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  Viaero Center Location within Nebraska  Viaero Center Location within the United States | |
| Former names | Tri-City Arena (2000–200?) Kearney Event Center (200?–200?) FirsTier Event Center (200?–2009) |
|---|---|
| Location | 609 Platte Road Kearney, Nebraska 68847 |
| Owner | Storm Hockey, LLC |
| Operator | Storm Hockey, LLC |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | November 1999 |
| Opened | November 18, 2000[2] |
| Construction cost | $10.5 million ($18.6 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Tenants | |
| Tri-City Storm (USHL) (2000–present) Tri-City Diesel (NIFL) (2001–2004) Nebraska Cranes (USBL) (2005–2006) Kearney Hawks (MPIF) (2016–2017) | |
The Viaero Center,[3] previously known as the Kearney Event Center and Firstier Event Center, is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Kearney, Nebraska. It opened in November 2000 as the Tri-City Arena. It is home to the 2016 USHL Clark Cup Champions Tri-City Storm ice hockey, and former teams, the Nebraska Cranes basketball and Tri-City Diesel arena football. Seating capacity for hockey, basketball and arena football is 4,047.
The arena features 20 luxury suites and also plays host to concerts, trade shows, conventions and other events.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Dale Miller (November 17, 2000). "Tri-City Arena May Be Worth Wait". The Independent.
- ^ "Now call it the Viaero Center". Kearney Hub. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-05-29.