Omaha is working on plans for a new baseball stadium in an effort to guarantee a 20 year contract with the NCAA for the College World Series. Part of the plan to fund this project is to add a 2% entertainment tax. This has many residence of Omaha upset and not afraid to comment on it.
I am sure that many people against the new stadium are not wanting to 
see the end of Rosenblatt Stadium. This I understand. Rosenblatt has been the home of the CWS for many years and the tradition and atmosphere it holds will be hard to replace, however all thing must change and Omaha must continue to do what is best to grow.
For those whose only opposition to the new stadium is the increased tax, I ask you to think of what loosing the CWS would mean to Omaha and do to your taxes. Yes, there are other alternatives, I suppose, to keeping the CWS in Omaha, however I have yet to hear another solution that has the longevity that a new stadium would bring.
After leaving a city council meeting on October 4th City Council President Dan Welch was quoted saying, "I came away with the feeling that if we don't do something monumental, we could lose the College World Series. I think the people of Omaha need to open their minds to the possibility of making this change." (Omaha World Herald- Omaha mayor calls new stadium 'opportunity of lifetime')
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