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55-432: The complex opened on September 20, 2003 as Qwest Center Omaha , and adopted the name of CenturyLink Center Omaha on July 15, 2011, as part of a $ 22 billion buyout of Qwest by CenturyLink (formerly CenturyTel). In July 2018, CHI Health bought the naming rights to the arena under a 20-year agreement worth $ 23.6 million, and the arena was renamed CHI Health Center Omaha effective September 1, that year. Just west of

110-478: A database of all international and domestic calls . Qwest was allegedly the lone holdout, despite threats from the NSA that their refusal to cooperate may jeopardize future government contracts, a decision which has earned them praise from those who oppose the NSA program. In the case of ACLU v. NSA , U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor on August 17, 2006 ruled that the government's domestic eavesdropping program

165-800: A civil lawsuit filed by the SEC. Separately, Nacchio was convicted of 19 counts of insider trading in Qwest stock on April 19, 2007. On March 31, 2011, US Federal Judge Marcia Krieger issued a summary judgement rejecting all SEC's claims against Afshin Mohebbi and ruling in his favor. In May 2006, USA Today reported that millions of telephone calling records had been handed over to the United States National Security Agency by AT&T Corp. , Verizon , and BellSouth since September 11, 2001. This data has been used to create

220-648: A crowd of 17,551. In turn, this match broke an attendance record set in 2008, when 17,340 fans watched the NCAA semifinal match between Penn State and Nebraska. Qwest Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona , Colorado , Idaho , Iowa , Minnesota , Montana , Nebraska , New Mexico , North Dakota , Oregon , South Dakota , Texas , Utah , Washington , and Wyoming . On April 22, 2010, CenturyLink announced it would acquire Qwest in

275-618: A local group of swim enthusiasts called UP Aquatics for $ 900,000). and the 2021 pool going to a group in Minneapolis , Minnesota that plans to convert an abandoned book bindery in the city's Near North neighborhood into an Olympic-caliber aquatic center. In 2016, the arena hosted the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions. From 2006 to 2009, the Professional Bull Riders hosted a Built Ford Tough Series event at

330-526: A private concert by Grand Funk Railroad . The first official event was the "River City Roundup Fair and Festival", held at both facilities. This hotel features 600 guest rooms, 15 meeting rooms, and two ballrooms, an on-site restaurant, and skywalk connection to the convention center. The $ 71 million property opened April 2004 and has achieved the AAA four-diamond rating for ten years. Top 10 Largest Home Crowds at CHI Health Center Omaha, Creighton History On

385-524: A qualifying standard might have entered the swimmer with the highest ranking. Each relay event features 16 teams, composed of: The men's and women's 10 km races featured 25 swimmers:   *    Host nation ( Japan ) AF African Record | AM Americas Record | SA South American Record | AS Asian Record | ER European Record | OC Oceanian Record | OR Olympic Record | WJR World Junior Record | WR World Record NR National Record (any World Record

440-605: A stock transaction. The merger closed on April 1, 2011. Qwest began doing business as CenturyLink in August 2011. Qwest provided voice, Internet backbone data services, and digital television in some areas. It operated in three segments: Wireline Services, Wireless Services, and Other Services. The Wireline Services segment provided local voice, long-distance voice, and data and Internet ( DSL ) services to consumers, businesses, and wholesale customers, as well as access services to wholesale customers. The Wireless Services segment

495-535: A transaction of 0.1664 shares of CenturyLink common stock for each share of Qwest common stock. CenturyLink shareholders would hold a 50.5% share of ownership in the combined company, while Qwest shareholders would own the remaining 49.5%. The valuation of CenturyLink's purchase as of April 21, 2010, was $ 22.4 billion, including the assumption of $ 11.8 billion of outstanding debt held by Qwest as of December 31, 2009. Qwest started to do business as CenturyLink from August 8, 2011. Qwest Communications International, Inc.

550-478: Is necessarily also an Olympic, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records) Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals. AF African Record | AM Americas Record | SA South American Record | AS Asian Record | ER European Record | OC Oceanian Record | OR Olympic Record | WJR World Junior Record | WR World Record NR National Record (any World Record

605-478: Is necessarily also an Olympic, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records) Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals. AF African Record | AM Americas Record | SA South American Record | AS Asian Record | ER European Record | OC Oceanian Record | OR Olympic Record | WJR World Junior Record | WR World Record NR National Record (any World Record

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660-465: Is necessarily also an Olympic, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records) Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals. On 20 April 2024, The New York Times revealed that 23 members of the Chinese swimming team tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug called Trimetazidine seven months prior to the start of

715-418: Is the busiest venue of the complex. Built in 2001, the arena was meant to replace the aging Omaha Civic Auditorium and demolished Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum . It is the largest arena in the state, seating over 18,000. It contains 32 luxury suites and over a thousand club seats. The arena hosts shows of all genres, including: concerts, family shows, sports, rodeos and circuses. The arena opened September 12, 2003, with

770-409: Is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately. The Bush Administration filed an appeal in the case, and Judge Taylor's decision was overturned by the appeals court on the basis of a lack of standing. Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio alleged in appeal documents that the NSA requested that Qwest participate in its wiretapping program more than six months before September 11, 2001. Nacchio recalled

825-565: The Missouri River , the elevation at street level is approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level . The arena hosts basketball and hockey games, professional wrestling events, concerts , and the annual shareholders' meeting of Omaha-based conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway , usually held on the first Saturday of May. The arena's primary tenant is the Creighton University men's basketball team . Through

880-630: The Southern Pacific Transportation Company at the time, established the subsidiary Southern Pacific Telecommunications Company and began installing the first all-digital, fiber-optic infrastructure along his railroad lines and connecting them into central junctions in strategic locations to serve businesses with high-speed data and T1 services. In 1997, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company merged with Union Pacific , but

935-576: The (faster) qualifying time. A country was able to enter one swimmer per event that met the invitation standard. Any swimmer who met the "qualifying" time was entered in the event for the Games; a swimmer meeting the "invitation" standard was eligible for entry, and their entry was allotted/filled in by ranking. If a country has no swimmers who meet either of the qualifying standards, it may have entered one male and one female. A country that did not receive an allocation spot but had at least one swimmer who met

990-640: The 2014–15 NCAA ice hockey season, the Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey team , representing the University of Nebraska Omaha , was also a primary tenant, but the Mavericks moved to the new Baxter Arena effective with the 2015–16 season. In 2000, Omaha voters approved a $ 216 million bond issue to build a new convention center and arena; the remainder of the $ 291 million project was provided by private organizations and individuals. The facility design

1045-432: The 2020 Olympics featured a total of 37 events (18 each for men and women and 1 mixed event), including two 10 km open-water marathons . This was a slight increase from the 34 events contested in the previous Olympic Games. The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in meters unless stated): Unlike the previous Olympics, swimming program schedule occurred in two segments. For

1100-587: The Nasdaq and Amsterdam stock Exchanges in November 1999. KPNQwest collapsed in bankruptcy in 2002. In the US, Qwest partnered with AT&T and Verizon to form Movearoo.com. Created on July 9, 2008, the website is a program designed to help customers in the process of moving find home service providers available in their area. One of the historically significant mass complaints regarding Qwest involved allegations that

1155-486: The United States. M = Morning session, starting at 10:30 local time (01:30 UTC ). E = Evening session, starting at 19:00 local time (10:00 UTC). FINA establishes qualifying times for individual events. The time standards consisted of two types: an "Olympic Qualifying Time" (OQT) and an "Olympic Selection time" (OST). Each country was able to enter up to two swimmers per event, provided both swimmers met

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1210-428: The acquisition of Icon CMT, a web hosting provider, also in 1998. This launched Qwest as not only a provider of high speed data to the niche market of corporate customers, but also a quick-growing residential and business long-distance customer base that it quickly merged into its data service. Qwest merged with " Baby Bell " US West on June 30, 2000 through an apparent hostile takeover . Philip Anschutz owned 17.5% of

1265-681: The arena, against Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBO lightweight belt in 2014, was the first championship fight in Nebraska since the Joe Frazier - Ron Stander bout in 1971. The arena hosts the Nebraska School Activities Association state wrestling championships each February. The tournament moved to what was then Qwest Center Omaha in 2006 after 30 years at Lincoln's Bob Devaney Sports Center . The center hosted

1320-524: The arena, and from 2014 to 2016 they hosted a Velocity Tour event. The PBR returned to host an Unleash the Beast Series event on May 1 and 2, 2021, for their first Premier Series event in 12 years. In 2001, construction began on the new convention center and arena, known as the "Omaha Arena and Convention Center". Architectural firm DLR Group spearheaded the design, while The Thornton-Tomasetti Group served as structural engineer. M–E Engineers, Inc.

1375-550: The center. The 2008 event averaged more than 12,000 spectators each night. A storm damaged a portion of the roof known as The Hat on June 27, 2008. There was no structural damage, but the damage caused water to pour into parts of the Qwest Center, flowed down two sets of arena steps and onto the deck of the competition pool for the USA Swimming Summer Olympic Trials. The schedule for

1430-496: The city's premier indoor arena. The venerable Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2005. The arena has hosted games in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament four times: first- and second-round games in 2008 , 2012 , 2015 , and 2024 ; and Midwest Regional games (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) in 2018 . The arena was planned to host the 2020 tournament's first- and second-round games, but

1485-515: The collapse of the dot-com bubble . The resulting company was named Dex Media , when the sale was completed in 2004. Qwest Communications has partnered with other major communications companies during its history. In Europe, Qwest partnered with the Dutch national telecom operator KPN to create the pan-European data communications and hosting company KPNQwest . KPNQwest was formed in November 1998 and went on to launch an initial public offering on

1540-762: The evening of March 8, 2014, the largest crowd to attend a Creighton University basketball game occurred when 18,964 fans witnessed the Creighton men's team defeat Providence on Doug McDermott 's career-high senior night performance of 45 points. On January 13, 2012, the largest crowd to ever watch a hockey game in Nebraska occurred when 16,138 fans attended the game between the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Minnesota-Duluth. The CHI Health Center holds several NCAA attendance records, particularly in women's college volleyball. The three largest crowds to attend NCAA tournament matches were for Nebraska Cornhuskers games at

1595-641: The games and were allowed to participate in the games with some of the swimmers winning medals. Following the publication of the report, Travis Tygart , CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency , accused the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) of covering up doping by Chinese swimmers. In response to Tygart's comments, WADA stated that it “stands by

1650-404: The games were postponed to 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021. Swimming featured a record total of 37 events (18 for each gender and 1 mixed), with the addition of the men's 800 m freestyle, women's 1500 m freestyle, and the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay. Swimming at

1705-483: The meeting as occurring on February 27, 2001. Nacchio further claimed that the NSA cancelled a lucrative contract with Qwest as a result of Qwest's refusal to participate in the wiretapping program. On April 14, 2009, Nacchio surrendered to a federal prison camp in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, to begin serving a six-year sentence for an insider trading conviction. The United States Supreme Court denied bail pending appeal

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1760-449: The nationally televised USA Swimming Summer Olympics trials in 2008 , 2012 , 2016 , and 2021 . The center does not have permanent swimming facilities and a team of 200 workers with oversight by Myrtha Pools (which specializes in the construction and dismantling of large-scale temporary pools) constructed them in two weeks. The Omaha Fire Department pumped in 2 million U.S. gallons (7,600 cubic meters) of water from hydrants around

1815-750: The only TV service Qwest provided. Qwest Choice TV customers were moved to DirecTV. The Other Services segment primarily involved the sublease of real estate assets, such as space in office buildings, warehouses, and other properties. Qwest Communications also provided long-distance services and broadband data, as well as voice and video communications globally. The company sold its products and services to small businesses, governmental entities, and public and private educational institutions through various channels, including direct-sales marketing, telemarketing, arrangements with third-party agents, company's Web site, and partnership relations. As of September 13, 2005, Qwest had 98 retail stores in 14 states. Qwest Communications

1870-415: The pool events, similar to the case of the 2008 Games , prelims were held in the evening, with semifinals and final in the following morning session, spanning a day between semifinals and finals in those events with semifinals. The shift of the normal morning prelims and evening finals (to evening prelims and morning finals) occurred for these Games due to the prior request made by US broadcaster NBC (due to

1925-418: The poor state of Qwest's current financial health. Among the transactions in question were a series of deals from 1999 to 2001 with Enron 's broadband division which may have helped Enron conceal losses. In 2005, former Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Joseph Nacchio , former President and chief operating officer (COO) Afshin Mohebbi and seven other former Qwest employees were accused of fraud in

1980-514: The project was $ 6 million. Construction began in May and was completed September 8, 2006. In 2009, the center saw another renovation with work enveloping the entire building. The $ 6 million project included new carpet, wallpaper, reupholstered arena seating, and a new scoreboard. The convention center has placed Omaha on the convention map since opening in 2003. The center features three exhibit halls, four ballrooms and over 15 meeting rooms. The arena

2035-629: The resulting company. Unlike prior merger transactions between the Baby Bells, US West ceased to exist when it was immediately absorbed into Qwest with all subsidiaries of US West becoming directly owned by Qwest. As a condition of the merger, Qwest was required to sell off its long-distance operations in the 14-state boundary in which it provided local telephone services. They were eventually sold to Touch America . In 2003, Qwest acquired Touch America from 360networks after Touch America filed for bankruptcy. The acquisition ended ongoing disputes between

2090-432: The results of its rigorous scientific investigation” into the case and was “astonished by the outrageous, completely false and defamatory remarks while CHINADA stated that the reports were misleading and that the doping tests they conducted only found that the swimmers had only tested extremely low concentration of Trimetazidine which was due to contamination at the hotel they were residing at that time," although any amount of

2145-596: The same day. A social media experiment and website covering the Qwest holdout, "Thank you Qwest dot Org" built by Netherlands-based webmaster Richard Kastelein and American expatriate journalist Chris Floyd, was covered by the CNN Situation Room , USA Today , New York Times , International Herald Tribune , Denver Post , News.com , and the Salt Lake Tribune . On April 22, 2010, CenturyLink announced it would acquire Qwest in

2200-441: The state cited them for deceptive advertising and slamming practices. The company's settlements included a requirement that all of its sales employees sign a pledge stating that slamming was barred and a condition for dismissal from Qwest employment. The company was also involved in accounting scandals, and was fined $ 250 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be split into two $ 125 million payments due to

2255-486: The substance constitutes a ban. In a second statement, Tygart accused both WADA and the CHINADA for not being transparent about the findings and keeping "clean athletes in the dark". WADA was alleged to have a double-standard as Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for TMZ and used the same excuse, but was banned for four years following a two-year long investigation. However, WADA argued that contamination

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2310-557: The substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $ 7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games and is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC), so that the finals from the event could be shown live in

2365-524: The telecom assets were kept separate from the railroad merger with Union Pacific. The telecom company was renamed Qwest and became a publicly traded company in June 1997. Qwest Communications grew aggressively, acquiring internet service provider SuperNet in 1997, followed by the acquisition of LCI , a low cost long-distance carrier (located in Dublin, Ohio and McLean, Virginia ) in 1998, and followed again by

2420-562: The then-long-distance-only company switched local telephone service customers over to Qwest's long-distance service without their permission, an illegal practice known as slamming . In July 2000, Qwest paid a $ 1.5 million fine to the Federal Communications Commission to resolve slamming complaints. In April 2001, they paid a $ 350,000 fine to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection after

2475-522: The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The arena also hosted the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, and was home to the WWE Judgment Day 2008 pay-per-view, as well as other events from WWE. The arena has also five championship boxing cards, all involving Omaha native Terence Crawford as he wanted to defend his titles in front of a home crowd. His first bout at

2530-713: The trials went on as planned. The pools were dismantled after the event and moved to other cities for permanent installation with the 2008 pool going to the Poseidon Swimming facility in Richmond , Virginia , the 2012 pool going to Charles River Aquatics in Boston , Massachusetts , the 2016 pool going to the Hulbert Aquatic Facility in West Fargo, North Dakota (West Fargo bought the pool via

2585-474: The two companies in which Touch America alleged Qwest continued to illegally sell long-distance services within the former US West region. In 2002, Qwest agreed to sell its directory operations, QwestDex, to private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for $ 7 billion. The sale allowed Qwest to generate cash to fend off a bankruptcy filing to which it may have had to resort due to significant amounts of debt it had incurred since

2640-426: The venue. The highest attendance for any volleyball match in the United States, whether for men or women, occurred on December 19, 2015 when 17,561 fans watched the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship game between Nebraska and former conference rival Texas . This broke a record set two days earlier, when Nebraska defeated another former conference rival, Kansas , in the national semifinals in front of

2695-468: The very low levels of the substance detected. On 25 April 2024, WADA announced that Eric Cottier, a Swiss attorney, would launch an independent investigation into the matter, which also drew criticism since he was hand-picked by WADA. In May 2024, WADA announced that it hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the doping case of the Chinese swimmers. On 9 July 2024, Cottier published his report concluding that WADA had showed no bias towards China. He found

2750-497: Was achieved by a partnership with Verizon Wireless . Qwest also partnered with DirecTV to provide digital television service to its customers. In Phoenix , Denver , Salt Lake City , Boise , and Omaha , Qwest offered Qwest Choice TV (later also known as Qwest Digital Television), an IPTV service over DSL . This service was retired in October 2008 (after being no longer available to new customers in May 2008), leaving DirecTV as

2805-872: Was headquartered in Denver, Colorado at 1801 California Street , in the second tallest building in Denver at 53 stories. The majority of Qwest occupational or non-management employees were represented by two labor unions; the Communications Workers of America and in Montana, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers . Qwest also had software development centers in Bangalore and Noida ( New Delhi ), India called Qwest Software Services. Founded in 1996 by Philip Anschutz , Qwest began in an unconventional way. Anschutz, who owned

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2860-469: Was led by architectural firm DLR Group . Naming rights to the arena were purchased by Qwest. Qwest Center Omaha opened in September 2003 with an initial seating capacity of 17,000 for concerts, 15,500 for basketball , and 14,700 for hockey . In 2006, a $ 5.7-million expansion of the arena increased capacity by approximately 1,500 seats. The Qwest Center displaced the 1954 Omaha Civic Auditorium as

2915-520: Was not possible in Valieva's case based on the pharmacokinetic data. In contrast, according to WADA, in the case of the Chinese swimmers, several factors pointed towards contamination rather than deliberate doping. These include the lack of international competition at the time, only athletes from one hotel testing positive, inconsistencies in test results for the same athletes over short periods (some testing negative, then positive, then negative again), and

2970-547: Was the holding company. It was the parent company of many more entities, but those listed below were the main operating units: More than 400,000 television service subscribers. Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic ,

3025-557: Was the services engineer and a local company, Kiewit Corporation , led general construction. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 1, 2001. The venue was completed in August 2003, with an official opening on September 24, 2003. In 2006, the MCEA funded a project to expand the arena and add an additional 1,472 seats to the upper bowl. The project also included adding restroom facilities and concession stands, as well as updating aesthetics, mechanical systems, and emergency exits. The cost of

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