and Lewis and Clark Landing, should be open by August of next year. So everything is moving along. They are right on schedule. They’re keeping it within budget. And it will be done. And it’s going to just spur development downtown and it already has. With Mutual of Omaha coming downtown now and there’s a new hotel in the Landmark. There’s a lot of other investors looking at downtown because of what we are building downtown. We are pretty much building a new downtown.

It looks so different, but then a lot of the favorite features are still there.

Yes.

Everyone is so happy that you kept the arch and the slides.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, we wanted to incorporate everything in there and it will remain the Gene Leahy Mall.

Thank you.

Full interview, which includes the CWS, is located here:
https://www.omahanebraska.com/blog/omaha-interview-college-world-series-pre-game-press-conference-omaha-mayor/