Sports

• Professional sports

  • Lincoln Capitols – National Indoor Football League

  • Lincoln Saltdogs – American Association (independent minor league baseball)

  • Lincoln Thunder – American Basketball Association (suspended operations; plans to return for 2006-2007 season).

  • Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights – American Hockey League (affiliate of the Calgary Flames)

  • Omaha Beef – United Indoor Football

  • Omaha Royals – Pacific Coast League (AAA minor league baseball; affiliate of the Kansas City Royals)

• NCAA Division I college sports

  • Creighton Bluejays

  • Nebraska Cornhuskers

  • Nebraska at Omaha Mavericks – ice hockey (in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association) only

• Junior-level sports

  • Lincoln Stars – United States Hockey League

  • Omaha Lancers – United States Hockey League (home games played in Council Bluffs, Iowa)

  • Tri-City Storm – United States Hockey League

Colleges and universities

University of Nebraska system

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• University of Nebraska at Kearney

• University of Nebraska at Omaha

• University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture

Nebraska State College System

• Chadron State College

• Peru State College

• Wayne State College

Private colleges/universities

• Bellevue University

• Clarkson College

• College of Saint Mary

• Concordia University

• Creighton University

• Dana College

• Doane College

• Grace University

• Hastings College

• Midland Lutheran College

• Nebraska Christian College

• Nebraska Methodist College

• Nebraska Wesleyan University

• Summit Christian College

• Union College

• York College

Nebraska Community College Association

• Central Community College

• Little Priest Tribal College

• Metropolitan Community College

• Mid-Plains Community College

• Nebraska Indian Community College

• Northeast Community College

• Southeast Community College

• Western Nebraska Community College

Largest cities

100,000+ population  -

• Omaha - 422,713

• Lincoln - 236,146

10,000+ population

• Bellevue - 47,347

• Grand Island - 44,287

• Kearney - 28,640

• Fremont - 25,272

• Norfolk - 24,072

• North Platte - 23,944

• Hastings - 23,404

• Columbus - 20,881

• Papillion - 19,497

• Scottsbluff - 14,767

• La Vista - 14,685

• Beatrice - 12,963

• South Sioux City - 12,142

• Lexington - 10,056

Urban areas

Metropolitan areas

• Omaha-Council Bluffs - 683,705 (Nebraska portion), 813,170 (total for Nebraska and Iowa)

• Lincoln - 275,820

• Sioux City, Iowa - 26,722 (Nebraska portion)

Micropolitan areas

• Grand Island - 69,685

• Kearney - 50,286

• Norfolk - 49,964

• Hastings - 37,691

• Scottsbluff - 37,393

• th Platte - 36,213

• Fremont - 36,066

• Columbus - 31,245

• Lexington - 26,566

• Beatrice - 23,436